YouTube: Dealing with Peach Leaf Curl
Our latest video is all about Peach Leaf Curl and how to deal with it. What is Peach Leaf Curl? Our latest video explains it all.
Nicky Schauder
Podcast: Compost Tea with Nicky Schauder
Our guest this week is Nicky Schauder from Permaculture Gardens. We talk about her grant-funded study of the effectiveness of compost tea
David White of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture.
Podcast: Regenerative Techniques with David White
Our guest this week is David White of Center for Regenerative Agriculture. He's got a PhD in cell biology and uses compost tea and other regenerative practices to rebuild dead soils. He shares his tips for growing healthy soil in your garden.
Randy Ritchie in his natural habitat.
Podcast: Malibu Composting with Randy Ritchie
Our guest this week is Randy Ritchie, co-founder, CEO, & director of Sales & Marketing for Malibu Compost. We talk about true organic gardening methods, how Malibu Compost came to be and much more.
The unit comes with several tip options. We like the brass sprayer (beware of lead, though).
New Toy: Compost Tea Sprayer
Last year after taking Dr. Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web intensive, I ran out and purchased a piston-pump sprayer to take my compost tea to the next level. Compost tea is great for plant roots and soil health, but it also makes a great foliar feed (using said compost tea sprayer). Plants respond with a jump in growth, and a reduction in surface- or soil-born fungal infestations. Since tomato season is here, and blight is never far behind here in…
Air tubes run along the metal frame
Brewing Compost Tea
Last week we got up close and personal with compost, or more specifically the microbes in compost. Now that we've determined that our compost is biologically active and suitable for brewing compost tea, we took the plunge. Earlier this year we received a compost tea brewer as a gift (and a great one at that - thanks Mom and Dad!). The brewer pumps air bubbles into the water to keep it oxygenated and promote the growth of the right kind…
Dirt Simple Compost Tea Brewer
2013 Gardening Resolutions
With each new year, gardeners vow to make changes or try new techniques (or remember old ones). 2013 shall be no different, and so we bring you Gardenerd's Gardening Resolutions for the new year. 1) De-Clutter - haven't used that stack of plastic pots in three years? It's time to let them go. Donate them to a school or recycle them through Freecycle or Craigslist. I'm cleaning out shredded bird netting, old balls of wire (collected from Christmas wreaths of…
Soil Foodweb: It’s a Party In There
This week we are delighted to present another guest blogger, Sheri Powell-Wolff, A.K.A. Compost Teana. Sheri is an Advisor and Master Soil Consultant for Soil Foodweb Oregon and Earth Fortifications in Corvallis, Oregon. Her company, Compost TEAna’s Organic Landscapes provides compost tea services and soil biology testing and consultation in the Los Angeles Area. She's here to gives us the ...