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Make healthy soil with compost so that your herbs, vegetables, and flowers flourish with natural nutrition. Get tips for building soil with our tutorials and hacks.

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11 Free Natural Fertilizers for the Vegetable Garden

There’s no doubt about it, plants need food. These 11 free natural fertilizers can be found in most homes. Let’s stop throwing them away and …

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Using Worm Castings to Build Healthy Soil

Building healthy soil takes time, in fact, it can take year. But there are things you can do to speed it a long like using …

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Cheap and Easy Ways to Build Healthy Soil

The foundation of every garden is healthy soil. Healthy soil gives you fruit and vegetables full of nutrients, protects your plants during droughts, and supplies …

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Using Cover Crops and Green Manure to Improve the Soil

Cover crops are an easy way to suppress weeds, build soil and attract beneficial insects. Learn how to grow buckwheat, Austrian peas, rye, oats, and …

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Improving Soil with Chicken Litter

Improving soil with chicken litter is an organic method for feeding your garden and a way to use your used livestock bedding. One of the …