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  The key to addressing common soil problems with balanced nutrients may be both easier and yet more complicated than you might think. It’s not just about spraying the right fertilizer and watching it be miraculously sucked into your plants in ...

If you live in a climate that has less-than-ideal growing conditions for much of the year due to frost or cold weather, there are many things you can do to extend the growing season by weeks, months, or even indefinitely ...

  There are many foods that store well, and many foods that are super-nutritious or have high caloric value, but the number of foods that store well and are especially nutrient- and calorie-rich are much fewer. Calories without nutrients won’t ...

  Earth, by its very nature, is in a partnership with microbes of all kinds. From the deepest seas, to the highest mountains, microbes such as bacteria, yeast and fungi are a key part of our planet’s ecosystems, performing vital ...

From backyard gardens to large-scale farms, fall is often viewed as harvest time. But “nature’s garden” is in full yield in the autumn, too, as the trees begin to lose their leaves and heavy frosts set in. Following are a ...

If you live in a cold temperate climate, or even somewhere that cold weather significantly slows the growth of plants during any part of the year, cold frames are a simple way you can boost your yields and increase the ...

Intuitively, we all know that diversity is important in ecosystems, and yet most gardeners chug along year after year using the same few plants in the garden, as if gardens themselves are not ecosystems and somehow fall outside of the ...

Kale with huge holes in the leaves. Squash plants missing large sections of stem. Flowers with their petals missing. Insect garden pests can do all these things and more to your precious plants, and by the time you notice, it ...

Plants partner with soil ecosystems to create conditions favorable to their growth. This includes everything from increasing organic matter in the soil, to creating soil structures ideal for holding water and exchanging nutrients, and making nutrients more bioavailable/useable to plants ...

If you ask a representative sample of gardeners what they least enjoy doing in the garden, you’re likely to get the same answer from most of them: weeding. In my own experience as a low-maintenance landscape designer and professional gardener, ...