If you’re interested in learning how to grow organic food, I have some tips today. Admittedly this post is a little bit all over the place, but hopefully there’s something in here that will be useful to you. The video…
Are you ready to do some planting yet? Most of us plant between March and May. I’m towards the end of that time frame, but I think today’s a good day to give you some tips anyway. I’m doing some…
For many people, it’s getting to be time to figure out how to plan a landscape design for your organic garden. Your landscape design plans might mean putting in new gardens entirely, or maybe just coming up with a planting…
I’m a big fan of organic liquid fertilizer. But there’s also an important use for organic dry fertilizer. I use liquid fertilizers mainly to provide small amounts of 80+ nutrients directly as a plant fertilizer, and also as a soil…
A garden inoculant is really just anything we use to bring beneficial microbes into our gardens. These microbes are often deficient for various reasons, but if we can get more of them back in there, they: Make nutrients available to…
I recently started selling my favorite organic liquid fertilizers, the same ones I use at home. But I also like to make my own homemade liquid fertilizer when possible, and that’s what I’m excited to show you today. Many of…
This is what my organic garden looks like today. Not quite ready to start planting yet, haha, but I’m gearing up for spring. I’ve been making sure I have my seeds and organic fertilizers and microbial inoculants all ready to…
Before we even get to these permaculture principles today, it’s a good idea to take some time to choose your goals. You may want fresh, healthy food, a space to relax and be inspired, impressive flowers to brighten up the…
Using a soil inoculant may seem kind of unnatural, so let’s start with why it might be a good idea. The most important life forms in your garden are too small to see. Microbes cover every soil surface and even…
The least expensive organic fertilizer in the world is – cover crops! Cover crops for gardens are simply plants that are planted to cover your soil, especially during the off season. And they can also be used during the growing…
Holy smokes, I’m in Amsterdam! I’m here visiting my sister! We’re going on some little organic gardening adventures while I’m here, to get everything we need to do some organic container gardening. And we’re going to take you with us….
I don’t mind buying the occasional organic fertilizer to improve the health of my garden. But I’m also a big fan of making a homemade fertilizer for plants. There are a bunch of possibilities, but today I want to keep…