116 articles on "soil"

Organic Lawn Care

Organic lawn care doesn’t mean you sit back and watch as weeds infiltrate your lawn until dandelion lint covers your sidewalk. Nor does it mean that you need to be out on hands and knees from sunrise until sunset, hand-pulling crabgrass and invasiv...

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Composting

Whether you start your vegetables directly from seed or you buy a plant from a local garden or home center, you won't give it much of a chance if your soil is simply not that good to begin with. What I mean by that is, and this stems from a conv...

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Caring For An Outdoor Bonsai Tree

Many people are under the misconception that bonsai are tiny, delicate trees that must be babied and cultivated indoors. To the contrary, there are both indoor and outdoor bonsai trees. And since most bonsai are just trimmed and miniaturized versions...

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Key Points To Success With Your Organic Vegetable Garden

Many people across the developed world are looking for new and rewarding ways to go green and avoid the pitfalls of modern food cultivation and supply. Organic gardening has become a popular method for ordinary people to grow their own vegetables, us...

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How To Use Flower Beds In Landscaping Your Garden

How To Use Flower Beds In Landscaping Your Garden by: Paul Curran The loveliness of flowering plants needs little embellishment by description. Certainly every gardener seeks the beauty and color that can be brought to his grounds by a variety o...

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Key Points To Success With Your Organic Vegetable Garden

Many people across the developed world are looking for new and rewarding ways to go green and avoid the pitfalls of modern food cultivation and supply. Organic gardening has become a popular method for ordinary people to grow their own vegetables, us...

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The Home Garden

The Home GardenThe garden should be near the house and away from trees. If it's some distance away from the house, it will not be as well looked after, nor will most use be made of vegetables grown. Vegetables near trees cannot get full sunshine...

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Weed Control Facts - Winning the Battle of the Weeds

Weed Control Facts - Winning the Battle of the Weeds by: Michael McGroarty Keeping your landscape plantings, flower beds, and nursery crops free of weeds is a battle, but if you approach it with a strategic plan, you will prevail. In order to de...

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How to Grow Japanese Red Maple Trees from Seed

How to Grow Japanese Red Maple Trees from Seed by: Michael McGroarty Most Japanese Maple seeds ripen in the fall. Watch the tree and wait for the seeds to turn brown. The seeds are ready to be harvested when they are brown and can be easily remo...

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Chicken Soup for the Soil

Chicken Soup for the Soil by: Jean Fritz Keeping Your Soil Healthy Your soil is the most important part of your garden, but too many people forget to nurture their soil. Soil is a living thing, containing microbes, fungi, insect life and general...

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