How To Easily Make Your Own Potting Soil
If you love to grow vegetables by container gardening you may want to make your own potting soil instead of the store bought brands. Making your own potting soil might seem like much more work than just tearing open a bag, but there are a few advantages of making it yourself. Continue »
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Earthworms – The Unseen Workers Of Vegetable Garden Soil
The next time you venture out into your vegetable garden, you might want to make a quick check of the health of your garden soil. One very easy way to do this is to see how many earthworms you find lurking in the soil.
Take a garden fork
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Add Fallen Leaves To Your Garden Soil
January 3, 2010 by Tee
Filed under Composting
Although most of the country is in the middle of winter, there are still some southern areas that are dealing with raking leaves. Unfortunately, I was not able to get outside much during the fall, so my leaf-raking duties have gotten very behind. I would like to tell you what I do with my fallen leaves, and how I apply them to my garden space. Continue »
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Looking Back at 2009 – Composting
As 2009 quickly winds down, we continue the Looking Back at 2009 Series with another review of posts from the year. The posts featured today are pertaining to Composting. Composting is a critical part of maintaining a successful vegetable garden, and I hope that you find these posts useful and entertaining. Continue »
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How To Measure The Drainage Of Your Soil
If you have a new garden area in mind, there are several tasks you should perform before sowing that first seed. The first task is to take soil samples, and perform a soil test. The second task should be to measure the drainage of the proposed area. Continue »
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Compost Can Improve Your Soil’s Health
August 15, 2009 by Tee
Filed under Composting
Adding compost to your garden soil will help to improve just about any soil type – whether it is clay, sand, or silt. There are two things that unhealthy soils lack: microorganisms and organic materials. Truthfully, you need the organic materials in order to attract the microorganisms.
Remember the movie Field of Dreams? “Build it and they will come” Continue »
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30 Unusual Items You Can Compost
August 8, 2009 by Tee
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The next time you are throwing an item in the trash, think about whether you can compost it instead. There are many things that can be added to your compost pile, and later used to grow some great tasting vegetables or herbs. Everyone that is familiar with composting knows that things like grass clippings, and dead tree limbs are great additions to a compost pile, but what about some ordinary items from around the house?
There are many things you can add to your compost pile
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Four Uses For Coffee Grounds In The Home Garden – Examiner.com
July 29, 2009 by Tee
Filed under Gardening In The News
Any coffee drinker will likely throw away a filter full of coffee grounds each day. But, to gardeners these old grounds are very useful in the vegetable plot, flower bed or landscape. Some may remember family members throwing coffee grounds around roses or azaleas. Besides improving acidity for plants like these, coffee grounds are useful against pests and as soil amendments. If you don’t drink coffee or need more grounds than your family can produce, many Starbucks coffee shops will give away used coffee grounds to gardeners. Check your local franchise for details. Continue »
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How Fertilizers Harm Earth More Than Help Your Lawn – Scientific American
July 26, 2009 by Tee
Filed under Gardening In The News
Dear EarthTalk: What effects do fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides used on residential lawns or on farms have on nearby water bodies like rivers, streams—or even the ocean for those of us who live near the shore?
– Linda Reddington, Manahawkin, NJ
With the advent of the so-called Green Revolution in the second half of the 20th century—when farmers began to use technological advances to boost yields—synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides became commonplace around the world not only on farms, but in backyard gardens and on front lawns as well. Continue »
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Use Direct Composting In Your Garden
July 20, 2009 by Tee
Filed under Composting
If you do not like the idea of having a compost pile or composting equipment in your yard then direct composting might be for you. Some localities and gated communities do not allow compost piles, but you can use direct composting as an alternative and still supply your garden with rich compost. Direct composting can serve two purposes – add valuable nutrients to your garden soil, and create an alternative method of eliminating kitchen scraps without them going to waste in a landfill. Continue »
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