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Photosynthesis Simple Explanation For Gardeners
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- February 21
This photosynthesis simple explanation is good for gardeners to understand, just so we know the very basics of how a plant eats and what we can do to help.
Home Soil Test Kits - Are They Worth Your Time?
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- February 17
Garden centers occasionally sell home soil test kits, but are they accurate or are you better off sending your soil test sample to a soil lab?
Today I Define Humus And Why It Rocks My Pants Off
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- February 15
Define humus: The organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.
That's according to Google and it's basically accurate, although if we're getting nit-picky:
- Humus isn't the only "organic component of soil"
- It's not just leaves and plant material (it's anything that was once living)
- Insects and animals are involved in this decomposition process, too.
Biological Transmutation - Can Organisms Really Transmute Elements?
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- February 11
Biological transmutation is when organisms combine elements together to produce new elements. As to whether or not this is actually possible, that's up for debate.
The Number 1 Problem With Organic Pest Control
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- February 10
I know people come searching here for organic pest control methods, and I occasionally mention a few specific techniques, but mostly I talk about a far more important concept that pretty much gets rid of pests altogether.
Vegetable Garden - 5 Tips For Growing The Healthiest Vegetables
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- February 04
Before I studied organic gardening, I had hardly considered growing food. Now, the vegetable garden is my main focus.
This page is my main hub for introducing you to some important concepts on how to grow organic, so be sure to bookmark it.
The cool thing I've learned is that a vegetable garden doesn't have to be a weedy rectangle with straight rows and wide paths in the back corner of your property.
5 Vital Organic Gardening Topics Bloggers Will Still Ignore In 2013
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- January 20
I don't read very many organic gardening blogs. I find I pick up more useful gardening tips from reading organic farming research and organic gardening books.
Most blogs just seem to be covering gardening topics that I'm not really interested in, which is fine - I tend to lean slightly towards the ecological side of gardening rather than the aesthetic side, and to advanced soil building and food growing techniques rather than the basics.
Brix Test - How To Use It In Your Organic Vegetable Garden
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- December 16
Continued from What Is Brix?.
The second reason we may conduct a brix test is more practical and useful in our vegetable gardens.
First, we take our refractometer and measure brix in a leaf or especially a fruit from one of our plants, for example a tomato.
What Is Brix And How Can It Improve (Or Destroy) Your Garden?
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- December 09
When I started learning about brix, I got super excited about organic vegetable gardening. To me, brix is one of the most fascinating topics in organic gardening.
What Is Brix
So what is brix? Here's my basic brix definition: it measures the dissolved solids in plant juice, which includes sucrose and fructose, vitamins and minerals, protein and amino acids, and many others.
Paramagnetic Rock Dust - The Secret To Healthy Plants Or Useless?
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- December 01
What is paramagnetic rock dust? Well, let's start with paramagnetism.
The soil in your organic garden is paramagnetic. It isn't magnetic, but is mildly attracted by a magnet and partially aligns with the earth’s magnetic field, so it's paramagnetic. Some soils are attracted more than others, and generally, the more paramagnetic your soil is, the better.
This is apparently because highly paramagnetic soils are more energetically aligned with the earth and even the universe, and actually invite energy into them.
