Blog List Category: Soil

The Latest Science on Soil Health

Most gardeners now understand that a healthy soil is critical to good plant growth and a successful garden. Many of you are…

Dr. Elaine Ingham and The Soil Food Web School

Dr. Elaine Ingham and the Soil Food Web School promote a number of controversial topics in soil management and in this post I…

Molasses for Plants

This is a hot gardening topic these days, and many organic gardeners are promoting the idea that you should add molasses to…

How to Fill Raised Garden Beds Properly

You built some great raised garden beds and now you need to fill them but soil is heavy to move and expensive. You look…

Soil Calculator | How Much Soil Do You Need?

Automatically calculate the amount of soil you need in both imperial and metric units. This soil calculator shows the amount…

Best Seed Starting Mix, Including DIY

You work very hard to grow the very best seedlings you can. So start them off right and give them best seedling mix you can…

Mycorrhizal Fungi (mycorrhiza) Myth

There is no doubt that mycorrhizae fungi play an important role in plant growth. They help aggregate the soil which in turn…

Is Milk a Good Fertilizer

There has been a lot of chatter on the net recently about the magical benefits of milk as fertilizer in the garden. Most of…

Soil pH Testers-Are They Accurate?

Every gardening book and web site recommends that you get your soil tested and one of the main tests is for pH. You can get a…
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