Gardening & Landscape Design
epub |eng | 1988-03-25 | Author:Ann Reilly

After You Germinate After your seeds have germinated and the seedlings are growing strong and healthy, it’s time to plant them into the garden. Planting into the Garden Double-check planting ...
( Category: By Technique March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2013-01-06 | Author:Barbara Ellis

Or, mix seeds with a small amount of moist (not wet) vermiculite, peat, or sand in a plastic bag. Then move the bag(s) from place to place to satisfy the ...
( Category: By Technique March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1977-03-25 | Author:Ruth Harley

Electric Fence An alternative to the coon cage is a length of electrified wire or two stretched above a conventional fence. If your garden is on a farm or in ...
( Category: Vegetables March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1999-03-25 | Author:Stu Campbell

How to Take a Soil Sample The quality of your test results depends on the quality of your sample. Remember that a very small amount of soil is going to ...
( Category: By Technique March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1981-03-25 | Author:Nancy Bubel

Kale This super vegetable earns its place in any garden because it is very high in vitamin content, low in calories, winter-hardy, and almost pest-free. Kale is another member of ...
( Category: By Technique March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1979-03-25 | Author:Larry Southwick

The channels are made by removing the strips of bark after cutting along the lines marked around the scions. These strips should come away easily from the wood, indicating good ...
( Category: By Technique March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1995-03-25 | Author:Sara Pitzer

Mint Plants with stoloniferous root systems extend horizontal branches, also called runners, from the base of the plant producing new plants from buds at the tips. In our climate, marigolds ...
( Category: By Technique March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1981-03-25 | Author:LLC Storey Publishing

Conversions Manufacturers of fertilizers and other garden or farm materials sometimes suggest that these materials be applied by the ton to an acre of crops. For small gardeners, these figures ...
( Category: Gardening & Landscape Design March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1988-03-25 | Author:Henry W. Art

Wildflower Meadow Maintenance Once the wildflower meadow is established it is relatively easy to maintain. Mow the meadow once a year with a rotary mower, after the growing season is ...
( Category: Wild Plants March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1977-03-25 | Author:Barbara Pleasant

You can enhance the weed-controlling ability of any organic mulch by placing sheets of newspaper or cardboard beneath it. Lay down two to six sheets of newspaper directly on the ...
( Category: Organic March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1980-03-25 | Author:Charles Siegchrist

After a week tie a thermometer to a long stick and plunge the instrument into the heart of the manure pile. Leave it for five minutes or so. If the ...
( Category: Design & Construction March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-09-30 | Author:Sylvia Bernstein

Biofilter for the solid waste In media-based aquaponics, the solid waste from the fish is pumped into the grow beds along with the liquid waste. This is then broken down ...
( Category: Fisheries & Aquaculture March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1980-03-25 | Author:Editors of Garden Way Publishing

Grapes Few plants respond to pruning more than grapevines. An overgrown, dense, unpruned vine will not receive enough light to ripen grapes well. Also, because the fruit is borne mostly ...
( Category: By Technique March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-07-01 | Author:Welsh, Pat [Welsh, Pat]

Perennials. Be on the alert for interesting summer-blooming perennials at your nursery. More are for sale in June than at almost any other time of year because many perennials bloom ...
( Category: Organic March 26,2014 )
epub |eng | 1996-03-25 | Author:Rhonda Massingham Hart

Minimize fertilizer costs by using a carefully timed combination of chemical and organic mixtures. A common misconception is that synthetic fertilizers are better than organic. Another misunderstanding is that organic ...
( Category: Do-It-Yourself March 26,2014 )