Phytomicrobiom: What The Hell Are Mushrooms Doing In My Pots?
Phytomicrobiom, or phytobiome, is a complicated word for a straightforward thing: the community of fungi, bacteria, and destructors that live in the root area of your plants. An intact phytobiome supports plants in many different ways, but science is only just beginning to understand the connections between them. Optimizing the phytobiome is the key to […]
Compost: Making Super Garden Soil
It’s hard to envision while you stand there pondering the rotting mass of a compost pile that the wheel of life is turning inside there. Yesterday’s weeds, clippings, vegetable peelings, and the lot are transforming through death into the fuel for future life. There’s magic happening in there you’ll never find in any bag or […]
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 […]