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Tips And Tricks To Fertilizing The Home Garden

Fertilizing tips

Finding the right balance of nutrients for plants is a constant process of giving and taking. First, we improve the fertility of poor soils to support healthy plant growth and then replenish nutrient levels after harvesting and before replanting. So let’s dig into some practical tips. Hot Climates The hotter the climate, the more critical […]

How To Make An Organic Houseplant Fertilizer

DIY Plant fertilizer

We don’t refer to houseplants as ‘plant babies’ for no reason! Showering our indoor flowers and greenery with a little tender loving care is not to be neglected, especially during the summer. Keep your houseplants happy with the easy recipe for indoor plant fertilizer, courtesy of Stephanie Rose’s book, Garden Alchemy: 80 Recipes and Concoctions for […]

Nitrogen Changes Potting Mix pH

Nitrogen & Potting Soil pH

Container gardeners might want to pay closer attention to the type of nitrogen in their fertilizer – it can actually change your potting mix pH. Things like minerals in your tap water, or the amount of limestone in the growing media in a given pot can affect pH levels in any growing media, but nitrogen? Yes. Both the […]

Better Garden Nutrients = Better Harvests

Gardening season is in full swing everywhere now, and hopefully you’ve added some nutrients along with your veggie plants and seeds. If you haven’t its should be on top of your to do list, because your harvest will be a lot more rewarding if you do. But before you pull out the Once or Miracle […]

Media Matters… A Lot

Garden Starts Grown in Wonder Soil Potting Mix

While shopping for seed starting supplies this winter, I came across this growing media called, Wonder Soil. Never heard of it, but the reviews on that shopping site were all extremely positive. So, I dug deeper, researching user reviews on any store site that sold the stuff. People were raving about how awesome it was… […]