Sustainable Growth Blog
Check in with us here on the Sustainable Growth Blog for tips and advice to help get the most out of your garden space as well as the latest news about Storm Organic Plant Nutrition and Seafeed.
The Amazing World of Garden Soil: The Best Guide for Gardeners
Soil is a crucial resource for food production, providing the necessary support, nutrients, and environment for growing and harvesting food. A single spoonful contains more life than humans on earth! It is the very foundation of any garden and just like for houses, with weak foundation, everything crumbles.
What you Need to Know About Seaweed Fertilizer: Seafeed vs. kelp
Seaweed has been used by coastal populations for generations and for good reason! It was plentiful, easily accessible, and most importantly, gave great results. So, let’s take a deep dive into seaweed fertilizers and how you can use them for your plants.
How to Propagate Snake Plants: 3 Ways to Succeed
Sansevierias are the perfect plant for everyone, including black thumbs! They are originally from the desert areas of Africa so they can take plenty of direct sunlight and very little watering. Yet, they can also survive in the low light spots in our homes making them one of the most versatile houseplants.
What is propagation? The propagation process is simply making new plants from a parent plant; in other words, cloning the mother plant. It is a cost effective way of multiplying the number of plants you have and being able to share with other gardeners.
5 Beautiful DIY Modern Garden Sheds (Complete With Instructions!)
Whether you are only storing a few garden tools or looking for an outdoor office, a garden shed doesn’t have to be an eyesore in your yard. A well-designed garden shed can either disappear in the landscape or be a focal point on your property.
We compiled a list of 5 modern sheds that have step by step instructions to help you build your own DIY storage building. But before you head out to the hardware store for supplies, you’ll want to take a moment to think about the different elements that might influence your choice of design.
Complete Guide to Choose the Best Tree for Your Yard
Choosing the right tree can feel overwhelming because of the huge investment of time and money it can represent: even the small trees can be an expensive upfront investment and they are not easily moved once established. They are the backbone of a landscape design as large and permanent elements around which other plantings can be integrated and can provide multiple benefits at once. Asking yourself the right questions is crucial to ensure that you pick the perfect tree that best fits your landscape.
6 Ways to Show Your House Plants Some Love
If you’re like me, chances are that despite loving and appreciating your houseplants very much they inevitably get neglected at some point during the year. So here are 6 ways to give your plants some perhaps much needed love this Valentine’s Day!
November Garden Recap
November officially marked the end of our fall honeymoon, with the last tastes of summer, and jumping right into winter. We have had several snowfalls and temperatures are hovering right around freezing. But we can’t complain, our first killing frost was the night of November 18th!
Behind the Scenes of our Successful Seaweed Journey Video
Well, I never thought we would be entering a video contest so soon in our company journey! Rootree’s RT Foundation announced their mini contest mid-October and we had just a few short weeks to come up with a creative idea and bring it to life. As good ideas usually do, this one came to me late at night when I was brushing my teeth and getting ready for bed. With the prompt “what captures the essence of what you do and what makes your business unique?”, it seemed natural to showcase the journey of our seaweed from storm to package.
The Poppy: Surprising History and Modern cCntroversy
Flowers have long been associated with death and war, even dating back to Roman and Greek mythology, but the iconic red poppy we see today came from WWI.
How to Get Longer Blooms for a Spectacular Garden
If you’ve ever been pregnant, or been around a pregnant person, you know how tiring it is to make a baby. Well, it’s the same for plants. Producing flowers and seeds takes a lot of energy. Ultimately, plants want to pass down their genetic material but have to balance the energy they spend on blooming and seed production vs the energy it takes to remain alive. This means that, generally, plants will flower in two situations: either when they are thriving and have enough plenty of energy reserves, or when they are doing so poorly they likely won’t survive another season and produce seed as one last hurrah. As gardeners, we like our plants to thrive and show us how happy they are. So, what can you do to get your plants to bloom brighter and longer?
Hi! I’m Marie-Eve, founder and CEO of Storm. I am an Environmental Biologist, B. Sc., who (clearly) enjoys gardening and learning about our environment through scientific journals. I love to talk all things plants, soil, ecosystems, etc., and hope to inspire people to get their hands dirty with a “less is more” approach to gardening.
