TEST THE SOIL FIRST
by John B Mullen WHEN YOU ARE planning to bring your garden plot up to full production of either vegetables or blooms, a…
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FERTILIZERS
HERE THE MATERIALS COME FROM.WHERE TO GET THEM IN THE CHEAPEST FORM.HOW TO COMPOUND FORMULAS, ETC. BY J. J. H. GREGORY, A.M., INTRODUCTION.CHEMISTS…
Soils Overview
Provided by the Soil Science Society of America Soils are complex mixtures of minerals, water, air, organic matter, and countless organisms that are…
Soil Composition
IntroductionSoil, dirt, sediment, what’s the difference? Depending upon whom you ask, you might get a radicallydifferent answer. Some sources state that the only…
KNOW YOUR SOIL
A HANDBOOK FOR ORGANIC GROWERS AND GARDENERS IN TEMPERATE AND SUB-TROPICAL REGIONS By: Amigo Cantisano, Organic Ag Advisors INTRODUCTIONThere are libraries full of…
How To Make Fertilizer
HARLAN H. D. ATTFIELD This bulletin’ contains easy to follow, well-illustrated directions for making fertilizer using materials likely to be found in a…
Building Soil Organic Matter with Organic Amendments with Organic Amendments
A resource for urban and rural gardeners, small farmers, turfgrass managers and large-scale producers This report was published by the Center for Integrated…
Compost – A Guide for Evaluating and Using Compost Materials as Soil Amendments
By William Darlington, Consultant Compost is defined as the product resulting from the controlled biological decomposition of organic material. Compost can be derived…
Backyard Composting Basics
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WORKING IN COOPERATION WITH COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE .