Soils & Grow Mediums Archives - my Garden and Greenhouse

June 26, 20220

How to Create High Quality Compost in Less Than 5 Weeks

It doesn’t matter if you’re a gardening novice trying to supplement your dinner table with some home-grown veggies or an entrepreneur that earns

May 22, 20220

Amending soil and mulching are two different practices, but they relate to one another closely and an understanding of both is necessary for prop

April 17, 20220

Composting is one of many organic gardening tasks that have become unnecessarily complicated. Composting is the cycle of plant life that Mother N

February 28, 20220

Adding good rich compost to your gardens is one of the smartest things you can do as a gardener. Compost is pure organic matter and when added to the

December 14, 20210

Knowing the pH levels of your growing media is incredibly important. As any gardener or grower knows, keeping your soil or alternative medium at

October 6, 20210

Pine needle mulch, or commonly referred to as “pine straw” is simply mulch that utilizes pine needles. Unlike rocks and rubber chips, it breaks down

August 27, 20210

Building high populations of beneficial microorganisms in the soil will dramatically increase growing success, soil, and plant health, and help i

August 19, 20210

Growing your own food doesn’t have to be rocket science. In the words of Confucius, “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicate

July 27, 20210

If you have recently purchased a compost tumbler bin you have just taken the first step toward aerobic composting. There are two main types of compos

July 13, 20210

Last winter on a snowy February evening, my husband and I drove home from a meeting of the Clean Air committee in a neighboring town. It prompted