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Politics, Houseplants, and a New Look

Ten days away from the winter solstice – the garden is fast asleep, resting under a thick blanket of leaves and replenishing its strength. At this time I imagine a...

Compost Tea Food Recipes

When making aerated compost tea, you can of course simply extract the microbes that are present in the compost. But, as you probably know, if you add certain foods to...

Comparing Compost Tea And EM

Happy Spring Equinox! I know, it’s been an on-again, off-again roller coaster ride here in Victoria, with all that snow just a month ago and temperatures still hovering in the...

Nitrogen fixers

The chickens experienced their first snow last month. It was very amusing to watch them traipsing through the white stuff and trying to eat some. I made sure that they...

Customizing Compost

Here we are now, midway between winter solstice and spring equinox! The skies are still grey, yet buds are swelling everywhere and the birds are starting to make a lot...

Fungi Are Back!

Summer has come and gone and the July newsletter never even happened… But today I am back and very happy to announce that mycorrhizal fungi are once again back on...