Soils & Compost
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Gardening with Chickens: Making Compost (It’s Free Fertilizer!)
[Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of three blog posts featuring excerpts from Lisa Steele’s book, Gardening with Chickens: Plans and Plants for You and Your Hens....
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Making Leaf Mold
Learn how to turn fall leaves into a soil-enriching mulch.
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Tip: Save Time With 'Sheet Composting'
Layers of leaves, compost, newspaper, and cardboard provide the foundation for a nutrient-rich new garden bed.
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How to Make Compost Tea
Compost tea, a potent, microbial elixir will invigorate your garden with beneficial microbes that will reduce disease problems, ward off pests, and boost plant vigor.
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Get "Rich" Quick with Batch Composting
Get (compost) rich quick! Batch composting lets you save up your raw materials in separate piles until you have enough for one big batch.
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The Simple Truth About Composting
Composting myths, busted! Creating rich compost is easier than you think.
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Put Fall Leaves to Work
Leaves aren't "litter"! Keep leaves out of the landfill, and put them to work in your garden instead.
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Potting Soil and Fertilizer Finder
Learn how to choose the right potting soil and fertilizer for whatever you want to grow. Our exclusive garden-tested soils and fertilizers provide optimum growing conditions.
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Small-Sized Secrets to Great Soil
How to enrich your soil with beneficial microorganisms that keep plants thriving, pest-free, and beautiful.
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Super-Powered Soils
Our new and improved potting mixes contain mycorrhizae for healthier plants with up 35% higher yields compared to mixes without this beneficial fungi.
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Potting Soil and Fertilizer Finder
Learn how to choose the right potting soil and fertilizer for whatever you want to grow. Our exclusive garden-tested soils and fertilizers provide optimum growing conditions.
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Here's the Dirt: Common Soil Terms
Trying to decipher all the letters, numbers, and terminology on the back of your bag of potting soil or fertilizer?
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Sheet Mulching 101
Sheet mulching converts grass to a nutrient-rich garden bed, ready for planting. We show you how!
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After the Fall, Get Shredding
What to do with all those fall leaves? Shred them and then rebuild your garden soil with them!
