Why use Compost Tea? Compost Tea augments soil biological activity, promoting soil aggregation and improving infiltration, drainage, and water-holding capacity. Compost Tea reduces the need for synthetic fertilizers and pesticides by enabling plants to access and utilize nutrients more efficiently, and by fortifying their immune system to better withstand disease and pest pressures. What is Compost Tea made with. More about Fine Bubble Diffusion. Where is Compost Tea used? .

Going on a Slug Hunt. Going on a slug hunt. Going to spot a big one. Can you count them? That one looks like poop! Somebody squished that poor guy. Going on a slug hunt. Going to spot a big one. Lichen and moss on all the trees! Brown and white and green lichen. Mary Moss and Fred Fungi met and married. Their baby was Lucy Lichen. Going on a slug hunt. Going to spot a big one. Hold back Charlie the dog.

Making musical fruit and veg. Growing Sound is a project that uses cross-curricular activities to teach music, physics and plant science. This website is a collection of tried and tested resources and ideas for schools to use themselves. The activities are aimed at Key Stages 2 and 3, but can be adapted for other Key Stages. Getting started with growing sound. Making musical fruit and veg.

I especially liked the striking contrast of the Purple Heart. Here, breaking up the green. From Clemson Extension if you are also inspired to try this at home. Fire Ants in your Vegetable Garden? When planting my vegetable garden this spring, I found a family of fire ants had moved in. Lucky me! Perhaps it would be better to fill my yard with plants that nurture wildlife. Just give me time! But on the other ha.

Tidying up the Growing Cossall bed.