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Friday, March 8, 2013

10 Rules for Spring Gardening: #9 Synchronize pruning chores to bloom time.

Synchronize pruning chores to bloom time. Prune summer-blooming shrubs, such as abelia and butterfly bush, in early spring. Buds form on the new wood that emerges the same year. Later, cutting spent flowers on your butterfly bush will produce new flowers. Source: HGTV.com Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Spring Gardening: #8 Rotate your veggie crops.

Rotate your veggie crops. Grow them in different spots every year. Tomatoes are especially vulnerable to diseases that may linger in the soil or in plant residue. Source: HGTV.com Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Spring Gardening: #7 Rationale For Watering Deeply!

Water deeply. Your veggie garden will need about an inch of water a week; if enough rain hasn't fallen, water till the top 6 inches of soil are wet. Simply wetting the soil's surface with daily watering doesn't reach most of the root zone and is harmful to plants. Saturate the soil around the base... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, March 4, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Spring Gardening: #6 Use Mother Nature to feed your plants

Use Mother Nature to feed your plants. The best amendment for your soil is one you can make yourself: compost. If you don't already have a compost pile, start one now. Source: HGTV.com Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 3, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Spring Gardening: #5 Ease your transplants into the garden

Ease your transplants into the garden. If you've started seedlings indoors, expose them gradually to the conditions they'll have in the garden: start the pots off for only a few hours in a sunny place, then gradually increase the amount of sun exposure before installing the transplants in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Spring Gardening: #4 Know Your Zone!

Know your zone. Whether you use USDA or Sunset zones, choose your plants not only for cold-hardiness but for heat-tolerance as well. Example: Peonies don't bloom where winters are mild. Source: HGTV.com Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Spring Gardening: #3 Check Seed Packages For Harvest Days.

Check seed packages for the number of days to harvest. Plant cool-season plants such as peas, onions, Swiss chard, spinach and lettuce in early spring so they mature before hot weather arrives. Delay planting warm-weather crops until you're safely past the last spring frost and the soil has warmed... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Spring Gardening: #2 Provide Drainage

Provide drainage. If your soil is too wet to work, use raised beds to enable earlier planting in the spring. The soil in raised beds dries out and warms up faster than the surrounding earth. Source: HGTV.com Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Top 10 Rules for Spring Gardening: #1 Working The Soil

Work the soil only when it's moderately dry. Tilling, walking on, or cultivating the soil when it's wet leads to creating something akin to adobe: the whole structure of the soil is destroyed. Source: HGTV.com Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Tips for Eco-Friendly Gardening: Recycle Packaging

Recycle all kinds of everyday packaging and old plastic and wooden containers as pots for plants. Smaller containers can be used to get seeds started and then, once the seedlings become established, they can be transplanted into larger containers. Source: HGTV.com Sign in to see full entry.

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