Gardening Guide

The Dedicated garlic Bed, year 2. Elephant Garlic grown from cloves, last year, Produced a single large bulb if garlic, as a Onion. No cloves. Those “bulbs “ replanted in row 1 . Right side of the photo. Center row is a repeat of last year, purchased cloves of Elephant garlic planted after the coldest part of the winter here in the mountains of North Carolina. Note that both were planted within a day or so of each other. The row on the left is a hard neck white garlic that I grew last year. Overwintered indoors ( dried

This is the first in a series of posts describing our learning process and how the ingredients for Korean Natural Farming Solutions can be made. Here is a Garden Group member’s description of the calcium phosphate solution process. KNF Calcium Phosphate, water soluble I carbonized heavy bones, bird bones are not suitable. I made soup from boiling ham bones… until all but bones left. Clean bones free from tendons, meat, fat, marrow. I have a can that I saved, to use as a simple Retort. (To isolate the bones in a container, To allow gases generated by extreme heat,

One of the Vital solutions of Korean Natural Farming is the introduction of Indigenous Micro Organisms (IMO) into the soil to promote health and vitality. IMO is collected by taking a box made from natural materials, 2/3 filled with hard cooked rice, with a breathable lid, and burying it up to 1 foot deep, under leaves and soil in an area near trees that has not been disturbed, that has has mycelium visible in the decomposing matter and soil. Here are the notes from a member of our group who successfully collected IMO Mid June and I am finishing

The TPC Gardening and Non GMO Food Communal Gathering Zoom Call Every Sunday at 9.00 am Mountain Time the Gardening and Non GMO Food Communal Gathering meet on a zoom call to discuss various topics about natural farming techniques, exploring solutions and sharing in our growing knowledge base with members from around the world. All are welcome. Topic: TPC Communal Gathering Gardening and Non GMO Food Zoom Time: Sep 7, 2025 09:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5490268439?pwd=bnhJRHM5Uk1aRk43Tk0xNC80S1Zydz09&omn=85870854714 Meeting ID: 549 026 8439 Passcode: dKe6mY

Here is our report on the TPC Gardening and Non GMO Foods Communal Gathering Zoom call with the Bowler Hat Farmer, August 31, 2025 We had members present from Alaska, Florida, California, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Texas, The Netherlands, Finland, South Africa, Germany, Portugal, Eastern Canada, Western Canada, and the Bowler Hat Farmer from the UK. There was lots of great information and ideas shared from all the different places with many consistent themes. Soil Health worldwide needs to be restored for the future of farming, for the health and well being of Humanity and the health of all