by Rainbow Gardens | Feb 1, 2019 | Composting, Garden Planning, Garden Tips, Gardening Basics, Troubleshooting
Most people here in San Antonio, aren’t all too thrilled with their soil. Most of us have alkaline soil. And to plant straight into alkaline soil without amending it is not the best option for most plants (most natives and some others excluded). So what’s a...
by Happy Gardener | Dec 4, 2018 | Composting, Garden Planning, Gardening Basics
Compost Basics Composting is a natural, biological process in which decaying material is broken down by microorganisms and returned to the earth where it can be used again as nutrients for future plants. Compost is one of the most beneficial materials you can add to...
by Rainbow Gardens | Oct 25, 2017 | Composting, Fertilization, Garden By Season, Garden Planning, Garden Tips, Gardening Basics
I’ve done it. I’m all in. It’s taken me about 6 out of the 7 years I’ve worked at Rainbow Gardens to take the final plunge, but I’ve finally done it! I’ve gone completely organic. I really don’t know why it’s taken me this long to get there, I can only blame it on a...
by Rainbow Gardens | Jul 8, 2016 | Composting, Garden Planning, Garden Tips
Last month, in part one of this series of blogs about worm composting, I tried to get you excited about entertaining the thought of becoming friends with worms. It was a little introduction to vermicomposting based on the seminar we had with Kyle Harrell from Texas...
by Rainbow Gardens | Jun 10, 2016 | Composting, Garden Planning, Garden Tips, Pollinators
I went to the Worm Composting seminar featuring Kyle Harrell from Texas Red Worms a few weeks ago to take some pictures for our website. I didn’t know what to expect at a seminar about worm composting and I had no idea I would become hooked on this method in a...
by Rainbow Gardens | Mar 9, 2016 | Composting, Garden Planning, Garden Tips
We are only a few weeks into our spring seminars, and I’ve been noticing an underlying theme with our speakers. Whether the seminar is about growing tomatoes and other veggies in San Antonio, planting trees or rose care, there is a fact that keeps getting...
