If your garden supplies much of your family's yearly food intake, you'll want to do all you can to maximize your vegetables' nutritional quality. The following potent, correctly balanced fertilizing ...

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-- There's a new effort on Long Island to treat golf course fairways with organic kelp instead of pesticides. Sugar kelp is one of 30 varieties of large brown and green seaweed growing ...

Every fertilizer package has a so-called “NPK” listing representing the percentage of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (which are the primary essential elements needed by plants) on the front of the ...

Organic fertilizers are derived from three main sources: minerals (glacial rock dust, rock sulphate), animal byproducts (blood and bone meal, worm castings, bat and seabird guano), and vegetative ...

Organic amendments have many advantages, including their ability to improve soil structure. (Tom Gentle) Spring is the time for thinking about fertilizers. Organic options are a great way to go.

Organic fertilizers are used by many successful gardeners. Are there any advantages over synthetic chemical fertilizers? One advantage is that some of them are also soil conditioners and are ...