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the 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

Minimizing plant disease through healthy soil

June 23, 2015 by fifthseason 3 Comments

One thing you can count on as a gardener this time of the year is plant diseases.  I know of no gardener who does not experience at least some form of plant disease every garden season. Plants, like humans are susceptible to adverse environmental conditions, airborne viruses, weak immune conditions, etc.  The healthier the soil and plant, the less likely it will be infected, but 100% avoidance, in my experience, is not likely.  Indoor growers have a better chance because they can control the … [Read more...] about Minimizing plant disease through healthy soil

Filed Under: Organic Gardening Tagged With: Compost, Compost Tea, plant diseases, Serenade, soil health, the soil food web

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