Posts about building your soil organically for the healthiest vegetables, fruits, flowers, shrubs, and lawn.
Garden fertilizers are meant to feed your plants and soil amendments are meant to improve your soil. But sometimes they overlap.
Garden Fertilizers vs. Soil Amendments – What’s the Difference? Read More »
The benefits of using organic soil with good nutrients are clear, but the term “Certified Organic” goes beyond the simple meaning of “Organicl”.
Is urine good for plants? Can you use your own urine to fertilize your flower or vegetable garden? The answer will surprise you.
Crop rotation is key to successful home gardening to avoid pests and disease. Includes a sample plan for crop rotation and a chart of plant families.
Hugelkultur mimics the way a forest uses organic matter, but in reverse. This method uses tree wood to feed your garden for years.
We don’t think of the grass in our lawn as we do the plants in our gardens. Yet grass is a plant like any other and requires a thriving soil ecosystem.
The Thriving Ecosystem in Your Lawn’s Soil and Why it Matters Read More »
September gardening tips include protecting your garden soil, getting houseplants ready for winter, dividing daylilies, and visiting an apple orchard.
September Gardening Tips: Enrich Soil, Protect Garden Beds, Divide Daylilies Read More »
Phil Nauta’s Building Soils Naturally focuses on how to improve garden and lawn soil health by balancing your soil’s nutritional components.
When you compost your garden, plants need less fertilizer, soil quality improves and plants show more tolerance to diseases and pests.
Compost: Today’s Leftovers, Tomorrow’s Plant Food Read More »
Studies show that supermarket foods are as much as 70% lower in nutrition than 60 years ago. Fortunately you can do something about it
Three Important Steps To Growing Food That’s More Nutrient-Dense Read More »