Best fertilizer for lawn in autumn
Best fertilizer for lawn in autumn The cool nights and mild days of early autumn are just what grass needs to repair itself from the strains of a long growing season that began last April. This is the...
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When to apply spring fertilizers After a long and unusually cold winter, I’ve been out assessing the damage. Some trees lost limbs in an ice storm, and the raw wounds need cleaning up. Flower buds on...
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What fertilizer for spring bulbs?
Fringed tulip on Garden Making Instagram by Gary Hall. For more inspiring images: Instagram.com/GardenMaking Question from Beverley in Saint Lazare, Que.: What type of fertilizer does one use on spring...
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Tips for lawns this fall
Leaves ready to be mulched on the lawn. (Photo by Brendan Zwelling) Lawns will forgive a summer of neglect if you’ll do something good for them in autumn. Books could be written about this, but it all...
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Why aren’t my pothos plants growing?
(Photo by Pixabay) Sylvain in Montreal, QC., asks: I planted cuttings of my variegated pothos that had been rooted in water. That was over a year ago and they have not grown a centimetre. They live in...
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Grow better with plant stimulants
For new plants, growth stimulants help them to become established more quickly. What you need to know to grow better with plant stimulants. Continue reading Grow better with plant stimulants at Garden...
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Why we feed the soil
By feeding soil, we then let the soil feed the plants. The best way to feed soil is to add leaves (dug in or as mulch). Continue reading Why we feed the soil at Garden Making.
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Tomatoes love seaweed
Did you see Gayla Trail’s article about cherry tomatoes in the new summer issue of Garden Making? Gayla fertilizes her tomatoes every two weeks with sea kelp diluted in water and gets bumper crops of...
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