Soil blocks can be made in several different sizes for use with a variety of seed sizes. Small seeds can be started in tiny soil blocks and then moved up into the dibbled holes of larger blocks once ...

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You want bigger, healthier harvests, not a crowded bed full of stressed plants. Planting everywhere there’s a spare inch wastes light, nutrients, and water — and it invites pests and disease. Place ...

Smash and mulch recycled mushroom blocks for healthy, productive plants. Smash, mulch, and spread recycled mushroom blocks to improve soil tilth and feed beneficial fungi for healthy, productive ...

Spring means it's time for gardeners to think about seedlings, those little baby plants all ready to get plunked into the ground. And a hands-on technique for growing them, called "soil blocking," is ...

If your tomato patch looks more like a jungle than a food forest by the end of summer, it could mean you need to give your plants a little more space when you're putting them out. But with all that ...

You probably toss used coffee grounds without thinking — or pile them on plants and hope for magic. Coffee grounds can improve soil structure, slowly add nitrogen, attract earthworms, and deter some ...