Compost and compost tea is not fertilizer, but an infrastructure for soil
Compost and compost tea is not fertilizer, but infrastructure for your soil. This is really good place to start with learning how the Ecology and Phenology in soil works. We start with what we know and branch out. Definition of fertilizer: Fertilizer is made of a salt consisting of Ammonium (NH4) & Nitrate (NO3). [...]
Litter Layer Maintained – Case Study
Here is a case study using fava beans and wheat as a cover crop. In the fall plant red winter wheat and fava beans in the same area. This case study makes a litter layer for a veggie garden. The same method can be used for native gardens. Just change the cover crop. When harvesting or [...]
Using Compost Tea for Pest and Disease Suppression Control
Compost Tea is the easiest and safest way to control blight, leave curl and most fungi problems in trees. The process is very simple. Spray compost tea on the leaves and tree branches. Yes, this does not go into the ground, but on the upper canopy of the tree. About 4 weeks before buds open [...]
Beginning Composting – Videos
Composting is a method to help, not replace, nature breaking down organic, dead/alive material into building blocks that can be available for plants or other organic life to live off. There are a few different kinds of compost piles. They are Cold/Slow Compost piles, Hot/Fast Compost piles, Worm Compost piles, Fly Compost piles and Oil/Minimal Speed Fungi [...]