Learn how to use a soil blocker and get the perfect soil block recipe to ditch plastic in your seed starting supplies. If you already have a soil blocker, skip to the soil block recipe below. As I dig ...

Soil blocking refers to blocks of soil that are used for starting seeds. Benefits of soil blocking include stronger roots, easier watering, and faster germination. Blocks can be planted directly once ...

Although the practice of making solid blocks of soil for growing seeds isn’t new (it may go back over 2000 years), soil blocking has gained popularity in the last few years. It’s not a complicated ...