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It’s Alive! The Living Soil  * Today's article, written by Andy Lopez of the Invisible Gardener, will help us understand about the relationship between the nutrients your plants need and biological activity in the soil. The article was edited by the blog owner, however, and a few corrections made. There are two ways to get minerals needed by plants: The first and fastest as well as easiest is to apply through foliar spraying onto the leaves and trunk. Trees and most other plants are much like humans in that they can absorb nutrients thru their "skin". Another way to get minerals to the plants is to provide it in the soil by adding compost, which is rich in minerals and bacteria. This is the main reason we make compost piles or bins - to provide the proper condition for bacteria and minerals to get together and produce these nutrients in the form that the plants can then use. ( *Blog Owner's Note: Remember a few days ago on this blog we talked about t...

Whole-Food Nutritional Supplement On January 16 th I was approached by Kirsten who works for the marketing department for NutriGold ( http://NutriGold.com ) to do a few reviews of some of their many products. I’ve decided to create a two-part review project due to the number of products I was sent. Whenever I do a review I look quite closely at a company, read the customer comments, do online research, scan their site, and read the material they send. In this case the company sent a 20-page catalog and the first thing I noticed were two symbols on the index page – one for Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and a “ please recycle ” symbol encouraging people to recycle their product information package.  SFI certifies that the catalog is printed on paper that was harvested responsibly, while the printing inks ( EcoTech ) are made from 65% renewable content and omit near zero VOC’s (volatile organic compounds).  According to their ...

-- Vital Formulas -- Vital Formulas LLC has the motto: “ Daily essentials for your wellbeing ”. Their primary product is the Balanced Trio that includes 3 bottles: 90 capsules of morning, 90 tablets of evening and 90 tablets of midday supplements. We originally touched base with Natalia Lukina, founder of http://vital-formulas.com , to set up this review project back on Oct 18 th and we received a shipping confirmation the same day – products are sent via USPS First Class Mail International. The package arrived on Oct 25, which is impressive as it only took 7 days from original contact to receipt of the goods. Natalia is well educated with degrees in drug development and biology, and has many years working in the field. The morning capsules help you start off your day with special additions such as vitamin c and bio-flavonoids fruit extracts from pomegranate, hawthorn and bilberry, herbs like turmeric and cinnamon, and some trace minerals. The mid-day tablets help...

 -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio -- Carolyn Dean is our guest of the day – she’s the medical director for the Nutritional Magnesium Association and she’s authored and co-authored 27 books on health and nutrition including: The Magnesium Miracle . Carolyn has been motivating people to reach the best health possible for over 30 years – and today we’ll be focusing on how modern agriculture has depleted vital nutrients and minerals from the soils… and the crops grown in them are not providing the nutrients our bodies need.   Join us live (10-11 AM Pacific / 11 AM - 12 Mountain) and drop in the live chat room (via link below) if you have a chance - or access the archived episode later on via: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2012/01/17/nutrition-soil-depletion -- Enter Our Draw ! -- Leave a comment there about today’s interview or what you saw on Carolyn’s site - http://drcarolyndean.com - and you’ll...