Soil For Humanity

Depending on where you live, starting a garden in early spring can be a challenge. Where we are, in Montreal, Queb...

From Seedling Pot To Garden.

You’re getting ready to plant out those seedlings you started from tiny seeds....

Starting plants from seeds can be very rewarding or... very frustrating. Many of the problems can be easily solved...

“We live in a microbial world. The earth is covered in microorganisms, or microbes, and has for billions of years....

The 6 Basic Steps to a Nutrient Dense Vegetable Garden

Yes, it’s winter and it seems like forever until spr...

Few years back, when I moved to this house, I made the commitment that my garden would be toxic-free. I had to fin...

Food recalls can be scary; no one wants to be the bad mom who bought the poisoned food. The good news is that you ...

To most people, the dandelion is a weed that needs to be dug up out of their yard and totally destroyed, but shoul...

What Is Agricultural Biodiversity And Why Is It Necessary For Healthy Soil?

Biodiversity on your farm means...

The intersections between soil health and human health are myriad and, from a human health perspective, may best b...

When you’re searching for healthy food for your family in the grocery store do you tend to find yourself looking a...

Before Regenerative Farming There Was Regeneration

Regenerative farming has a long history in both philosop...

An entire greenhouse of fig trees in Michigan is a sight to behold. And so many varieties! But I wasn’t going to b...

All soils have a range of permanent soil-borne disease organisms. But these are kept in check in a balanced soil c...

Adding humic acid can accelerate your compost pile when it doesn’t seem to be doing anything. There are a number o...

With the looming thought of an incoming frost, some farmers are beginning to shut down their field activity for th...

Beautiful fall colors soon become piles of leaves all over your lawn. I hear a groan as you head to the shed to ge...

Imagine their amazement as your gardening friends enter your yard. Surprised by the lushness of your plants. Stopp...

There are toxic plants in almost everyone’s flower garden. Some of them may be your favorite blooms. But when the ...

What are archaea? What do they do to improve my soil health? Here’s a hint: they’re single celled organisms that c...

In an agricultural context, a fertile soil has many functions. It supports healthy plant growth by cycling nutrien...

Soil is so complex it’s often referred to as a "superorganism". There isn’t one soil but thousands of Soils.

Your spring planted garden has given you lots of food but now many of the plants are looking a bit ragged; it’s ti...

A nice stroll in the garden – but what did I find – unhealthy plants! My tomatoes were spindly, and the leaves wer...

Sitting out on the deck, admiring your garden, you see that one flower that has faded and needs deadheading. If yo...

If you could use 90% less water, have 25% faster growth, and end the unpredictability of weather would you conside...

Humans have had a strong connection to soils since the first hunters and gatherers settled down to farm, but that ...

The Study of Soil Science dates back as early as the Yao Dynasty (2357 – 2261 BC), as far as we know. In Posted in: Soil Health

There are a growing number of organic solutions for crop pest control, and we will see even more as Posted in: Gardening, Soil For Humanity

It Starts with Soil Health.

24 hours a day/7 days a week carbon dioxide and other gases are cycled into the...

We have had the opportunity to interview Mr. Katsu Minami, Ph.D., an Emeritus Professor at the Ki...

What does it cost to have a profitable crop? If you are still tilling and buying synthetic fertilizers, herbicides...

Change comes when we work together.

Nothing is usual about the times we are in, or the situation our busine...

There are as many ways to farm as there are farmers. But farming methods can be broken down into two categories: d...

Soil undisturbed, has a balance of humic acid, microorganisms, and the entire soil food web. But, as soon as we ra...

With lots of discussion about Regenerative Farming, it is an excellent time to explore this topic more in-depth. W...

No matter how hard we try, it is truly nature that will ultimately determine how much carbon can be sequestered in...

When to apply Humic Acid to increase crop yield is a question that is asked often. It can be applied at all stages...

"The Soil is the Great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the healer and restorer and re...

My grandmother always had cut flowers in vases around her home. She also had a wonderful vegetable garden. As a ki...

Recycling is one thing our planet does exceptionally well - nowhere is that more evident than in the creation of h...

Humic and Fulvic acids are the building blocks of healthy soil. While they both originate from humus, they play ve...