Mulching and Cultivation for Home Garden Weeds
Weeds challenge gardens and mulching offers effective control. Hoeing soon after rain keeps soil loose for moisture and prevents root damage. Organic mulches like straw or hay suppress weeds and conserve moisture but may attract pests. black plastic speeds maturity and yields for warm season crops but requires proper soil moisture before laying.
Salad Tree and New Books For Apartment Gardeners
Apartment dwellers can grow salads on porches with a five foot tall Salad Tree using a board and hog wire, moss and soil, tomatoes and cucumbers climbing the wire, lettuce at the bottom. A free 20 page booklet explains composting and soil conditioning and Rotocrop sells compost bins. Also featured are The Language of Flowers and Terrariums books for indoor gardening with guidance on soil, light, water, and plant propagation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Aronson
Ortho
Rotocrop
Buttonwood St
New Hope, Pa
Fertilizing method can help your tree health
Garden tips from Lincoln Nebraska advise proper planting rows and corn placement. The fertilizing guidance explains measuring trunk diameter to determine fertilizer quantity and drilling holes around the dripline to apply 5 10 5 fertilizer with peat moss mix for root access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fertilizer Institute
Lincoln
Neb
UPI
Brent Hoadley
Nebraska
Hoadley
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Fred Fladd
Cooperative Extension Agent
Soil
Assa
Onondaga County Cooperative Extension
Harmony Books
Crown Publishers
New York
Abatina
Zinnia
Allan A. Swenson
Fawcett
Greenwich, Conn
Maine
Swenson
Stern
Buckley RO
Salina ST. RT
Cicero
AMES
Skai
Pine Park
Colorado
IMPA
AMG
Jackson & Perkins
Dursban
Fayetteville
Highbridge
Syracuse Circle Drive
Sears
Sevin
BE Witt
Bridge Street
DeWitt