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Susan Vinskofski, from PA, is an avid gardener. Susan is passionate about building soil because she believes that nutrient dense food begins in the soil. Susan blogs about gardening, foraging, real food and natural living.
Tag Archives: gardening
Testing Old Seed for Viability
TweetPerhaps you have some old packets of seed and are wondering if you may use them this year in your garden. Well, that depends. Seeds are best stored in a cool, dry location. If yours were stored in a humid … Continue reading
Building a Trellis for Tomato Plants
Tweet“ “Husband,” I said. “I need a trellis for tomato plants.” And this is what he built! It’s generally recommended that tomato plants be staked to keep them up off of the ground and to provide good air circulation. Another … Continue reading
Peat Moss and the Sustainable Garden
Tweet peat moss Noun A large absorbent moss (genus Sphagnum, family Sphagnaceae) that grows in dense masses on boggy ground, where the lower parts decay. A lowland peat bog. Have you ever explored a bog? It’s a beautiful, eerie, sort … Continue reading
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Tagged bog, garden, gardening, peat moss, sphagnum, sustainable
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Compost is Black Gold!
Tweet If there was only one piece of advice I could give to improve your soil, it would be to compost. This dark, crumbly, “black gold”, is made up of decomposing organic matter. It improves your soil and keeps kitchen … Continue reading
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Tagged compost, composting, gardening, recycle, recycling, soil
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Refractometer: A Simple Way to Test Produce for Nutrient Density
Tweet Do you remember the Stanford report this past summer that found that organic produce was no healthier than standard produce in terms of nutrition? Well, that made me wonder if there was a way to test the vegetables from … Continue reading
Off-Season Gardening Project: Organizing Seeds
Tweet On the left is the disaster that was how I’ve stored my seeds. For years. So, whenever it was time to plant something, or to replant I had to dig through the mess to find what I was looking … Continue reading
