Fungi and Fertilizer
Research from the summer of 2008 revealed yet again the many benefits of using mycorrhizal fungi when planting. This particular study provided some interesting insights. One group of plants (of various species) was fertilized with traditional chemical fertigation and the other group was fertilized with a mix of slow-release chemical fertilizer and rock phosphate. Both…
Read MoreProduct Recipes
For ongoing health management of food crops, gardens, and lawns, I generally end up coming back to the same formulas. Granted, I often do a soil test once a year and use specific products until I have the nutrient ratios balanced and I also play around with refractometers and other fun tools to zero in…
Read MoreWhich products to use?
Choosing which products to use can be a daunting task. They all look so interesting, and many of them seem to be fairly similar. If you’ve read my product recipes article, you’ll have seen that I use them all, because they all bring distinct and incredible benefits (that’s why I sell them), but I’d like…
Read MoreMaking Activated EM (AEM)
Effective Microorganisms (EM) can be activated so that you end up with approximately 20 times the original amount. This isn’t necessary, but it is often done to save money. Application rates are the same either way.
Read MoreAll about Bokashi
Bokashi is traditionally a fermented substrate such as rice bran or wheat bran, but it can also be made with many other kinds of waste materials such as sawdust. It is fermented (kind of pickled) by mixing it with effective microorganisms (EM). It has traditionally been done to make use of the above waste materials,…
Read MoreProducts in Composting
Almost all of my products are excellent to incorporate into compost, but there are a few that come to mind as being at the top of the list. They will not necessarily make a poorly built compost into a good compost, but they can greatly increase the speed of decomposition and improve the final product:
Read MoreResources
Favourite Websites www.gaiacollege.ca“Accessible education in Organic Land Care.” In my opinion, you will learn more in even their shortest courses than you would studying horticulture in college or university. Actually, it’s not just my opinion, because post-secondary grads have taken the courses and said that. I now teach some of their courses, but several years…
Read MoreEffective Microorganism Products – They Have More Uses Than You Know
Americans buy here Effective microorganism (EM) products are liquid probiotics for the garden. I don’t know what it is about them, but they often produce incredible results after using them for just one growing season. They certainly have for me and for my garden. When I say for me, I mean for me – yes,…
Read MoreSea Salt Fertilizer For Broad-Spectrum Nutrition
Americans buy here Once upon a time, there was a doctor who got curious. A lot of stories about important organic gardening discoveries actually start out this way, since nutrition deeply affects human health, and our nutrition is strongly influenced by what we feed our plants. In this case, the doctor was Dr. Maynard Murray…
Read MoreNitrogen-Fixing Bacteria – For Your Peas, Beans And Other Legumes
Most of us have heard the expression, “nature, red in tooth and claw.” When Tennyson wrote this line back in 1850, he was saying that nature is competition, a struggle to eat or be eaten. But what if nature has a different story to tell? While it’s true that competition is one of the driving…
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