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Soil Food Web

It’s Soil, Not Dirt… And It’s Alive!

October 1, 2019 by fifthseason Leave a Comment

-Patrick Metz- This past weekend we had the folks from Mountain Gate Organics over at the Charlottesville store talking worms, soil, and biology.  In anticipation of the day, we had made a couple hundred gallons of compost tea and were giving it away to any interested gardeners. Even more exciting was a little display we had set up with a microscope connected to a computer screen. Underneath the microscope two drops of the tea (made from worm castings and molasses introduced into water and … [Read more...] about It’s Soil, Not Dirt… And It’s Alive!

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: Compost, Compost Tea, soil, Soil Food Web, soil health, Soil Microbes, the soil food web, worm composting

Garden Guru Chat Part 1

April 8, 2011 by fifthseason 2 Comments

The first steps towards developing a garden--especially if you're new to the concept--can be quite daunting. If your time is precious and you can't put triple digit hours in each week and you're not a trust fund kid, then getting someone to blueprint the green space will be ideal. Luckily, Asheville is home to a plethora of garden consultants of every persuasion from permaculture gardening to Japanese style landscaping. Two of the best in the business are Gary Deetz and Jim Smith who both … [Read more...] about Garden Guru Chat Part 1

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: Gary Deetz, Jim Smith, Microbes, Raised Beds, Soil Food Web

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