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To make raised beds or not, that is the question...

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Potting Soil Recipes--What Are Yours?

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aerobic vs anaerobic soil. not even close to what you likely think.

9 replies 1 7

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Fertilizer Shortage? I call BS!

3 replies

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How Growing Plants builds soil health

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Simple soil amendments: manure, SCG, kelp, etc.?

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Adding sand .. is it a good idea?

12 replies 5

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Deep compost/ mulch for fruit trees.

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Amending soil with Biochar. Discuss......

12 replies 1 1 5

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The Sad Legacy of Modern Ag

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Making use of garden waste producing biochar - feasible?

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Tidal forces and soil moisture

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Here is what's so bad about adding Nitrogen

7 replies 1 1

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Building heavy, acidic clay soil (ultisol)

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Doubt. Fertility on Fukuoka

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How much char by volume?

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Making potting soil from wood chips

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Jar test: Silt vs Clay

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Newbie questions on soil

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Using Clam Shells as Mineralizer

3 replies 3

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For the Soil Gurus - A Couple of Newbie Questions About Silty Loams

21 replies 4

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Salinity super high soil test

13 replies 2 1 1

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Transitioning Soil From Row Crops To Garden

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Could I make absolutely FREE quality potting mix from what's around?

11 replies 1 4

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Recycling old potting soil

23 replies 4

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Soil blocks

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Any ideas what’s digging this hole?

9 replies 1

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Caliche

5 replies 1

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roofing debris all over garden beds; how worried should I be?

8 replies 2

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Too much compost in the soil? Steve Solomon Intelligent gardener

31 replies

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Propagate your own Rhizobia bacteria for seed inoculation?

7 replies

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Getting to know my soil on a detailed level

1 reply 15 4

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Calcium magnesium soil test kit

17 replies 1 3

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local source for elemental sulfur? (Pennsylvania, USA)

9 replies 1

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Using Onions for Sulfur to Increase Acidity in Soil?

8 replies 1

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Help - can my soil be improved enough to plant a tree ASAP, using what's in my yard?

17 replies 3

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Long term unintended (?) soil improvement

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How can I improve my compacted soil - without digging?

17 replies 1 3 4

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How to safely use chicken manure in my garden?

15 replies 3

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how does subsoil tillage build soil?

18 replies 3

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Building soil after pigs

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What to do with (bentonite) cat litter?

6 replies 1 2

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Must you add new nutrients to no-dig gardens?

11 replies 2 1

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Can you introduce mycorrhizal fungi via compost tea?

27 replies

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The problem with commercial agriculture

25 replies 3 1

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Insulation Foam in Soil

7 replies 2 6

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How can I handle acidic soil in the short term?

12 replies 1

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soil block mixer

12 replies

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Compost and legionella risks

11 replies 6

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Helen Atthowe on soil health

3 replies 1

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building fungal soil

6 replies 2

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Tiller reccomendations

12 replies 2

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how to improve very shallow, rocky dirt

9 replies 1

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Vermicompost texture question

12 replies 1

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Human Health and Soil

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Greensand: What is it?

2 6

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Poor soil advice

11 replies 1 5

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I love and hate winter rye

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Poultry poop + time = soil amendment?

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Soil biology question about organic fertilizers

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