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May 13
4 min

Water in the Organic Garden

When I became a true organic gardener, I also became a biological gardener. That’s when I metamorphasized and made the transition from

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Randy Ritchie

Apr 27
7 min

Practical Pest Management for the True Organic Garden

Here are the things that I do in my garden to mitigate and minimize pests and disease:

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Randy Ritchie

Oct 7, 2019
5 min

Taking the "House" out of Houseplants

If plants are an environmental control in your home, then why wouldn’t we want to grow them as organically as possible?

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Randy Ritchie

Sep 13, 2019
5 min

Why are we supposed to compost in the fall?

This form of gardening really makes all of the stuff we’ve been told for decades obsolete.

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Randy Ritchie

Aug 26, 2019
11 min

Why I love Compost Tea

If you’re still not convinced that compost tea will fix your garden, or any problem or issue that you might be having with soil heath...

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Randy Ritchie

Feb 23, 2019
3 min

Why Microbes are the New "IT" in Gardening!

Stop into the parking lot of any nursery in America, and what do you see…

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Randy Ritchie

Jan 21, 2019
1 min

Why is there a decline in monarch butterflies?

All of us who are in the least bit concerned with the environment, the outdoors, nature or the planet have heard that there has been a

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