If your garden supplies much of your family's yearly food intake, you'll want to do all you can to maximize your vegetables' nutritional quality. The following potent, correctly balanced fertilizing ...

Gardeners are always on the lookout for any edge that will improve plant health, and ultimately provide higher yields. They are alchemists willingly mixing, blending and applying anything that might ...

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We are exploring New Zealand’s North Island finding lots of aloha and even more sheep. This is a real advantage because farmers and home gardeners have access to abundant manure to enrich their soil.

Another useful strategy for improving your garden soil is to construct beds and paths. With this garden plan, you can add any soil-improving fertilizers directly to the beds, where they’re most needed ...

To get the most out of any organic fertilizer, keep in mind how plants feed and how these fertilizers act in the soil. The bulk of a plant’s feeder roots -- whether it’s a midget marigold or a mighty ...

Last week's column focused on fertilizer basics. There's more to the subject though than being able to distinguish an organic fertilizer from a synthetic one and knowing some of the advantages and ...

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Leaves on the ground during a New England autumn, orange rinds from abundant trees in Florida and in homes all over the country, food scraps pile up in garbage cans or compost bins. All of that waste ...