Why ‘Soil Blocking’ Is a Better Way to Grow Your Seeds
Forget plastic seed trays and root-bound seedlings. Soil blocking is a revered, time-tested method that produces the ...
It's time to start spring planting, but is there a better way than tidy rows?
As spring warms the soil, gardeners begin the enjoyable and satisfying work of transferring seedlings and young starts into ...
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Vermont Farmer Using Urine as Fertilizer – Here’s Why It’s a Game Changer
In recent years, farmers in Vermont have turned to a surprising resource to enhance the growth of their crops – urine. This ...
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Microplastics Are in Our Food, Water and Air. Should We Be Worried?
In terms of our major sources of exposure, he said that microplastics are like “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in that they ...
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The common composting mistakes you need to avoid if you want to achieve a nutrient-rich heap
It turns out composting is not as straightforward as it seems, here are the mistakes you could be making with yours ...
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Garden Guide: The secret to reviving dry soil in your garden
The fix? If your indoor plants have hydrophobic soil, try to water from the bottom. Place a saucer of water beneath the pot and let the soil slowly wick up moisture through capillary action—a natural ...
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Trump administration funding freeze unsettles researchers at the university
Assistant professor and entomologist at the university Michael Crossley, is a member of Owens’ corn earworm research team. He ...
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Upcycle small food containers or even newspaper for starting seeds indoors
Most other small plastic food containers, such as single-serving yogurt cups, clamshell-type salad packages or egg cartons, ...
Williamsport Sun-Gazette13d
Use small food containers, newspaper for starting seeds indoors
If you’re planning to start seeds indoors this season, you likely know you’ll need a growing medium (packaged, sterile ...
Mother Earth News18d
Making Biochar in the Ground to Improve Soil
Improve your soil by making biochar in the ground. DIY biochar enhances nutrient availability and also enables soil to retain nutrients longer. Last year, I committed one of the great sins of ...
Frontiers18d
Crop rotation and a rye cover crop have minor impacts on soil health, microbial communities, and soybean yield in Ohio
The impact of these changes on soil health and soil microbial communities is not entirely understood. In rotational plots at two sites in Ohio, we investigated the impact of a corn-soy-wheat crop ...
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Amino Acid Complexation Fractionates Nickel Isotopes: Implications for Tracing Nickel Cycling in the Environment
Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey ...