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Thank you so much for this post and to everyone sharing 💗

completely agree about soil being the real starting point. I spent my first year obsessing over what to plant when I should have been...

All gardening is local. Perhaps, you are located on wonderful fertile ground. New construction didn’t pull subsoil up and push topsoil...

This is a good follow up to distinguish between native species and invasive plants, which ONLY means plants from other places, mostly...

SO MUCH of gardening is preparation. In my garden I am beginning to remove 3 years worth of weed growth. I don't have to dig them up...

Have you ever looked at your backyard and thought, “This space could be doing more than just growing weeds”? Maybe you’ve imagined...

@Dirtmechanic it's definitely a bonus for a garden if your soil is poor, but it also is very hard to build up in a garden if you don't...

Yeah I felt bad about that suggestion of humic. I got guilted about it but I am a soil soul to a large degree. It was an interest in...

humic acid is an incredibly complex molecule... "Humic acid has the average chemical formula C187H186O89N9S1 and is insoluble in strong...

That's more about soil and minerals. I know sulphur impacts the flavor in a huge way. Epsom salts I mean, magnesium sulphate. I had to...

Interesting! I've only ever used molasses for one thing -- making gingerbread houses!

I believe that it is @Dirtmechanic , who makes use of molasses in garden soil on a regular basis. He likely has an idea re sweetness...

Another tomato tip I learned from one of my lovely gardening neighbors was that you can make your tomatoes last longer if you store them...

Have we lost sight of the “Electroculture” campaign that was kinda popular a couple years ago? I know some probably felt like they...

Before I tried the beer method I used to grab the slugs one by one and throw them across the yard and they'd hit the fence! It was...