Get the most out of your garden! Dee McKenna, Nutrients For Life blogger, takes you to her backyard and demonstrates how to take a soil sample.
September 15, 2011 Read more
Phosphorus
Here’s to fall! I have had enough of this summer! How about you? Depending upon where you live, your garden season may not have been as dry and hot as ours.
September 1, 2011 Read more
I have never grown cantaloupe before. First, I had to decide whether to refer to them as cantaloupe or muskmelon.
August 23, 2011 Read more
I just used my last garden onion and it’s March! I did a little dance and expressed gratitude to the onion for bringing flavor to our dinner. I have failed at winter preservation in the past. This year, I finally got it right. We have enjoyed onions all winter long without shopping the produce aisle at the grocery store.
Within three weeks, conditions will be favorable for planting potatoes and peas. But I know that my garden soil needs a little TLC before I start digging.
March 8, 2011 Read more
One thing is for sure: strangers don’t quite know what to say when asked if they know anything about fertilizer.