How To Grow Vegetables and Vegetable Gardening Tips
The dog days of summer can be vicious to many vegetable garden plants. When thermometers start reaching the century mark, and stay there for several consecutive days, it takes a beating on many plants in your vegetable garden.Although it is extremely difficult to completely fend off those high temperatures, there are a few methods you can use to help ease their affects.Here are a few important things you can implement in your vegetable … [Read more...]
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.Mow Your Leaves, Don't RakeMany people have different methods of tackling their fallen leaves, … [Read more...]
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".It is pretty much the same for those beneficial microorganisms. Enrich the soil with … [Read more...]
Today's article on soil pH will conclude the Understanding Soil Nutrients Series. These articles on soil nutrients will cover a brief summary of each main soil nutrient. If you missed the previous entries to this series, here they are:Understanding Soil Nutrients - NitrogenUnderstanding Soil Nutrients - PhosphorusUnderstanding Soil Nutrients - PotassiumAlthough pH is not a soil nutrient, I felt it was very important to bring it up … [Read more...]
This is the third entry for the Understanding Soil Nutrients Series. Today we will focus our attention on a very important soil nutrient – potassium. If you missed the first and second entries to this series, here they are:Understanding Soil Nutrients – NitrogenUnderstanding Soil Nutrients - PhosphorusWhy Potassium is Important To Your Vegetable GardenPotassium (K) is generally called potash when used in forms for a soil … [Read more...]
This is the second entry for the Understanding Soil Nutrients Series. Today we will focus our attention on a very important soil nutrient - phosphorus. If you missed the first entry to this series, here it is:Understanding Soil Nutrients - NitrogenWhy Is Phosphorus Important To My Vegetable Garden Plants?Plants need phosphorus for strong root growth, fruit, stem and seed development, disease resistance, and general plant vigor. … [Read more...]
This is Part One of a four part series titled, Understanding Soil Nutrients. Each day this week will bring a new article on soil nutrients, with Thursday being the final article.The first part of the Understanding Soil Nutrients series will be on nitrogen. As vegetable gardeners, nitrogen can play a key factor in whether our vegetables grow successfully or are doomed for failure. Too much nitrogen can mean big, bushy plants that have … [Read more...]
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