Although the practice of making solid blocks of soil for growing seeds isn’t new (it may go back over 2000 years), soil blocking has gained popularity in the last few years. It’s not a complicated ...

A technique lets seeds grow freely and cuts down on the pileup of leftover plastic cell packs. Ron DiGravio of Johnny’s Selected Seeds came to soil blocking when he began farming about 15 years ago, ...

Spring means it's time for gardeners to think about seedlings, those little baby plants all ready to get plunked into the ground. And a hands-on technique for growing them, called "soil blocking," is ...

Soil blocks can be made in several different sizes for use with a variety of seed sizes. Small seeds can be started in tiny soil blocks and then moved up into the dibbled holes of larger blocks once ...

The Brunswick County planning board is scheduled to consider four proposed residential developments at its meeting on Monday, March 9. The community is invited to stop by and pick up two trees per ...

As a permaculturist student of regenerative agriculture and holistic nutrition, who also has considerable N-of-1 experience with pesticide sensitivities, I feel confident in surmising that investing ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...