I too grow in a modified super soil with myco's at transplants. the only things that i water into my dirt in my dirt are compost teas or fulvic and humic acids.
that article was pointless. the only thing that guy wanted to do was bag on harvard. he must be mad cuz they wouldnt give him a job now hes stuck at washington state. he give no examples or links or anything to support his argument. sounds like a jilted professor.
yea maybe government subsidized housing is that cheap. very few apartments are that cheap in michigan, your looking at more like 650-800 for a decent apartment.
And as far as buying cheap houses here, you get what you pay for. Granted there are some really good deals out there for nice houses...
no matter what size your garden is going to be, i would say get your hands on whatever books that you can. here are a couple good ones.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_14?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=the+cannabis+grow+bible&sprefix=the+cannabis+g%2Caps%2C319...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-jOcEMnTbc
https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/338384-2010-revised-super-soil-recipe.html
watch and read these and all your questions will be answered
25$ a bag? your getting ripped off, i pay 18 locally. i use roots for my soil and everything works out great.
i also live in michigan, southeastern michigan.
everyone thinks their stuff is the fire and everyone else's is boo boo swag. sell it for what you think its worth, if they dont buy it, fuck em. someone will buy that shit, someone always buys that shit.