by Anna Strick | Aug 6, 2020 | Bacteria, Habitat, Microbes, Mycorrhizae
With a quick glance, you’d overlook it all. The measure of soil health is soil life, and to see that, you’ll need a microscope. These organisms are so small that a single teaspoon of healthy soil can hold MORE THAN 4 BILLION microbes. And that is just the...
by Kathy Fryxell, PhD | Nov 5, 2019 | Bacteria, Blog, Fertilizer, Food, Health, Lawn, Microbes, Organics, Plants
Our soils are just like our refrigerators. They store and provide nutrients for our plants. We need to keep our soil healthy just like we keep ourselves healthy. Do you know what’s in your Soil’s “Refrigerator”? Are you filling it up with a “well-balanced diet”?...
by Bill Peregrine | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog, Education, Fertilizer, Lawn, Microbes, Organics
Brrr… Are we really talking about “winter” at the beginning of October? It seems so early and yet now is the time to prepare your lawns for the next 4 months. Here’s the scoop and why our lawns perform so poorly in the PNW over the winter...
by Bill Peregrine | May 14, 2018 | Blog, Fertilizer, Gardening, Lawn, Microbes, Organics, Seeds, Sustainable
This time of year the #1 question we get is, “How much should I water?” It happens every year as the winter rains subside and spring brings in some drier weather. The short answer is: Lawns need 1 inch of water per week to stay green. That would be a...
by Kathy Fryxell, PhD | Apr 10, 2018 | Blog, Chemicals, Featured, Fertilizer, Microbes, Organics, Philosophy, Plants, Sustainable
Spring is here, and garden centers are brimming with plants for sale. As enthusiasts of natural beauty, we tend to focus on what we can see, which are the bright, beautiful plants above ground. But, have you ever thought about the abundant life that lives...
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...
