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How Organic Matter Feeds the Soil

Sharing is caring! Every season in my garden, I’m reminded that the real work happens after harvest. When I leave stalks, roots, and cover crop...

How to Build Healthy Soil Before Spring

Sharing is caring! Healthy spring gardens are built long before seeds ever go into the ground. In my experience gardening year-round in Sonoma Valley—mostly in...

Soil Salvation: How Gardening Relieves Stress

A common error for newbies is to start too big, and then become overwhelmed. If you just want to putter with a couple of flower...

How to Improve Your Soil | 3 Easy Steps

Compost is my favorite amendment for improving any soil. It makes heavy soil lighter and improves drainage. In sandy soil, it helps retain moisture....

A Grower’s Guide to Testing and Amending Indoor Soil

If‬‭ you’re‬‭ an‬‭ indoor‬‭ grower‬‭ who‬‭ uses‬‭ soil‬‭ in‬‭ your‬‭ gardens,‬‭ you‬‭ may‬‭ be‬‭ wondering,‬‭ “Should‬‭ I‬‭ be‬ testing‬‭ my‬‭ soil,‬‭ and‬‭ if‬‭ so,‬‭...

Mastering Moisture in Living Soil: How Tensiometers Transformed My Gardening

Have you ever come across “helpful advice” like this on a bag of potting soil or a feed chart? When I first started working...

Best Soil Temperature For Germination | Seed Starting

The anticipation and excitement that come from sowing seeds for a favorite flower or...

Choosing the Right Cover Crop | Protect & Improve Soil

When vegetables are not actively growing in your garden, planting a cover crop can...

Before & After: Should It Stay or Should It Go? In Praise of Inherited Plants (And Soil, And Concrete)

When Jane Orvis and Steve Hanson bought their 1950s house in Seward Park, Seattle, they kept the original pink-tiled bathroom. But what about the...

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Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic Farm

Hydroponic Farmers Turn Half Acre Into Million-Dollar Enterprise Green Mountain Harvest Hydroponic Farm | Dan Sullivan | Three cash crops fetching gross sales of $1.4 million...

Learn How to Grow Bristlecone Pine Trees

There are a variety of treatment options which you can learn about in our guide to eradicating aphids. Mountain Pine Beetles Mountain pine beetles (Dendrocton ponderosa)...

Cherry Looks Back at Her September Garden, Part 1

Happy Monday GPODers! A couple weeks ago we were treated to a winter photo submission...
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