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, known as BER, is a disfiguration found in fruiting vegetables, like tomatoes, peppers, watermelons…
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…
This is the first in a series of posts on fertilizer nonsense. I’ll look at some traditional fertilizer myths and…
If you are interested in making compost you will soon run into products called compost boosters, or compost starters. What…