Nettle: Edible Plant and Fertilizer
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.) is a herbaceous perennial native to Eurasia that has now spread throughout the world. AContinue Reading
Category: Fertilizers
Banana Peel Fertilizer: Yay or Nay?
INT. SIMONE ST-LAURENT AND CLAUDE CAYER’S APARTMENT CLAUDE is in the kitchen. He cuts banana peels into small pieces andContinue Reading
Let’s Celebrate Chicks and Rabbits by Talking About Manure
Happy Easter! Once celebrated for religious reasons, Easter is now more of a chocolate holiday (because one chocolate holiday onContinue Reading
Foliar Fertilization: Throwing Money at Leaves
I often see gardening tips or techniques on the web or on social networks that make me raise my eyebrows.Continue Reading
Houseplant Fertilizer: Not That Vital
Popular belief to the contrary, houseplants usually get along quite well without fertilizer. Photo: Valerii Honcharuk, depositphotos By Larry Hodgson IContinue Reading
Epsom Salts: No Serious Garden Use
Epsom salts are often offered as a sort of cure-all for the garden. If only it were true! By LarryContinue Reading
Warning: Ready-to-use Products Are Often Expensive
By Larry Hodgson A bit of economic advice today. When you need to buy a fertilizer or pesticide (hopefully anContinue Reading
Trying a Tero Food Waste Recycler
By Larry Hodgson This summer, I had the opportunity to try the new Tero food waste recycler, produced by theContinue Reading
Using Seaweed as Mulch and Fertilizer
By Larry Hodgson Question: I live in the Magdalen Islands. This year, I prepared my first vegetable garden. At the bottomContinue Reading
Garden Myth: The Importance of Starter Fertilizer
By Larry Hodgson When scientists first started studying how minerals affected plant growth back in the 1940s and 1950s, theyContinue Reading