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I'm sure all plants do it to some extent, but the differences are drastic... The bacteria that has a symbiotic relationship with legumes actually infects the roots of the legumes, and forms clearly visible nodules, those nodules produces an excess of nitrogen thus enriching the soil, while most...

Yep, they find their way from cross contamination due to touch, water, through the air or by whatever other means... Some plants like legumes that have a symbiotic relationship with their own brand of nitrogen fixing bacteria generally have the bacteria on the seeds already... This is why...

Soil is the median the plants are growing in that will support life, the actual composition varies drastically... In your case the lime, sand and whatever bacteria or archaea happened to have found their way into it would be the soil, even though it's not a tradition compost type soil... It...

Nitrogen fixing bacteria and nitrogen fixing archaea in the soil convert airborne nitrogen into a form usable by the plants aka 'the nitrogen cycle' as plants themselves are unable to use the airborne (N2) nitrogen directly as it's too strongly bonded to itself...

Most seedlings don't nee much light, a regular 2 tube florescent shop light with some 6500K bulbs is generally enough... Or multiple 6500K CFL bulbs will work as well... I grow wild flowers indoors for my girls in the winter, and this is my on the budget light fixture... It's 6 cheap shop...

My fertilizer supplies keep amassing so I want to use it copiously everywhere I can... With 100ish birds worth of poop on the coop poop boards, a barn floor full of llama and goat beans that keep piling up, a pasture with mounds of llama beans and the loft floor of my barn layered with fresh...

I have more fertilizers then I can use already, so either way I have to dispose of them might as well be in the gardens...

Llama beans ;) My garden is in containers above ground level so weeds are limited and easy to clear... Plus ferts and water is focused on where it needs to be This year for the portion of the garden that is planted at ground level, I'm going to try spent grains as a weed block... I get...

I'm not a huge fan of tomatoes in general, so I tend to focus on unique colors to add visual appeal to tomato based dishes instead of some specific taste.... Overall I have a tendency to plant the more unique colors of other vegetables in my garden as well... For tomatoes I like Indigo Rose...