Guidelines for planting and caring for young trees
This guide covers preplanting care including cooling the tree and soaking bare roots briefly, proper hole size, and pruning to avoid root contact with sides. It advises watering, soil preparation, avoiding manure, and careful fertilization timing, with notes on container trees, lawn planting, and winter sun scald prevention by painting trunks white.
Master gardeners to run Sandoval hotline
The Sandoval County Cooperative Extension Service starts a home gardener hotline this month. It operates Mondays and Fridays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. from April 3 through October 13, excluding national holidays. Call 867-9727. Rudy Benavidez at 867-2582 for further help.
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Basics of composting for soil improvement and gardening
This guide explains what compost is and how to make it. It covers choosing a site, pile structures, layering green and dry material, adding fertilizer and soil, activating decomposition, turning the pile, maintaining heat and moisture, avoiding odors, and when and how to use finished compost in gardens.
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