When the Garden Needs a Hard Reset Understanding Soil Solarization Sometimes a garden needs compost. Sometimes it needs mulch, crop rotation, hand weeding, or a season planted with something different. And sometimes? That garden bed has chosen violence. 😂 The weeds are everywhere. A soilborne disease keeps returning. Certain pests have made themselves entirely too […]
Reset the Soil Before You Plant Fall gardening doesn’t begin when the first seed goes into the ground. It begins with the soil. By late summer, our gardens have been working hard. Tomatoes have been pulling nutrients from containers, peppers have been producing for months, summer heat has baked raised beds, and those pots sitting […]
The Fall Garden Is Calling Late August may still feel like summer, but gardeners already have one eye on fall. While tomatoes, peppers and other warm-season crops continue producing, this is the season to begin planting vegetables that appreciate cooler days and crisp nights. A fall garden is not simply the end of summer’s work. […]
Compost Tea: A Little Garden Brew for Living Soil Compost tea is a simple liquid made by steeping finished compost in water. Gardeners use it to carry some of the compost’s soluble nutrients and microorganisms into the soil around their plants. Think of it as a supplement—not a replacement for healthy soil, finished compost or […]