Learn how to use a soil blocker and get the perfect soil block recipe to ditch plastic in your seed starting supplies. If you already have a soil blocker, skip to the soil block recipe below. As I dig ...

Starting seeds with soil blocking lets you skip all the little plastic pots and get healthier seedlings. When starting seeds indoors, skip the little pots and single-use plastic clogging landfills by ...

Soil blocking refers to blocks of soil that are used for starting seeds. Benefits of soil blocking include stronger roots, ...

A good gardener can start tomato seedlings in old yogurt tubs — or anything else that will hold soil mix. But most gardeners buy plastic containers designed for starting seeds: each unit, or “six-pack ...

I’ve been a regenerative farmer for nearly two decades, currently operating Blue Ridge Farm in a remote corner of northeastern Washington State. One of my four key farm values is a commitment to ...

Stop buying seed starting pots and start using a soil blocker for your starts! In this webinar we cover how to: Create your own soil block recipe Avoid unsustainable products Sterilize soil — because ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. 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 ...

LET’S TALK ABOUT plastic in the garden. Nursery pots and trays, plant markers, bagged goods and tarps, plastic netting, protective row-covers and even some tools — our green industry practically runs ...

You are probably familiar with plastic trays that greenhouses use for starting plants, but soil blocks are different. They are literally a block of soil. The blocks are formed using special molds such ...

Smash and mulch recycled mushroom blocks for healthy, productive plants. Smash, mulch, and spread recycled mushroom blocks to improve soil tilth and feed beneficial fungi for healthy, productive ...