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Rizosphere and Symbiosis its come to my attention that many "organic" soil gardeners are gaining interest in what soil really is and how p...

  Now, Fast forward another month and the pepper plant in our mix has produced dozens of 6-10" long solid thick walled and juicy peppers. But the plant on the right is finally starting to produce!!! We added some gypsum and chicken manure with worm castings... not a ...

So I was reading about soil and all the weird stuff related to it when I came across a scholarly article on Earthworm castings and Pest Control. Thing is, this wasn't a normal article, this was a patent on a process. I just can't imagine patenting a process as simple as top dr...

Maybe sharing different approaches will be helpful for everyone, i.e. taking a different look at making the best use of the materials you have to work with. Neem (or Karanja) products are at the center of my IPM program. Neem meal (aka ...

Thanks to Patrick over at Gil Carandang's Website for this awesome recipe. To get the full article visit GilCarandang.com  How to Make: Get conta...

Agricultural Gypsum Uses Agricultural Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate - CaSO4) is one of those rare materials that performs in all three categories of soil treatment: an amendment, conditioner, and fertilizer. Soil conditioners, such as gypsum, are seriously u...

Ever wondered what everyone is thinking about?  Here are 6 examples of growing styles that all claim to have the solution to better food, but do they? Excerpt from "The Ideal Soil" #1 The worldwide Organic agriculture movement and its...

The products created from the Neem Tree are so much more important than I had ever thought when I first started using them.  I first started using Neem oil because it was recommended to me by a friend as a natural method. Then when I went to the gardening store I w...

The Exchange Capacity of your soil is a measure of its ability to hold and release various elements and compounds. We are mostly concerned with the soil's ability to hold and release plant nutrients, obviously. Specifically here today, we are concerned with the soil's...

This is a follow up to our previous Blog Article on July 16th titled, "Light green and no growth, a trial at soil correction." Here are the pho...