soil & compost

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Free Mulch is the Best Mulch

Free Mulch is the Best Mulch

Mulch is one of those amazing things that is so simple and yet it is such an important addition to the yard and garden! Why is mulching important?  Well, it...Inhibits weed germination and growth. Holds in soil moisture, protecting your plants from drying out quickly (which is especially important here in the high desert)Helps protect soil from splashing or eroding in…
July 21, 2013
Amending and Fertilizing

Amending and Fertilizing

We've set the intention this year to build our soil up.  You know, all the tons of soil we've brought/hauled/shoveled in?  Yeah, that soil ;-) We figure that, since we plant heavily and harvest amazingly from our humble soil, we should give back a little.  So, compost, compost tea, soil builder, a little bit of new top soil and a…
April 18, 2013

Finding hope in chicken poop

How the heck do you find hope in chicken poop?!?! A few years ago I read the book Harvest For Hope by Jane Goodall and went back and forth between feeling very overwhelmed by all of the madness we have created and feeling very empowered and quite capable of making changes in my day to day life to help our…
March 30, 2011
Spring(ing) Forward

Spring(ing) Forward

With the time change (and my body's inability to figure out when to sleep and when to wake) also comes more light and Spring being (officially) in view!  HooRay!!!Last weekend we did a little spring cleaning and prepping...and I'm just writing about it now because it was all quite exhausting and I ran out of time!We (meaning Kim AKA Tool…
March 15, 2011