October 28, 2024
Learn essential Southwest garden soil prep tips to grow thriving vegetables and herbs. Discover how to improve soil for a productive desert garden!
March 25, 2024
Building Your Soil for Your Spring Garden When working with your soil to prepare for a bountiful harvest in the spring there are a couple of steps to getting it ready. The first is to pick the perfect spot and the second is to amend the soil with enough time […]
June 20, 2023
What’s Your Landscape’s ROI? By Chris Stevens Most landscapes have no return on investment. People spend, spend, spend on their yard and the best potential return they get is possibly an increased sales price when it’s sold. Find out how to turn your yard into regular income, enjoy a beautiful […]
June 13, 2023
5 Principles for Healthy Soil Wrapping up our five-part series on regenerative principles for soil health, today we’re talking about animal integration. Previously we covered: minimize soil disturbance, protect soil surface, maintain living roots, and companion planting. Animals have gotten a bad rap in recent years, but it’s not their […]
May 30, 2023
Can Plants Build Healthy Soil? In part three of our series on regenerative principles for soil health our topic is: maintain living roots. The first couple of principles were: minimize soil disturbance and protect soil surface. The other two principles are: companion planting and animal integration. Plants play an amazing […]
May 23, 2023
Does Your Soil Need Protection? This article is the second in a five-part series on regenerative principles for soil health. The first principle that we talked about is: minimize soil disturbance. Today’s principle is: protect soil surface. The other principles we’ll cover are: maintain living roots, companion planting, and animal […]
May 16, 2023
Is Tilling Necessary? By Chris Stevens Who wants to work harder, not smarter? Can I see a show of hands? I didn’t think so. Most gardeners and homesteaders appreciate learning better ways of doing things. Tilling is time-consuming work so if there is an easier and better way to have […]
