Tag Archive: food insecurity

The Phosphorus Fertilizer Dump

Tammy Clayton

Adding phosphorus fertilizer to soil to correct pH or nutrient balance is commonly done by farmers and gardeners. But it’s normally done in small to moderate amounts to boost the P needed in NPK to the level needed by whatever you’re growing. Unless you happen to have tropical soil. Then you need lots of it. So much, in fact, that…

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Surviving With Aquaponics

The practice of using fish waste to grow fresh vegetables, and raising meat at the same time is catching on everywhere. Awareness that there are more efficient ways to feed the world than previously believed is spreading fast, but what if you had no way to get to food? Not being snow bound for a…
January 31, 2015
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