Ardisia: Caring For Christmas Berry Plants
Throughout the winter, the red, coral, or off-white berries of the ardisia plant can be seen. This has earned it the common name Christmas berry, and it can really be …
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Harvesting Worm Castings: 4 Foolproof Methods
The first step in successful vermicomposting is keeping the worms alive, reproducing, and recycling your food scraps and organic waste into beautiful worm castings. The second step involves how to …
What Kind of Worms Should I Compost With?
It’s very common for the new vermicomposter to ask “What kind of worms can I use in my worm bin? They’re kind of all the same, right?” No. Not at …
Cat Grass: Growing Tasty Treats For Your Feline Friends
Grass for cats? It may seem strange, but my feline companions love their cat grass. In fact, one of them will dart outside to try to eat the lawn when …
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Worm Castings: Powerhouse Poop From Wiggly Worms
Of the organic fertilizers and amendments available, worm castings are some of the best. It’s not because they’re packed with a high NPK. It’s because they provide slow-release fertilizer over …
Wandering Jew Plant Outdoors? Yes, It’s Possible!
Is it possible to grow wandering jew plant outdoors? Absolutely. It started there, after all! But there’s some tricks to growing these plants so they thrive in an outdoor setting. …
Horse Manure: From Road Apples To Fantastic Fertilizer
There’s a lot of different names for horse manure! Horse buns, horse chips, horse hooey, horsepucky, or our favorite, road apples. To some, it’s just a mess that needs to …
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Corn Gluten Meal: A Fertilizer And Natural Herbicide
Corn gluten meal has gotten a weird reputation. Some people swear by it as a natural herbicide. Others claim it has no effect on weeds whatsoever. But it is a …
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Cottonseed Meal: A Trash To Treasure Fertilizer Story
We all know cotton is a valuable material worldwide. But its byproducts, like cottonseed meal, have value too! With more and more people growing their own food, cotton seed meal …
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What To Feed Worms For Epic Vermicompost
Are you baffled by what to feed worms to produce great compost? Most people new to worm composting are at a loss for what goes in there, other than the obvious …
Alfalfa Meal: Fertilizer to Super-Charge Your Soil
Alfalfa is a staple among livestock farmers as nutrient-rich feed. But did you know that alfalfa meal is also a great organic fertilizer? High-quality alfalfa meal is generally weed-free. It …
Chicken Manure: Turning Waste Into Quality Fertilizer
Fertilizing is one of the most important parts of gardening. Like people and animals, plants have to eat as well. Spurred by this, people are becoming interested and involved in …
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