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Funny Movie About Compost and Composting
Hey friends! I'm so excited to feature David the Good. He's a Grow Network blogger, crazy composting champion and established author. Dave has over 100 fruit trees, 20 gardening beds and a collection of resources for simple and easy gardening. 🌱 He literally knows how to make anything useful for the garden. Check out The…
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50 Easy and Free Fertilizers eBook
Have you tried any of the easy and free fertilizers mentioned in the eBook? I'm curious to know what has and has not worked for you! Leave your experiences below!!! If you don't already have the eBook - get it here https://thegrownetwork.com/50-easy-and-free-fertilizers/
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Sad Cucumbers, happy beans
Well, sadly my cascading cucumbers keep getting attacked by something. I suspect, based on my extensive experience killing things with pathogens, that it is part of the Great Compost Disaster of 2020. Oh well. It's really quite disappointing, since the same varieties that I gave to a local community group are producing…
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Garden Manure
This spring we planted our sweet corn an area of decomposing wood chips and dirt that was part of the chicken run. Obviously there is fresh manure mixed in with it. I was told yesterday that vegetables for human consumption should not be planted in an area where there is fresh manure because of e coli contamination. I have…
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Composting container and recipe for a small space
Hi. My garden is only 10' x 5' and filled with flowers, tomato, zucchini, and pepper plants that I started from seed. It's my first time, so I'm pretty excited. Anyway, after watching/listening to the incredible speakers in the summits, I know that compost is what is best for plants as they grow. Us city dwellers have very…
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Leaf Mold
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Mulching the garden
I am super stoked, we finally got some straw. For the last 2 years straw was next to impossible to find and/or it was too expensive. This year I can finally mulch my garden and save myself a whole lot of time. We managed to find a very affordable 800 pound bail. From what it looks like I will be able to do most if not all…