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We’ve also noticed large fungi growing near the bases of our spruce trees. How do we get rid of them so they do not keep recurring? November 29, 2024Life Growing Things: How to water your tree well before winter Q: You are my best resource when it comes to gardening and thank you...
"Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains." - Author Unknown "Lord make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world b...
Karen writes:“Start gardening with a good, fresh mixture of 2/3 topsoil and 1/3 compost.” Marty writes:“We get fertilizer from our friends with horses. They are always delighted to rid themselves of some nice, aged poo.” Sherry writes:“I buy manure, Turkey Manure was best, and...
Next you’ll find four videos: two provide tips that will help your potted plants do their best, and two videos show how to make your own containers using hypertufa (I love that stuff!). At the bottom I’ve added several different projects you can try that I’ve found around the ‘...
Man - despite his artistic pretensions, his sophistication, and his many accomplishments - owes his existence to a six inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains. - Unknown A garden is the best alternative therapy. - Germaine Greer I think this is what hooks one to gardening: it ...
That got me thinking about a tree oddity I saw earlier this year when I was visiting my daughter in Walla Walla. Near her office at Whitman College stands a mature box elder (Acer negundo), whose lower crown has large swaths of pale yellow leaves (Figure 1). From a distance, one ...
Carrots prefer a looser and lighter soil. A good quality potting mix is a good bet and I would add compost to the mix at a ratio of two parts potting mix to one part compost. Do not use bagged topsoil or soil from a garden, as it has a tendency to compact and the carrots will ...
The topsoil was mixed with grit and sand to offer a free-draining environment for the plants. On summer days, with the rolling hills in the backdrop, the garden looks rather like a Mediterranean outcrop, and it’s easy to forget that you are in the heart of Essex. ...
To increase chances that I’d have at least some plants I sowed the seed thicker than I might have with fresh seed. Some of it was sown directly on the surface of the garden soil. Some of it was mixed with topsoil. I tried to keep the areas somewhat moist, but I failed so that ...