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Drink Up: Making Nutrient-Rich Compost Tea For The Garden

Catherine Sherriffs

Enjoying some tea in the garden sounds like a zen way to spend a morning or afternoon; why not offer your plants the same treat? Making compost tea for your plants is an excellent way to boost the growing season!  Compost tea is what it sounds like: compost in liquid form. Make this plant feed…

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A Simple 3 Part Potting Mix

Potting soils are generally made out of light materials known as “soilless medias”. Almost every gardener I’ve run into that mixes their own has their own recipe, but here is a basic one to get started with: 1-2 parts plant compost, homemade or from a trusted source. Plant compost can be purchased or made at…
April 22, 2017
Grubbycup Stash

DIY Seaweed Fertilizer

The internet seems to have turned us into a society of hacks. It offers the secrets of how to do anything – including DIY seaweed fertilizer. Not living anywhere near the ocean, it never occurred to me that this was possible. Like most gardeners, mine comes out of a jar, instantly melting in water. But…
December 3, 2016
Tammy Clayton

Organic Gardening Basics

Taking an interest in organic gardening is usually triggered by wanting to avoid fruits and vegetables that are free of pesticides, or taking better care of the environment. That’s important, yes, but first you’ve got to understand it’s all about the soil and plant roots.
October 3, 2016
Stephen Brookes

Straw Bale Garden: Take 2, Scene 2

If you’re going to grow a straw bale garden, adding compost tea with microbes is a definite asset. Not just during conditioning the bales for introducing microbes that make the composting process possible, but in your fertilizing schedule. The difference it makes in growth and vigor is remarkable. Last week, in the Scene 1 of this saga,…
September 2, 2016
Tammy Clayton

Straw Bale Garden: Take 2, Scene 1

It’s the second year that I’ve planted a straw bale garden. Spring is always highly anticipated in a cold climate, but this year it couldn’t get here fast enough. I was chomping at the bit to see if what I learned from the first time around would make for a better outcome. Twelve months is…
August 26, 2016
Tammy Clayton