HOW TO Start Seeds EARLY OUTSIDE – Seed Starting Tips and Tricks
Too busy to start seeds indoors? Don’t have a sunny south facing window or enough artificial lighting to properly grow seedlings inside? Or maybe it’s already too late…Don’t gi... »
Soil
How to Use Wood Ashes in the Garden
If you have spare ashes lying around from a backyard fire pit, recycle some of it into your soil! Two hundred years ago, ash was processed for use as a potash fertilizer source. Eventually, the produc... »
Homemade Seed Starting Mix and Simple DIY Potting Soil Recipe
You can make your own seed starting mix and potting soil at home with the same recipe! You’ll need: One regular sized brick of coconut coir. This will make approximately 2 gallons (8 quarts) of ... »
Interviews with Cindy Rajhel of Home Grown Fun
Host Mike Podlesny of the Vegetable Gardening Podcast talks with Cindy about innovative school gardens and making your own fertilizers and soil amendments. Host Dave Ledoux of Back to My Garden talks ... »
Coffee Grounds Fertilizer for Plants – Good Source of Nitrogen? Does it Acidify the Soil?
Let’s talk coffee grounds as a natural fertilizer for vegetables and other plants. A study from Linda Chalker-Scott entitled “Coffee Grounds-Will They Perk Up Plants?” shows some evidence that g... »
50 Homemade Fertilizers and Soil Amendments: eBOOK – EASY, ORGANIC Recipes for EDIBLE GARDENS
Gardeners around the globe want to know how to make organic fertilizer. Homemade fertilizers can be inexpensive and effective if you know: how to make them when to apply them how to apply them what pl... »
Using Edible Cover Crops and Green Manures in the Home Garden
I always seem to plant too much arugula and mustard greens – seeds are so tiny. Luckily, I discovered years ago that they make a wonderful cover crop for smaller spaces. Plant arugula to eat, pr... »
Is Sewage Sludge a Safe Fertilizer? What are Biosolids?
WHAT IS SEWAGE SLUDGE? Sewage sludge is a byproduct of water treatment plants and as you can imagine it’s plentiful. It comes from homes, hospitals and businesses – anything flushed or dum... »
Difference Between Straw and Hay with Cartoons
Until recently, I thought hay and straw were the same thing. Hayrides, barn floors, over-stuffed scarecrows and cows munching on grass – that’s what I knew growing up in Maine. I went to t... »
10 Natural Fertilizer Recipes
Go no further than your pantry, backyard or the beach for materials to make your own organic fertilizer: BANANA PEELS – Eating a banana helps replenish lost potassium. Roses love potassium too... »
Best Foods to Feed Red Wiggler Composting Worms
We’ve tried a bunch of foods in our bins at home and have a nice list for you to keep things simple. It’s easy to make worms happy if you feed your red worms a variety of foods they love. ... »