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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 118) Final News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 118 By: John Ferguson Numerous reports from all over the world have shown a tremendous decline in the amount of water in our rivers and streams worldwide. A study in the...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 118) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 117 By: John Ferguson Numerous reports from all over the world have shown a tremendous decline in pollinators from bees, wasps, and flies to butterflies and moths. Not only are...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 116) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 116 By: John Ferguson Something to think about, I know I did not. I was reading a research article published in the journal Environment International (May, 2020) by the...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 115) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 115 By: John Ferguson Soil biology is critical for good plant growth and health. We now know that perennial plants like shrubs and trees want soils dominated by fungal species....
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 114) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 114 By: John Ferguson Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic we have seen a huge increase of folks buying our vegetable and rose soil mixes to start their own vegetable...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 113) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 113 By: John Ferguson A fruit tree that grows well along the Gulf Coast is the Loquat ( Eriobotrya japonica ). With the mild winter this past season I have noticed the fruits...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 102) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 112 By: John Ferguson I was listening to a customer last week talking about how they love to watch birds in their yard. They then mentioned that they did not have near as many...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 111) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 111 By: John Ferguson When planning our gardens, we need to think about “How will it affect Birds?” A study published in the Journal Science (September 2019) found that North...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 110) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 110 By: John Ferguson I was reading this morning in a new book called “Grassroots Rising” and there was an interesting statistic given: “there are now more mal-fed, overweight,...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 109) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 109 By: John Ferguson A few months ago, we talked about the benefits of algae, from a fertilizer, a bio-stimulant to a food source. A recent study published in the Journal...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 108) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 108 By: John Ferguson A new study from the University of Portsmouth has discovered that mature plants help younger plants survive and as a result they are more successful...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 1007) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 107 By: John Ferguson A question I often get asked is; “Why is habitat gardening important”? There are multiple reasons but one of them is that it saves the homeowner money. ...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 106) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 106 By: John Ferguson Several times over the last few years I have reported on many new studies talking about the health benefits of Elderberries. Many nutritionists are...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 105) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 105 By: John Ferguson Researchers at Stanford University have found that conventional toxic chemical agriculture degrades 24 million acres of land per year. They also found...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 104) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 104 By: John Ferguson Questions we often get asked are: Why should I plant trees? When should I plant trees? The answer to the second question is NOW! Late fall and winter are...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 103) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 103 By: John Ferguson A question I frequently get asked is, “Why does the EPA, USDA and FDA allow the toxic chemicals to be sold for gardening?” The main reason is, it is VERY...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 102) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 102 By: John Ferguson A new study by the University of Iowa and the U.S. Geological Survey (2019) has found that when neonicotinoid pesticides are exposed to chlorine-based...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 101) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 101 By: John Ferguson One of the reasons vegetable gardening has exploded over the last few years is the extremely poor quality of our food supply. There are many reasons for...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 100) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 100 By: John Ferguson A study published in the Journal of The American Society of Agronomy (2019) has found that overuse of artificial fertilizers can damage plant roots. They...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 99) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 99 By: John Ferguson A term we will be hearing more of is “Earth Overshoot Day”. This is the day when the Earth’s capacity to regenerate itself has been exceeded by consumption...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 98) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 98 By: John Ferguson Many times, after a rain or an application of leaf mold compost, I have had numerous gardeners telling me that their plants were “smiling” at them. I have...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 97) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 97 By: John Ferguson A question we often get asked is about removing grass and planting drought tolerant and low maintenance plants. Often the customer tells us, their HOA...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 96) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 96 By: John Ferguson A new report from the Crowther research center in Switzerland has calculated that 223 million acres of global tree reforestation (about one trillion trees)...
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John's Corner: Soil & Plants (Part 95) News from the Wonderful World of Soil & plants 95 By: John Ferguson The results of a 25-year experiment in Kansas was performed on prairie soil using sprinklers to simulate rain. A team from Rutgers University found that,...
