If you’re going to buy manure or use manure in your organic garden, you’ll want to read this email I received from Janet, one of my readers. It’s a good story with a very important warning: “I have a sad…
There are a few important things you need to know about where to buy compost. When possible, I encourage people to make their own compost, but I understand, sometimes it’s just easier to buy your compost. So in this article,…
I’ve written a lot here about the importance of using soil testing labs in order to determine which organic fertilizers to use. Otherwise, you’re stabbing in the dark. But I haven’t actually told you which testing lab I use. While…
Some gardeners tend to hide their bin, but for me it’s a source of pride. Composting at home is easy if you remember these 4 factors when building your DIY compost pile. Of course, I’m using organic composting methods here,…
I’ve written already about the best mulch types to use in your organic garden, but here I’ve put together a video that shows a rather amazing rock mulching technique I didn’t talk about before. If you have certain bigger plants…
In permaculture, sheet mulching is often done near the house to prepare a kitchen garden. Sheet mulching is one of the best methods of building an organic garden, and today I’m going to show you how to mulch correctly to…
Dolomite lime is a common fertilizer. Many garden writers encourage you to spread it over your garden and lawn, perhaps even annually. Sometimes using dolomite garden lime is warranted, but the truth is it often makes things worse, sometimes just…
pH Test For Soil I recently showed how doing a pH test for soil might actually be detrimental. You should probably read that article before this one. Today, I will discuss if it is ever useful. The bottom line is…
pH paper Soil pH Kits give one of the most misunderstood and misused measurements in the conventional and organic gardening worlds: pH. It’s a fascinating topic and I’m excited to get into it here. If you can get your head…