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Gaia Glacial Green Rock Dust
Gaia Glacial Green Rock Dust Gives your vegetable gardens and flower beds a boost of minerals. Glacial Rock Dust is a natural mineral product which is produced over many thousands of years by glacial action. A wide variety of rocks which contain a broad spectrum of trace minerals are collected and pulverized by the expansion/contraction action of the glacier. As the glacier recedes, it leaves behind deposits of "glacial moraine". These deposits are mined, dried, and screened for agricultural and...
Improve Garden Soils Fertility In The Fall For Spring
Thinking about spring gardens in the fall can make a big difference in your gardens production. As gardeners we may think about the obvious, like compost, cover crops, the addition of leaves and mulching, but to fully get the benefits of some of the best organic nutrients like rock dusts, glacier minerals and other slow decomposing amendments may not be on our mind. These soil amendments take some time to break down before your plants can get the full benefit...
A New Year, A Fresh New Start in the Garden!
It's that time of the year when gardeners start to get excited for the new growing season. A fresh new Start! Some of the first things to do on the list is ponder what I am going to grow. I love to try new vegetables and flowers every year. If you don't already have a good garden book, acquire one. They help give you ideas and a bit of a guideline. A garden journal is also nice to have...
Making Hypertufa Pots
So what exactly is Hypertufa (which is pronounced hyper-toofa) Well Hypertufa is the name for an artificial stone. It is used to make a substance similar to the natural volcanic rock called Tufa. Tufa is used to make planting troughs, bird baths, and other things but has become a difficult rock to get. Hypertufa started being used in the mid 19th century by mixing sand, peat, various volcanic aggregates and cement. It is much lighter than stone or concrete and can withstand cold winter temperatures and blazing summer heat equally well....
What Can Be Composted Guideline
About 40% of household waste can be composted at home. Why not turn compost-able waste into black gold to build your garden soil instead! The following will all make good compost: Vegetable peelings Grass clippings Eggshells Vegetables and fruits beyond their 'sell-by' date Tea leaves and tea bags Egg cartons tore up Fallen leaves and petals Dried flowers Corrugated cardboard Weeds without seed heads Shredded newspaper Straw Fruit peelings - Citrus will take much longer to decompose Crab Meal, Shrimp...
Fall Chop and Drop
Productive gardens tend to be a little messy at the end of the season and spending those beautiful fall days cleaning up this past growing seasons debris may not be necessary when instead, it can just compost in place. Start by removing the larger woody stems and chop with a sharp bladed spade, hoe or garden machete into 4-6" pieces and bury them in to soil surface along with other healthy garden debris. This is the chop and drop method, composting in...
Azomite Mineral & Trace Elements
Azomite slow-release is a natural rock dust from Utah and an amazing Organic Fertilizer full of Minerals and Trace Elements. Results of using Azomite are amazing and nearly immediate. Minerals in Azomite Organic Fertilizer are necessary to optimal metabolism in living things. Additives, synthetics or fillers are never added, which makes Azomite perfect for organic gardens, orchards raised beds and farms. Azomite has 67 major and trace elements, that's A to Z of minerals including trace elements. Typical analysis...
Growing Winter Cabbage
Cabbage is high in antioxidants and fiber, plus it is the perfect antidote to all the festive indulgence of chocolate and sweets we inflict on ourselves each year during holiday season. Soil Just like all the brassica family, cabbages like fertilize soil that have been amended with plenty of compost and/or well rotted manure. If your soil is acidic, add lime to make it more alkaline as this will help to prevent against club root. Sowing Sow winter...
Seeds to Sow in September and Soil Care
Fall is a time to think about spring! Even if you aren't planning on planting a fall food crop! There are still several seeds you can be planting to get a fall, winter or even early spring food harvest or just improve your gardens soil through the winter months. September is usually in the height of harvest time. Many winter squashes are getting ready and can be brought in to cure, and most of the vines usually are spent and...
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