K. Triffet, Author at Sanctuary Soil

Vegetable Planting Guide For Sacramento and the Central Valley

If you are in California's Central Valley, here is a planting guide based on your specific area. For a great resource, visit this site dedicated to Sacramento gardening. Sacramento's long growing season (240+ days) gives us two major vegetable planting periods— spring and fall. This applies to most of California's central valley region as well. As you'll see from the calendar below, however, there's actually something edible to plant every month of the year. In late winter to early spring, you'll [...]

By K. Triffet|2017-05-19T13:18:12-07:00August 20th, 2012|Blog, Gardening Tips|Comments Off

Make Gardening Fun With These Beginner Tips

Eggplant Blossom Gardening is a a pleasant hobby for people of any age. There are many incentives for the gardener such as the visualization of a goal, the aroma of the soil and plants, fresh air and plenty of exercise. If you are a novice gardener, then here are some important basic gardening tips. You can generate a marvelous garden, irrespective of the available space. The only key to success is hard work [...]

By K. Triffet|2017-05-19T13:18:12-07:00August 13th, 2012|Blog, Gardening Tips|Comments Off

Improving the Fertility, Condition and Tilth of Soils | Guest Post by Gary Kline

Improving the Fertility, Condition and Tilth of Soils* by Gary Kline How does one improve the workability or tilth of a soil while also building its fertility? What do you do to a fairly compact soil which, shortly after spading-up or tilling, slumps back to where it was and, as a result, grows plants poorly? There are some definite steps you can take to remedy these and improve most farm and garden soils. Basically [...]

By K. Triffet|2017-05-19T13:18:13-07:00July 23rd, 2012|Blog, Guest Posts, Knowledgebase|Comments Off

White House Kitchen Garden VS The Reality Of Subsidized Crops

As a nation, we’re saying one thing and doing another and we urgently need to bring our words and actions in line with one another. We’re saying we should be eating 5–7 portions of fruits and vegetables a day but we’re not supporting the food, farm, and garden infrastructure needed to deliver that diet to 311 million Americans. In fact, we’d need to grow another 13 million acres of produce in the United States if [...]

By K. Triffet|2017-05-19T13:18:13-07:00July 18th, 2012|Blog|Comments Off

Organic Gardening Overview

Organically Grown Heirloom Tomato Organic horticulture is more commonly referred to as organic gardening. Organic gardening is the science of growing fruits, vegetables and flowers by using essential organic elements in the soil. There are several different types of organic growing or gardening systems. Organic growing is a holistic approach based on thousands of years of study and research and involves a more naturalistic approach to growing that takes place over a period [...]

By K. Triffet|2017-05-19T13:18:13-07:00July 16th, 2012|Blog, Knowledgebase|Comments Off

The Story of Khfaf Lasuria of Russian Georgia | Guest Post by Gary Kline

The fountain of youth turns out to be good eating. The following short article by Gary Kline provides food for thought. The Story of Khfaf Lasuria of Russian Georgia By: Gary Kline There are thousands of incredible stories to know about and reflect upon. I should say astonishing because incredible means, literally, not to be believed, whereas I’m talking about believable stories or occurrences which verge on the mind-boggling. Such is one story about 130 [...]

By K. Triffet|2017-05-19T13:18:13-07:00July 9th, 2012|Blog, Guest Posts|Comments Off

All About Worm Castings

What are worm castings? Buckaroo Worm Castings Worm castings are a natural fertilizer produced by Mother Nature’s own earth worm. When an earth worm eats organic matter, the digestive tract actually changes that matter both physically and chemically. The waste product is a powerful, all natural plant food, called castings. Castings help increase plant growth and promote a healthy soil environment for the plant’s root system. http://www.earthlinksinc.org/earth-worm-composting Each day, a red wriggler worm [...]

By K. Triffet|2017-05-19T13:18:13-07:00June 27th, 2012|Blog, Gardening Tips, Knowledgebase|Comments Off

Dawn Rhapsody | Guest Post by Gary Kline

What is it that’s so magical about 4:30 in the morning? I don’t sleep well. I’m awake or up a number of times during the night for a variety of reasons. Lately I’ve been awake at 4:30 and I hear the robins and other birds start to sing loudly at that time, and it goes on for perhaps half an hour. They do this every morning, rain or shine, except probably not in winter. I [...]

By K. Triffet|2017-05-19T13:18:13-07:00June 25th, 2012|Blog, Guest Posts|Comments Off

Soil Bag Recycling Initiative Now Active At Sanctuary Soil Authorized Dealers

Sanctuary Soil - Trash Can Soil Bag Recycling Label “As a producer of organic soil products and a proponent of sustainable practices, Sanctuary Soil takes responsibility for its plastic bag waste stream by promoting cradle to grave recycling.” Mitchell Davis Sanctuary Soil and Feed came to market in the organic soil business providing development, production and sales office end bulk soils and amendments through California Soils. In 2012, Sanctuary moved into the retail [...]

By K. Triffet|2017-05-19T13:18:16-07:00June 19th, 2012|Blog, Knowledgebase, News and Events|Comments Off

What Are Worm Castings And Why Are They Good For Soil

Sanctuary Soil red wriggler worms are fed only the finest natural ingredients to ensure the finest worm castings. Our worm castings are pure, odor free, chemical free and safe for any organic garden. Worm castings are a natural fertilizer produced by earth worms. When an earth worm eats organic matter, the digestive tract actually changes that matter both physically and chemically. The waste product is a powerful, all natural plant food called [...]

By K. Triffet|2017-05-19T13:18:16-07:00June 13th, 2012|Blog, Gardening Tips, Knowledgebase|Comments Off

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