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Home / Building Soil Fertility

Learning How to Build and Maintain Soil Fertility

Soil is a gardener’s most valuable asset. Providing a happy home for soil organisms in your garden can pay dividends.

Learn ideas for building and maintaining soil fertility, including fixing compacted soil, enriching with soil amendments, working with water and improving drainage, mulching, companion planting, and more.

Taking care of the soil is crucial for the long-term viability of gardens and agricultural lands. Here's what's at stake and how to prevent soil erosion. #microfarm #gardening #gardentips #soilerosion #soilfertility #watermanagement

Taking care of the soil is crucial for the long-term viability of gardens and agricultural lands. Here’s what’s at stake and how to prevent soil erosion.

Catching water in the landscape is often more efficient than using rain barrels. Here's how one suburban homestead harvested rainwater from their roof to transform their front yard garden.

Catching water in the landscape is often more efficient than using rain barrels. Here’s how rainwater harvesting transformed my front yard garden.

Grow Chives for the Best Strawberries: Strawberries are a favorite in the garden. Here's how to grow your best strawberries using herbs like chives to fertilize and deter pests. #microfarm #growfruit #strawberries #ediblelandscaping #perennialcrops #gardening #gardentips

Strawberries are a favorite in the garden. Here’s how to grow your best strawberries using herbs like chives to fertilize and deter pests.

There are many benefits to growing comfrey. Learn how to grow this perennial herb and why it’s making its way into permaculture gardens everywhere.

Swiss chard and sweet alyssum make a beautiful combination in the edible landscape. But this combination goes beyond "pretty". Sweet alyssum is a workhorse, helping to grow a more productive landscape with less work.

Learn how pairing Swiss chard with sweet alyssum combines beauty and function to contribute to a low-maintenance and ecologically rich edible landscape.

Mulching is an essential component of the garden that is often overlooked, but can save time in the long run. Find out what mulch is, how to mulch properly, and the various types of mulch.

Mulching is an essential component of an ecologically rich permaculture garden. Here are five types of mulch, as well as when and how to apply them.

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  2. Building Soil Fertility
  3. Edible Landscaping
  4. Garden Planning
  5. Growing and Using Herbs
  6. Growing Fruit Crops
  7. Growing Vegetables
  8. Permaculture Gardening
  9. Rainwater Harvesting
  10. Suburban Homesteading

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