Fertility is a word that brings to mind the lushness of crops in the sunlight, an abundance of food, and the loveliness of growth. True crop fertility is a wonderful thing. However, since the green revolution we’ve associated fertility with fertilizer. What is a fertilizer, and … [Read more...]
How to Feed Your Lawn Without Chemicals
You can grow a healthy lawn without using synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Chemical-free fertilizers stimulate the healthy growth of roots and blades while they improve the drainage, aeration, and water-holding capacity of the soil. A healthy lawn starts with … [Read more...]
Organic Pest Control in the Garden
Got bugs? Of course you do. If your garden is like most gardens, bugs abound, and this is not altogether a bad thing. Many invertebrates are actually beneficial for gardens. Worms till and aerate the soil. Bees pollinate our crops. Yet we do need to find ways to stop bugs from … [Read more...]
Organic Garden Seeds
It’s easy to understand the benefits of organic vegetables and fruit. After all, these foods are going into our bodies. We don’t want to eat chemicals that are toxic to other animals, and we want to eat plants that are grown in healthy soil, because healthy soil yields nutritious … [Read more...]
Crop Rotation
What do you think of when you hear the words, “Crop Rotation?” No, it’s not spinning your corn in circles to increase yields. It’s not some arcane wizardry of the fields. Crop rotation is a method of improving your soil, increasing your crops’ resistance to pests and increasing … [Read more...]
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