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Too slow in their intact form. I save every shell during the year (10 lbs+) and grind it up to almost a powder form and add it to the garden in February or when i first till. Each season gets a dressing of lime either in the fall when everything is put to bed in the winter or in feb as well...

I plant food plots for wildlife each season. Any time i start a new plot or every 3 yrs i take soil samples and send them off to be tested. I include a garden sample then as well. The natural ph is betweem 5.8 and 6.1. In my garden it is usually 6.5-6.8. We have very heavy clay soil thats...

No i totally appreciate it and i am always up for making adjustments. The stalks of my corn are nearly 10ft tall and the tomato plants are 6ft tall by 3-4ft in diameter. Everything in the garden has that rich deep green you hope for in your garden plants and production has been awesome which...

I also rotate crops so that my peas and beans fix nitrogen for me around the garden. Rarely is the same thing planted in the same area 2 yrs in a row. Ive also experimented this year with clover as a living mulch with excellent results, another nitrogen fixing legume that now has a permanent...

About 40-50 lbs of non-composted litter (includes bedding) for 3300 sf. Fertilizer recommendations every three years usually comes in at 200-300 lbs per acre. Which would only be about 20-25lbs, but given that the majority of the litter is bedding, it seemed like i was close enough. The...

I add all my soil amendments in the fall. The only fertilizer I use is chicken litter from the coop. I apply it in october only allowing it to rest all winter for 6mos before spring planting. I do a soil test every 3 yrs to ensure the ph is staying between 6.5-7 and lime accordingly and...

So one of the most common problems with growing tomatoes is that dreaded black spot on their bottoms (end rot) that seems to show up out of nowhere during the hot dry spells of summer particularly after a wet spring. I always knew growing up that it was due to a calcium deficiency. We would...