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The principle of competitive exclusion, also known as Gause's law, states that two species competing for the same resources cannot coexist.

The excellent crops that make up summer's bounty also take a heavy toll on the chemistry and structure of the garden soil. As summer plants and crops grow, they devour valuable nutrients and take the soil's energy, which leaves us with fall's dilemma: soil nutrient depletion.

Should you buy compost tea or brew it on your own? Read on to learn more about compost tea, its beneficial microbes and how they impact healthy soil and plant growth, the risks of brewing your own compost tea applications and whether or not you shou...

Beneficial insects are a vital part of our ecosystem. Without them, there would be little harmony and balance in our agricultural systems and backyard gardens.

At the very essence of our products, the very essence of our company, we are about the soil. Sure we can get into the weeds about the microbiology, organic acids, cation exchange capacity and all that comes with it but at the end of the day, we get ...

A soil conditioner is a substance that can be added to soil to change the soil structure. We carve out this definition to provide distinction and clarity for our customers. 

Whether you are a novice (like me), a master gardener, or interested in sustainable or permaculture gardening, April is a great time to jump start your garden. So, dust off that straw hat and get out in the garden.

Chelation is a process by which a material is bound and the charge is changed to make it attractive or unattractive to the plant root.

If you were to go out into your backyard and scoop up a single cup of soil, that cup would contain billions of different types of microorganisms.

Synthetic fertilizers can seriously deplete the nutritional content of foods, cause health problems for many people and include much more dangerous substances than you realize.