7 Easy Homemade Fertilizers for a Thriving Garden
A thriving garden starts with good soil, and the best way to keep it healthy is with homemade organic fertilizers.
The Best Organic Fertilizers that Work on (Almost) All Plant Types
Feed your fruits, vegetables, and houseplants and build great garden soil with one of these recommendations for the best ...
Modern Farmer5d
In Hawai‘i, American Farmers Believe They Do Cacao Better
On the rainy side of Hawai‘i Island, Daeus Bencomo steps through fresh mud in his cowboy boots, rows of leafy cacao trees on ...
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Why Grass Won’t Grow Under Your Trees—and How to Fix It
Top-dress the lawn with a light layer of organic compost, or try a slow-release nitrogen fertilizer. To help grass grow, you ...
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What to plant in March, according to experts
March is a good time to plant potatoes, as well as brassicas, beets, carrots, collard greens, bunching onions, kale and ...
Retired hens revitalise Cyprus olive groves
Organic farmers in Cyprus have recruited hundreds of retired hens to fertilize olive groves in a pilot project they say ...
West Hawaii Today10d
Tropial Gardening: March arrives like a lion and leaves like a lamb
March has a lot of history, hope and lore associated with it. For some superstitious folks, “Beware the Ides of March,” a ...
8 Dwarf Fruit Trees You Can Grow Indoors or Outside, According to Gardening Experts
The dwarf nana pomegranate is a small shrub that thrives in hotter climates, and will fit into your home as easily as a ...
Garden Mastery: San Diego is an ideal environment for growing figs
San Diego has the perfect set of environmental conditions for fig trees to thrive. Gardeners who want a fig tree in their ...
Seed starting, soil prep and winter harvesting: Here’s your March garden checklist
Ensure that you have inline drip irrigation installed in beds to help counter dry conditions, and get back to watering fruit trees ...
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In Leelanau County, a dispute over using sewage as farm fertilizer
But near that farm field in Centerville Township, the water table is often 100 feet or more below where septage is injected, ...
The Columbian10d
Gardening with Allen: Adding organic matter best way to boost soil
I would like to improve the heavy clay soil in my vegetable garden. A friend suggested that I rototill several inches of sand to improve the drainage. Is that a good way to improve clay soil ...