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Composting Is Just Controlled Rot You Can Steer
Learn · Sustainable Growing Rot is going to happen to your scraps either way. Composting just means doing it on purpose, in…
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Compost Tea Spreads Soil Life Where You Need It
Learn · Sustainable Growing A bucket of good compost can be brewed into enough living liquid to wake up a whole garden’s…
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Healthy Soil Is Built From the Top Down
Learn · Sustainable Growing You do not feed plants. You feed the soil, and the soil feeds the plants. Get that right…
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Most Plant Disease Starts With a Stressed Plant
Learn · Sustainable Growing Disease rarely strikes a strong plant out of nowhere. It moves in where a plant is already weakened…
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The Best Pest Control Is a Balanced Garden
Learn · Sustainable Growing Spraying a pest kills the symptom. A balanced garden removes the reason the pest took over in the…
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Plant Once, Harvest for Years With Perennials
Learn · Sustainable Growing Plant an annual and you start over every year. Plant a perennial and it keeps giving back for…
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Plants Grow Better in the Right Company
Learn · Sustainable Growing Plants are not solitary. Put the right ones side by side and they feed, shelter, and defend each…