According to Gary Matsuoka (“The Most Important Component of Your Garden: Soil,” YouTube, Apr. 6, 2019) … “Soil is essentially mineral, and the soils that are being promoted are essentially totally organic. Generally, they’re chopped up plants or chopped up trees that have been decomposing for a bit, and that’s what they want you to…

According to Gary Matsuoka … “Plants have always grown in sand, silt and clay. The highest organic content in soil in Nature is less than 3 percent. For centuries, sand (or nearly pure sand) has been the container substrate of choice. Just in the last generation or so have nurserymen been trying to formulate substrates…

Q — With all due respect to Atom Bergstrom, his claim that wheat grass juice could cause yellow fat disease, is completely incorrect, and it does not look good on him. Wheat grass juice is mostly water, so even if one drank a bucket of wheat grass juice, hardly any fat and omega 3 will…

Gary Matsuoka, according to his resume, is “a professional horticulturist dedicated to educating people about a variety of topics, including the ideal soil, how to care for certain plants, the right fruit trees for someone’s area, and much more.” According to Gary Matsuoka … “In those days, you know, we’d water every day, fertilize once…

According to Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) … “Take sugar for a slow kidney, and salt for a fast kidney.” Che-na-wah Weitch-ah-wah (To the American Indian, 1916) wrote … “The Indians were preservers of the sugar-pine timber which grew on the high ranges of mountains on the north side of the river and there was a…