In past posts I have talked about some of the benefits of compost. It improves soil structure and it adds nutrients to the…
In my last post Compost – Is it an Organic Fertilizer, I concluded that compost was an organic fertilizer and that it…
Compost is good for the garden, in part, because it adds nutrients for the plants. That sounds like a fertilizer. But almost…
In my last post I talked about fertilizing container gardens containing a soil-less mix. In this post I’ll look at some…
Bokashi composting, also spelled bocashi composting, is a new way to deal with kitchen scraps. The proponents of the system…
Coffee Grounds have a reputation for solving all kinds of garden problems. It is claimed that they reduce the number of…
Blossom End Rot (BER) is a disfiguration found in fruiting vegetables, like tomatoes, peppers, watermelons, egg plants and…
Last week I showed that it does not make sense matching a fertilizer formulation to a plant type. For example, a 1-2-1…
Last week I pointed out that the concept of a balanced fertilizer did not make sense. When scientists measured the amount of…