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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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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Tips for Eco-Friendly Gardening: Reuse Plastic Bottles

Plastic bottles can be reused in many ways around the garden. Cut off the bases and use them as warm, protective covers over seedlings or poke holes in their lids and use as a sprinkling watering device over seeds. You can also make a homemade propagator by using a bottle. Source: HGTV.com Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Tips for Eco-Friendly Gardening: Compost Tea Fertilizer

Although very smelly, compost tea is great as a natural fertilizer. Make your own by filling a small bucket 1/4 full of homemade compost and adding water to the top. Leave for three days, and then strain the mixture through cheesecloth into another bucket. Dilute the liquid with water before... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 22, 2013

Tips for Eco-Friendly Gardening: Consider Worm Composting for Small Spaces

Set up a home for some small, red tiger worms, which you can buy. Be sure to use a wooden box with holes and a lid for a worm compost bin. Add a layer of moist, shredded newspaper and soil for their bedding, and then feed them once a week with vegetable peelings wrapped in newspaper or paper towels.... Sign in to see full entry.

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