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    Liquid Fertilizers and Aerated Compost Tea
    7 July, 2016    Steve Solomon

    Liquid fertilizers create a huge boost, especially when added to already fertile balanced soil. I urge every gardener to try fertigating a few plants and see what it does. A very small quantity of fertilizer applied to leaves has as much (or more) result than many times more of that …


    Nutrition Deniers
    7 October, 2018    Gary Kline

    I wasn’t always aware that nutrition is the primary objective of eating. I had to learn that by piecing together the evidence that allowed me to reach that conclusion. Oh sure, I and those around me as I grew up were vaguely aware that nutrition is important. But if you …


    The “Living Soil” Fallacy and Reconciliation
    25 January, 2017    Gary Kline

    BLOSSOM Consulting Services I still don’t get it. As you likely know, I read a lot of books and magazines on the subject of soil fertility in gardening and farming. I keep running into this talk about “Living Soil” (a.k.a. the Soil Food Web) which seems to say that for …


    The Trouble with Organic Certification
    24 October, 2016    Alice Reinheimer

    Yes, that is an oil well in the field! This certified Organic farm near Maricopa, California, is growing blueberries in a soil-less media. Surrounded by chemical agriculture for miles and miles, one has to wonder whether these blueberries taste like anything but oil and sand. Buyer beware – not all …


    Welcome to the Soil and Health Library Blog
    15 June, 2016    Alice Reinheimer

    The Soil and Health Library Association has started this blog to expand upon their vision for this library: to make available works which empower people to grow their own food, be healthy and think for themselves. Self-empowerment is true freedom.


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