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Video: Healthy Soil = Healthy Plants = Healthy People
The healthier your soil, the better your vegetables will grow. Watch this video to see what makes healthy soil.
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Mmmm... Free Coffee Grounds For Your Plants!
3 commentsStarbucks doesn't just have great coffee. They also have a good amendment for your plants... coffee grounds. Here's the best part - it's FREE for the asking!
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Video: Soil Testing
Successful vegetable gardening starts with soil. I brought in Mark Highland, a soil scientist, to evaluate the soil in my raised bed and test the nutrients and pH with tests that you can do for yourself at home.
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The Dirt on Soil
1 commentHow does a garden grow? Feed the soil and the soil will feed you.
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Try Soil Bag Planting for No-Dig Beds
24 commentsIs anyone out there in a hurry? Are you working three jobs, have seven children, or on your way to a fire? This no-dig planting method is the fastest way to a vegetable garden – a soil bag can...
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The Sludge Report: Using Recycled Municipal Wastewater Solids as a Soil Amendment
Should you put compost derived from wastewater solids on your kitchen garden? The answers are hard to come by, but the questions are worth asking.
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Video: How to Test Soil in Your Vegetable Garden
One of the most important steps you can take in starting a vegetable garden is to make sure you have good soil. But you can't tell what condition your soil is in just by looking at it. That's where...
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Soil-Block Your Seeds
A nifty tool plus the right soil mix equals a bounty of seedlings. Using a soil blocker has a lot of advantages. Organic farmer Tina Fraser tells what they are how to use one.
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Soil Testing Savvy
To grow great soil, you've got to do the groundwork, and that means you have to know what you're working with. Get the dirt on your garden's pH and nutrients.
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A Soil pH Primer: Getting It Right Gets Results
Acidity and alkalinity are measured in pH units. Most vegetables grow best in a slightly acidic soil. Learn how to measure the pH of your soil and then adjust it for best results.
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Double Digging
In a hurry for great soil? Grit your teeth and get to work. Double digging requires lots of elbow grease but creates fertile, well-drained soil every time.
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Soil-Block Recipe for Pumpkins and Squash
Here's a special mix that will get your cucurbits seedlings off to a flying start.
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