by Bill Peregrine | May 4, 2017 | Blog, Chemicals, Fertilizer, Lawn, Organics, pH
Okay, admittedly, sometimes we do not talk about the most glamorous topics in our Blog. Unless you are into soil chemistry, this may be one of those times. But Aluminum and its effects on plant performance comes up regularly when reading soil tests, so here it...
by Bill Peregrine | Feb 26, 2017 | Blog, Chemicals, Diseases, Fertilizer, Gardening, Health, Nature, Organics, Philosophy
For 12,000 years we were an organic agricultural society. Then in the 1950’s (yes, only 60-70 years ago) we thought we had a better way than Nature’s Way. But even through the “miracles” of chemistry, a few persisted in keeping the organic...
by Bill Peregrine | Jan 29, 2017 | Bacteria, Biochar, Blog, Chemicals, Fertilizer, Gardening, Health, Insects, Lawn, Microbes, Nature, Organics, Sustainable
Carbon is a greenhouse gas. It gets trapped in the atmosphere and increases the temperature on Earth. Plants take in Carbon in the form of CO2 and lock-up the Carbon as wood and breathe out the Oxygen (the “O2” part of CO2). In the case of our...
by Bill Peregrine | Feb 27, 2016 | Blog, Fertilizer, Lawn, Organics, Plants
We have all heard that adding compost to your soils can help in water retention. But how big is it? Research out of Kansas State University says that increasing the organic matter in your soil by just 1% can increase the water holding capacity by 25,000 gallons over 1...
by [email protected] | Jul 2, 2015 | Fertilizer, Organics
As many of my customers know, each time we come to their properties we cross it two times… Once with a granular organic product (or “bridge” product for those coming off a chemical diet) and a second time with our FertileTea, a super-charged compost...
