What's Growing with Tom

For our final segment of What’s Growing 2022, we are talking with Justin Morgan about farming and fertilizer. Morgan composting does most of its work for large agriculture, in other words: farmers. They cover 300,000 acres of Michigan and have seven sites across the state. Working with individual farms and making a specialized blend of fertilizer for them is a…

It’s the end of the season and it’s time to harvest the veggies! We are not taking everything out but most of what’s left. Over the last few months, we’ve harvested plenty of green beans, peppers, broccoli, lettuce, and tomatoes. The raised beds were great producers again but it’s about time to close things down. Once we pick the beans…

A couple of weeks ago we planted the food plot for the fall. We put down lime, Food Plot Doo, tilled the soil, and then planted the seed. The timing was great with showers coming every so often, really allowing the plot to grow! Justin says” The Food Plot Doo is performing, you know, like we talk about with the…

With the heat of summer already here, it’s important to talk about our trees. We planted an apple tree last week, but today we are talking about the one we planted years ago! I don’t weed it as often as I should.  Only a few times a year and it is important for it to grow. The reason is to…

We planted the food plot more than a month ago so it was time for check in. I must say it grew fast and incredibly thick. It’s something every hunter wants to see in a plot. When we first started working this area, the soil really wasn’t quite right being so sandy, much like much of Northern Michigan. Over the…

Last week was all about prepping the plot area for the seed. We tilled it up, put down Food Plot Doo, and tilled again making sure the Doo got deep into the soil. Now, we are deciding on what seed to use. Justin says to make sure you use a mix.  Deer want a variation of food to eat… like…

Welcome Back Northern Michigan. Theo Medendorp from Morgan Composting joined me for this week’s Ask the Soil Scientist segment. I asked for questions from you on Facebook for Theo and my first one is from Chris Brower-Cook: my yard is turning into moss, a little more each year, and there’s no shade. What do I need to do to stop the moss from taking…

Hello, Northern Michigan we’re at the flower garden! Theo Medendorp from Morgan Composting joined me at the raised bed. Theo brought a hanging basket and it’s looking great. The question is how do they keep it looking so nice? Theo says “we have a couple of options, and a couple of ways we keep them looking good, we have a…

BURR.. What a day Northern Michigan! It was a frosty start in Cadillac and for several other areas around Northern Michigan. So today, we are out at the vegetable beds checking on how the plants did last night. The broccoli, lettuce, onions, and tomato plants all look ok. I’m only concerned about the peppers. It looks like the cold air…

Everything takes time to grow, whether it be in hot weather or cold. Over the last few years, we’ve planted a Cherry and Apple tree around Heritage House. Just like our garden, they need to be taken care of. And just like last year, we are putting down Tree and Shrub Doo, even though it doesn’t look like it needs…