Soil

Plastic mulching has been shown to have many benefits, including weed control, increased soil temperature and less evaporation. These conditions can make it possible for plants such as tomatoes,...

Compost is a nutrient rich organic soil amendment that you can create at home. Using worms in your compost will give you the rich compost you want quicker than regular composting. Compost can be...

Worm farming, also called vermiculture, is the process of using red worms to create compost fertilizer. The worms are fed organic material and food scraps, which they digest then excrete a...

Using worms to compost horse manure is a very effective practice. It is estimated that one worm can consume nearly half its body weight in manure each day making the reduction of waste for farmers...

Worms are very easy to raise and require very little work. If you start out with just 100 red wigglers, within a year they can re-produce into 3000-5000. This is a great learning experience for...

Harness the free power of the sun to kill and prevent weeds in your garden plot! Soil solarization techniques super-heat the surface garden soil, killing most weeds and preventing their seeds...

Making your own compost from kitchen and yard scraps is a wonderful way to return nutrients to the soil and to improve soil texture. If you are concerned about the amount of space needed to...

Making homemade compost can seem like a daunting task. But if you use this compost pit method, the process can be rewarding. There is no need for expensive hardware or fancy inocula. With a few...

Worm composters may be used indoors or outdoors to make nutritious soil additives for your garden. Vermicomposting, or worm composting, is an easy way to recycle kitchen scraps into rich...

Have you ever wanted to try composting? Well, good news! You can build a compost bin in under 30 minutes. This simple compost bin is great for first time composters who don’t want to buy an...

Pasteurizing your garden's soil each season before planting rids the soil of weeds, insects, fungi and bacteria that stunt plant growth and make more work for you later. Solarization is the...

Soil is the foundation of your garden. If there comes a day that your soil is besieged by nematodes or, perhaps, an invasion of noxious weeds, you may wish to start over with new soil. Instead of...