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Category Archives: soil test
Complete Organic Fertilizer
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Complete Organic Fertilizer (COF) a la Steve Solomon – and pretty![/caption]
Complete Organic Fertilizer (COF) a la Steve Solomon – and pretty![/caption]
If you’ve been following this blog you may have noticed my struggle with soil fertility. The first few years of the garden were prolific Continue reading
Mountains of Moo-Doo
Flipping through my garden notes, I see that I last amended my soil in March 2010. Oops. The poor harvest of 2012 and the reading of 0 mg/L N (even on the notoriously unreliable home soil kits) corroborate this oversight. … Continue reading
Posted in chickens, compost bins, harvest, soil test, spring, vegetable garden
Tagged manure, mulch, soil ammendment
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Garden Soil Assessment
Every year I do the bare minimum to maintain soil fertility in my garden. I always make a big effort the first year I garden new land, resulting in amazing productivity, then find declining yields thereafter. This is because I … Continue reading
Posted in geek, soil test, Sustainability, vegetable garden
Tagged fertilizer, sandy loam, soil texture, soil type, wood ash
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Sifting Soil for Sprouts
Two years ago we turned out back yardlet into gardens. With a lot of sweat and back spasms, we transformed broken concrete, weeds, and rusty nails into a little haven for plants and people. For the garden beds, it was … Continue reading
Posted in DIY, soil test, vegetable garden
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