Keeping your garden fertile is the number one concern for most gardeners, and phosphorus is important to maintaining that fertility. But what does it really do, and how can we make sure our precious...
Category: Soil & Fertilizer
You may have heard of blood meal being used as a fertilizer and recoiled back in horror! This dark red powder is pretty much how it sounds - ground animal blood! Putting blood on my plants? Never!...
Why use a low nitrogen fertilizer? It seems like the opposite of useful to avoid putting the number one most important nutrient onto our garden beds. But it’s possible to have too much of a good...
Well-nourished soil is fertile soil, and I’m always looking for good, organic ways to enrich my garden. Kelp meal is one of a host of naturally derived products that brings a real boost to the...
Rice water is one of those home-based remedies people tend to love, it makes good use of something that could otherwise be pored down the drain, but should it be used on your plants? Rice water has...
Can you use builders’ sand instead of horticultural sand for gardening? Yes, you absolutely can. Sand, whether it be builders’ sand or horticultural, sand is used to help your soil drain...
