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Leaf Mold? Black Gold! A Simple Recipe for Turning Autumn Leaves into Garden Dreams.

Making Leaf Mold Compost

Leaf Mold? Black Gold! Leaf compost is simple, free, and will transform you garden soil If there’s a single ingredient I recommend for almost any soil, it’s the leaves that carpet the ground every fall. I like to use them

Ea Murphy November 14, 2015November 14, 2015 Compost & Amendments, Dirty Little Toolbox, 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

Soil Food for Greener Gardens: The Best Amendments in Your Own Backyard.

Soil Food for Greener Gardens: The Best Amendments in Your Own Backyard.

A guest blog post about soil food at Garden Therapy.

Ea Murphy May 25, 2015May 25, 2015 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

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An interview with the Urban Farm Podcast

THE URBAN FARM PODCAST WITH GREG PETERSON283: Elizabeth Murphy on The Importance of Healthy Soil
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