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April 29, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Everyone tells you to mulch your vegetable garden—but exactly how should you choose a mulch? In our new video, Tricia shows you the basics of mulching. What’s the difference between compost…
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April 10, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Do you grow roses? DId you ever think about growing them organically? That way you not only keep synthetic pesticides out of your garden and groundwater, but you can EAT and DRINK your roses too. In our…
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March 12, 2013 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Lasagna gardening is just as wonderful as it sounds. You choose the “pan” (a raised bed or a piece of ground), add layers of brown and green, then top with Compostex fabric and let the soil…
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July 27, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Cook up your own FAST, high-quality compost and either use it immediately in your garden, or brew it for a great compost tea. Compost is one of the cornerstones of organic gardening and we have loads of…
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March 7, 2012 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
Ready to start your first vegetable garden? The three essentials for an easy vegetable garden are: Full sun Convenient water supply Good soil Add some basic supplies and you’ll be off and growing.…
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May 27, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
When you first heard of compost tea did you think, This time the organic gardeners have gone too far? Tricia has a story about that in our new video on compost tea for home gardeners. To be clear: compost…
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April 8, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
It’s a war in there. Or the cycle of life. And death. And decomposition. There’s a fascinating ecosystem that turns your mound of oak leaves and banana peels into soft, sweet-smelling humus…
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April 7, 2011 - Charlotte from Peaceful Valley
We hope our new video, Composting 101, inspires you to start a compost pile. Composting is easy! Most of the time, that is. But solving any problems with your compost pile, is definitely easy. We think…
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May 5, 2009 - Autumn from Peaceful Valley
Our conference room was packed on Saturday for Marney Blair’s composting workshop and with good reason… Marney had us all sitting on the edge of our seats as she explained micro-biological…
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April 8, 2009 - Autumn from Peaceful Valley
Contributed by Bill from his Bay Area community garden plot. This year we are making a more concerted effort to actually, like, plan meals and buy what we need as opposed to ending up with the world’s…
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