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Healthy Soil during Drought

Drought proof California garden

Resilience Starts with Life “…but what do I do for the living soil during drought?” As the Down & Dirty workshop tours the West Coast, from Seattle to San Diego, this is the question on everyone’s mind – and for

Ea Murphy August 22, 2015November 11, 2015 Featured, Stories & Secrets Read more

Buckwheat Green Manure: Fill the Summer Gap to Build Soils Fast

Young lush buckwheat green manure.

Simple Summer Buckwheat: Fast, friendly, and fresh summer soil food for the short gap to build long-lasting soil health At last, summer has arrived! Gardens overflow and our hands are happily busy weeding, seeding, harvesting spring veggies, and prepping for fall. If you are like

Ea Murphy June 26, 2015 Cover Crops, Dirty Little Toolbox, Featured, Stories & Secrets Read more

Fertilizers or Amendments? What to Use for Soil Food

Bucket of fertilizer

Fertilizers or Amendments. Does the difference have you scratching your head? Soil fertilizers or amendments. Confused? There’s a good reason. There’s not a sharp line between fertilizers and amendments. Fertilizers can be amendments and amendments can be fertilizers. They both

Ea Murphy June 17, 2015June 17, 2015 Compost & Amendments, Dirty Little Toolbox, Featured, Stories & Secrets Read more

Feed the Soil, Part 1: What are Organic Soil Amendments

Orchard trees on the edge of a Japanese farm

The what and why of organic soil amendments and soil food What’s the secret to rich, productive soil? Food! Soil has to eat…just like us and every other living thing out there. Our most important garden job is feeding the

Ea Murphy May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 Compost & Amendments, Dirty Little Toolbox, Featured, Stories & Secrets Read more

The Dirt on Soil. Interview with Mary Beth Breckenridge of the Akron Beacon Journal

The Dirt on Soil. Interview with Mary Beth Breckenridge of the Akron Beacon Journal
Ea Murphy May 19, 2015May 19, 2015 News Read more

Dirty Secrets: 10 ways to improve garden soil. Guest post on Gardenista.com

Dirty Secrets: 10 ways to improve garden soil. Guest post on Gardenista.com
Ea Murphy May 19, 2015May 25, 2015 Featured, Stories & Secrets Read more

Online Resources for Cover Crops and Green Manures

Common vetch

Your Guide to… Green Manure and Cover Crop Resources  As gardeners, we know how to grow plants. Cover crops and green manures are no different. We just need to know three basic pieces of information to make green manures work in our

Ea Murphy April 28, 2015June 26, 2015 Cover Crops, Dirty Little Toolbox, Featured Read more

Got a Brown Thumb? Stick it in a Green Manure!

Got a Brown Thumb? Stick it in a Green Manure!

How to Get Started with Cover Crops and Green Manures in the Garden For a long time cover crops and green manures seemed like a dream. Growing plants in my garden that both fertilized and built up dark, rich soils –

Ea Murphy April 28, 2015May 19, 2015 Cover Crops, Dirty Little Toolbox, Featured Read more

Why Soil? Why Now? 2015 the International Year of Soils

Pattypan squash in summer garden

You might have thought, according to the Chinese zodiac, that 2015 rang in the year of the sheep. This year, however, sheep will share this title with the soils that grow their green pastures. To help celebrate the New Year,

Ea Murphy April 5, 2015February 5, 2019 Featured, Stories & Secrets Read more

Let Daikon Till Your Garden: Radish Cover Crop Works Soil Wonders

Let Daikon Till Your Garden: Radish Cover Crop Works Soil Wonders

The Secret to Soil Health is in the Roots When planting a cover crop to protect or feed our soils, we focus on the cover. Success comes in swaths of green that protect the bare ground and add nutrients when we till

Ea Murphy March 15, 2015May 25, 2015 Cover Crops, Dirty Little Toolbox, Featured, Stories & Secrets Read more

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