We use microbial inoculants because we generally need to increase the diversity and number of soil microbes in our soil food web. (Update: 2 years after creating these lessons, I decided to start selling these inoculants, so you can now…
Planting a garden is simple when you’ve done some proper garden soil preparation.
This is part 2 of garden soil preparation.
We’re ready to learn how to prepare a garden bed now. To prepare the bed, first put a rough edge on with a spade to define the garden.
Before you prepare the bed, you’ll want to think about supplementing nutrients. Today I’m going to cover the organic soil amendments you can feel free to use even if you didn’t take a soil test first.
There are many benefits of composting and using it in your organic garden.
It’s important to do some basic garden soil testing before you plant or even design your garden. Check out this video to see what I mean. Actually, I ideally want to learn a lot about the soil, because by far…
Before you plant, it’s important to go through some form of vegetable garden design process. This video will show you how.
Non-toxic pest control is becoming more popular with the growing interest in organic gardening. In fact, one of the most common questions asked by new organic gardeners is how to get rid of pests without using chemical pesticides. As a…
Continued from What Is Brix?. The second reason we may conduct a brix test is more practical and useful in our vegetable gardens. First, we take our refractometer and measure brix in a leaf or especially a fruit from one…
When I started learning about brix, I got super excited about organic vegetable gardening. To me, brix is one of the most fascinating topics in organic gardening. What Is Brix So what is brix? Here’s my basic brix definition: it…
What is paramagnetic rock dust? Well, let’s start with paramagnetism. The soil in your organic garden is paramagnetic. It isn’t magnetic, but is mildly attracted by a magnet and partially aligns with the earth’s magnetic field, so it’s paramagnetic. Some…