Don't forget to feed your plants! Plants need energy in order to grow and produce fruit. To provide them with that energy, it's important to supply them with the essential minerals they need in order ...

If you’ve ever seen adult jumping worms, there’s no mistaking them. Found near the surface of soil and larger than your ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

It is wasteful to wave a water wand around the garden, sprinkling plants, foliage and all. The most effective way is to put water directly to the roots.

I 've always loved having fresh flowers in my home. From a young age, I was enamored with the blooms in my grandfather's ...

Radical Roots founder Kristen Campbell facilitated the hands-on workshop where guests got to mix together seed bombs, comprised of clay, worm castings, seeds, and biochar. Campbell launched her ...

The Worm Castings Organic Fertilizer is actually a soil amendment that helps get the microbiology going in your dirt. It doesn’t cause harm to the soil like the NPK fertilizer. It feeds the soil and ...

Did you know that April is National Garden Month?   The official proclamation, declared by then-Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack in 2015, “celebrates the great American ...

Worm castings are a great ingredient. They help improve the quality of the soil, resulting in better drainage, aeration, and water retention. Their nutrient-rich properties also make it easier for ...

"Mini" or Persian cucumbers are the perfect cuke for the home gardener. Learn to grow Persian cucumbers this year.

Granular fertilizer looks like sand grains ... If you have one of the following materials: compost, grass clippings, worm castings, well rotted horse manure, and leaf mold, you can try to mulch them.

In that small zone, magic—some even call it chemistry—happens, and that chemistry has soil feedback loops with the microbiota living in the soil. Understanding this may help improve breeding ...