Get a soil test. Start a compost pile. Use organic seeds and plants when possible. Practice good garden sanitation. Rotate plant families every year. Use physical barriers and traps to thwart bad bugs—handpick offending insects when possible. ...
Fall Garden Cleanup: Tidy Your Garden and Help Wildlife at the Same Time! 0 Spider Mite Control for Organic Gardeners 2 Organic Tomato Hornworm Control 4 Make Your Garden a Ladybug Paradise 7 Homemade Traps for Garden Pests 8 3 Hungry Beetles to Watch Out For ...
You will find here everything you need to know about Gardener's Loam - an ideal, man-made garden soil of such quality that it cannot be directly compared with native earth or with the loams and clays of the farmer's field. You will also find discussion of nutrients, organic matter, wat...
How to Compost shows you how to do it right the first time. Whether you have sandy soil, clay soil, or a soil that's too acidic or alkaline for growing vegetables, Facts About Soil gives you all the information you need for improving garden soil. Organic NPK Fertilizers covers everything...
Want to know how to make grass greener? It’s a simple process and here we take you through what to do step-by-step.
On the other hand, infertile soil that has good physical properties(tilth)can be made productive by using compost, organic matter, lime,commercial fertilizer, and other soil improving materials. If your garden has already been cultivated and used in past years, there is little to do other than...
If you have ever admired the lush, rolling turf at your local golf course you may have wondered just how much organic soil amendment it must take to get it to look like that. You may be surprised to learn that most golf turf has 95 percent sand as its base, according to horticulturist...
Grow carrots in loose soil free of stone and obstacles; this will allow the roots to grow straight and unimpeded. Roots will fork if they hit an obstacle. Grow carrots in soil rich in organic matter; feed carrot beds with aged compost. Avoid nitrogen-rich fertilizers; too much nitrogen can...