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A beautifully manicured lawn is something we Americans pride ourselves on. The bright and lush sea of green is indeed, a sight to behold, but what if your grass isn’t lush or even very green? Or worse yet, what if your lawn is so full of chemicals that your children and pets can’t even play on it? If you’ve never had your soil tested, this is something you can have done at your nearest cooperative extension (usually located at or affiliated with a state university). Personally, we use International Ag Labs in Minnesota or Logan Labs in Ohio for all...

Not everyone is lucky enough to live with naturally thriving soil, so adding organic and biotic amendments to it is to be expected, but what are you adding? There are so many amendments on the market and if you don’t know the difference you could be potentially harming the soil instead of helping it. It’s common knowledge that healthy soil is key to sustainable gardening and farming. Organic soil contains carbon-based material that is either living or was once living. Some traditional amendments include compost, manure, and mulch. Non-organic soil amendments include things such as synthetic fertilizers and plant hormones....