Organic In The Garden – Building A Soil For Sustainable Future Crops
Organic Gardening and farming builds on the asset the soil naturally gives us as a growing medium by supporting soil organisms and bacteria which naturally provide the nutrients and sustainable growth benefits plants need for natural growth…
July 12, 2010
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Organic Ingredients – 5 ways to use Rabbit Manure in the garden
Rabbit manure or rabbit poo is one of the highest sources of nitrogen and phosphorous compared to other farmyard animal manures. It is also on par with other manure for its potassium content. Rabbit manure is an ideal product for the organic gardener…
May 28, 2010
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Organic Ingredients – 5 tips for using seaweed in the garden
Seaweed is one of those garden additives that people either swear by or fear. Seaweed has by default a large quantity of sodium in it. Plants do not need sodium for growth and if they did, ground sodium at minute levels is ample…
May 28, 2010
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4 Steps to making compost in the ground – A beginners guide to trench composting
There are many ways to make compost. Typical green brown composts are made either in a compost bin or a heap on the ground. Compost does not always require the use of a surrounding container. Compost made in a heap is much easier to turn if and when required…
May 18, 2010
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Breaking Tradition with Composting
Ask any gardener and they will likely tell you the best three ingredients for a garden patch is Compost, Compost and more Compost. Anything that was once alive is often what we are told should be added to a compost heap – with the exception of meat scraps, citrus and onions. I like to break with tradition when making compost…
May 16, 2010
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Earth Worms effect on Soil Fertility
Earth worms live in damp soil close to the soil surface. A soil containing a lot of mulch, compost and other organic matter will have worms moving in and around the soils top mulch layers consuming organic matter as it makes its way back into the soil taking with it nutrients to the plants root system.
April 29, 2010
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The Importance of Green Manures
Green manures have many benefits to the organic home gardener. These include nitrogen fixing, soil structure building and covering patches during winter.
April 25, 2010
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