Are Chemical or All-natural Composts and Soils Better?
The age old debate arises: are chemical or all-natural composts and soils better? Should gardeners and growers being using chemical or all-natural composts and soils? Are chemical or all-natural composts and soils more healthy? These questions dive deep into the...
Xeriscape Nevada – Improve Your Home’s Value – Part 2
Hey you Nevada home owners looking to add Xeriscape to your abode! Part 2 of this multi-part blog series walking you through the steps of the Xeriscape Nevada process is here! The River School Farm team has finished planting and mulching the front yard of this Reno,...
Xeriscape Nevada – Improve Your Home’s Value – Part 1
Do you want your yard to turn heads, make your neighbors jealous, be the most beautiful on the block, and increase the value of your home? Do you want this while also being drought tolerant, full of nutrition, and supporting plants that love Nevada (just like we do)?...
Green Campus Composting – UNR and Full Circle
"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the "greenest university and partnership" of them all? Well the University of Nevada, Reno and Full Circle Soils & Compost of course!" Full Circle Soils & Compost and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) have worked...
Beat the Heat and Flout the Drought: Nevada Gardening Tips
Like people (as well as dogs, cows, wild burros and a few other things), plants get thirsty. Nevada gardening in a heat wave during a drought when you’re trying to save water presents a conflict. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be so bad. Especially when you use...
Does Compost Tea Really Work?
The question arises: Does Compost Tea Really Work? Well let's have our eyes be the judge of that, eh? Here are a few experiments Full Circle Soils & Compost carried out with our all-natural PUNCH, an organic liquid "brew" for plants that acts as a booster and...
Choosing the Best Compost in Nevada for Growing (and steering clear of the bad stuff)
There’s a lot of compost out there, and plenty of it is sub-par. This post warns you about the bad stuff and arms you with the knowledge you need to choose the good stuff--the best compost in Nevada for growing. The Bad Stuff Cycle There’s a pretty clear cycle keeping...
Tomato Planting Guide | Grow Tomatoes In Nevada
Here is an easy, 6-step tomato planting guide on how to grow tomatoes in Nevada for all you gardeners and growers looking to achieve huge growth and production. No more scrawny tomato plants that give you a couple tomatoes here or there throughout the season. Lame!...
How to Cage a Tomato: Planting in Nevada Made Easy (And Big!)
In this latest post, we tell you (actually, show you, since we made a video) how to cage up your tomato plants for maximum height and maximum deliciousness. If you did any tomato planting in Nevada this spring, those things should be getting reasonably tall by now....
Simple Steps to Make Compost Tea From Nevada Compost
Here we have a post (and a video) about the basic concepts of good “compost tea.” Yum. We want to cover what is compost tea and also how to make compost tea. Should you want an explanation of How compost tea works, well we’ve got that in here for you as well; it’s all...
