Archive for October, 2011

Healthy soil is the key to a successful lawn or garden. While a commercial fertilizer works well to improve the quality of a lawn or garden, it does very little to provide nutrients. Organic fertilizers are a safe lawn and garden fertilizing alternative to chemical-laden commercial fertilizers, especially for households with children or pets.

The potentially dangerous, yet common, synthetic chemicals found in commercial fertilizers causes soil to lose it’s macrobiotic functions and organic matter over a period of time. As a result, the soil breaks (more…)

Pests in the soil can have an adverse effect on your vegetable and flowering plants. While there are many chemicals that can help you eradicate pests from the soil, they harm the environment and can also be harmful to you, your kids and household pets. The best way to make soil more pest resistant is to use organic pest control methods.

Diatomaceous Earth (DE) is an excellent way to remove pests from the soil. It kills ants and other soft-bodied pests in the soil. Sprinkle DE in (more…)