It’s important to have a soil pH meter so that you can instantly read your soil’s pH on a regular basis. Why?

One of the easiest, cheapest,  and fastest way to test your soil’s pH is to use a soil tester, also known as a soil meter, which is  available at most garden centres or hardware stores. Read the rest of this entry »

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Do you know how plants grow?
. . .How the different parts of a plant work together to make the plant grow?

I can almost see your reaction!!! However, we sometimes forget that plants are composed of many parts and that if one of those parts is not healthy, the plant will not survive.  In this article, our guest Bill Watson explains how the different parts of the plant are important and work together.  Let’s see what he has to say…

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Caring for indoor/house plants

demands that attention be given to  just a few things: watering, feeding, lighting, temperature, humidiy, and repotting.

If you follow these tips, you will find the job easy. Read the rest of this entry »

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Organic lawn care is an easy-to-follow systematic approach to a beautiful lawn.

You may think that without the use of insecticides and pesticides one would have difficulty growing lush grass.  Not so.

Insecticides and pesticides destroy the ecosystem in the soil: the worms, microorganisms and macroorganisms that live in the soil and keep it alive and healthy.  The result is that the soil becomes  depleted, the grass is not getting full nourishment, so it becomes prey to bugs.

The secret to a beautiful lush lawn is Read the rest of this entry »

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So many gardeners are under the impression that flowering bulbs are planted only in the fall, but there is a vast variety of bulbs which are summer flowering bulbs. These bulbs are planted in the spring to produce beautiful exotic flowers in July and August — just when the garden needs a jolt of fresh color the most. (View a list of summer flowering bulbs at http://a1gardening-landscapingsupplies.com/Spring-Bulbs.html)

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This spring (May, 2008) I got the surprise of my life! I had always believed that having worms in my garden or plant soil brings much to the soil for many reasons, one of them being that worm castings is the nourishment par excellence for the plants. But I had not realized to what extent worm castings can help plants grow and flourish. Read the rest of this entry »

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What is Lasagna Gardening?

Lasagna Gardening (often referred to as No Dig Gardening or Sheet Composting) is a rather neat way of preparing your garden for planting without digging, removing sod, or tilling, and at the same time preparing a feast for worms. (As you are probably aware, worm castings is a humus rich soil amendment,  and the more worms play around in your garden, the better your plants will flourish.) Read the rest of this entry »

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