Primary ingredients: Composted forest humus, sandy loam, and sphagnum peat moss Added nutrients: Earthworm castings, bat guano, and seagoing fish and crab meal Quantity: 38.6 quarts ...

There's no denying spring has sprung and the urge to plant something (anything) after the winter is making our fingers dance. So what should we be adding to our soil for a great growing season ...

Seed-starting mixes are usually high in organic media such as peat moss, coir and bark fines. They're fine for growing seedlings up until transplant time. If you're starting seeds in vermiculite ...

Peat moss is one of the best amendments. It has a mildly acidifying effect, which will help you get the pH down. You could use just peat moss or a combination of peat moss, peat humus, compost and ...

Humus or peat humus: fully composted organic matter, sold in 40-pound bags. Manure: composted animal waste. Perlite: granules of volcanic rock used as an inert soil lightener.

Day before Richard Whitney went to jail he offered Giles Wetherill his near-defunct Florida Humus Co. ”for the price of a good automobile”; but Wetherill said he wanted peat bogs, not lawsuits ...

The property was donated by the Crystal Peat Humus Company in 2013 and was once home to a commercial peat harvesting operation during the first part of the 20 t h century.