Organic Gardening
Our country was founded on organic farming and gardening. These days, organic gardening is pursued by many home gardeners as a way to reduce toxicity in their gardens and food supply.
16 Essential Nutrients for Plant Success
16 Nutrients Your Plants Crave and Why They Need Them Many gardeners know that it takes more than just the big three (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium) nutrients for your plants to reach their full potential, but not everyone knows why! Lets take a brief...
Kim’s Garden Update
Kim E. has picked the last of her Cucumber varieties, and they look delicious! She has enjoyed rapid and healthy root and plant growth through the season, thanks to Great Big Plants Compost Extract. She also has sent us the progress pictures of her Purple Cherokee...
Fall Fertility Tips
Winter will be here before we know it and trees and vines are already going through some changes to get ready. When night temperatures fall, day length decreases and soil temperatures cool, top growth begins to slow. This is good for the plants. As winter...
More SoCal Success from Kim E.
Our good friend in Southern California, Kim E., decided to try Great Big Plants Compost Extract this summer and was gracious enough to share some of her results along the way! She had set up a small sized herb and vegetable garden in her back yard for basil,...
Growing with Great Big Plants in Aliso Beach California
GREAT BIG PLANTS By Rob Brack via alisobeach.com -Tomato plant before Great Big Plants feedings for 5 weeks I have been promising a Great Big Plants Story for months now, and I thought that people from the Aliso Beach and South Laguna communities would enjoy...
The Importance of Garden Soil pH
What is soil pH, and why is it important for my garden? The acidity or alkalinity of your soil is measured by pH, which stands for potential Hydrogen ions. pH is measured on a scale from 1 to 14: pH of 7 exactly: neutral (neither acidic nor alkaline) pH less than 7:...
The Wonders of Monsoon Season: More Water, More Harvests!
Here are more details on the successful Juniper Street Community Garden in Flagstaff, Arizona started by Jim Mast (Tomato Jim), his daughter and granddaughters. The garden has 12 raised beds built of small diameter pine logs. Each plot is 4 feet x 20 feet. July 10 –...
Thinning Root Vegetables, Protecting Produce, and Beginning Harvests
Review: My daughter Marie and her daughters and I have teamed up to grow a vegetable garden this year at the Juniper Street Community Garden here in Flagstaff, AZ. The garden has 12 raised beds built of small diameter pine logs. Each plot is 4 feet x 20 feet. The...
First Signs of Growth: Giving New Sprouts Their Best Chance
May 21- At the community garden, the garlic, onions, and radishes are all coming up. Yay!!! I pulled the burlap cover off the radishes and placed Agribon over these rows. I try to water each time I visit the garden and will apply Great Big Plants liquid compost...