Showing posts with label fertilizing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fertilizing. Show all posts
Feb 5, 2025

Preparing Your Garden for Spring: Soil Testing and Amendment Strategies

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As gardeners, we wait all winter for the smell of fresh-cut grass and the taste of warm, vine-ripened tomatoes. But before those dreams beco...
Sep 1, 2013

How To Draw A Landscape Plan With Sketchup

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Having a landscape drawing allows you to quickly plan changes to your landscape as well as measure the square footage of your beds and law...
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Sep 16, 2012

Organic Lawn Renovation - Soil Prep and Seeding

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Days 9, 10 and 11 of my organic lawn renovation project were pretty tough. A lot of raking, digging and incorporating compost. I ran into...
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Aug 31, 2012

Smith 2 Gallon Max Contractor Sprayer Review

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I needed a new pump sprayer for my lawn renovation  project and the   Smith 2-Gallon Contractor Sprayer  seemed to be the best garden spr...
Jul 13, 2012

How To Treat Lawn Disease Organically

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Is Using Cornmeal to Treat Lawn Disease a Myth? Not only does Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott consider the use of cornmeal as a fungicide...
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Oct 15, 2009

Organic Starter Fertilizer

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For a long time, there was no manufacturer selling an organic starter fertilizer product and to be honest, not many people cared. The onl...
Oct 13, 2009

How To Store Organic Fertilizer

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One of the nice things about using organic lawn fertilizers is that their safe and natural. Many of the ingredients are used in animal feed...
Oct 6, 2009

Fall Lawn Overseeding

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Over the past few years I've been overseeding my lawn with better quality grass seed to improve the appearance and disease resistance of...
Jun 15, 2009

Get Organic Corn Meal Delivered Every Month

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Corn meal is used by organic gardeners to help fight and prevent lawn diseases caused by fungus. Applying at a rate of 10 lbs per 1,000 s...
Jun 10, 2009

Where To Buy Cornmeal in Bulk

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Regular old yellow cornmeal is used by many organic gardeners both as a fertilizer and to control and treat diseases in lawns and plants. Yo...
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Jun 3, 2009

Is Compost Enough For My Lawn?

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Some organic lawn care proponents and even some organic lawn service companies feel that all your lawn needs is compost and compost tea. Are...
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May 28, 2009

Easy and Affordable Organic Lawn Fertilizing Program

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When it comes to organic lawn fertilizers there are many options and different people will find different products useful. I came up with t...
May 26, 2009

Encap Fast Acting Lime Review

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Lime is an important soil conditioner for your lawn. Some people treat lime like a silver bullet or a fertilizer and apply it every year....
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Jul 15, 2008

WSJ's Wendy Bounds' Organic Lawn Makeover

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Found this video on Youtube.com from Wall Street Journal reporter Wendy Bounds. She started using organic lawn care techniques and documente...
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Jul 5, 2008

Transitioning to Organic Lawn Care

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For those that have been using synthetic fertilizers and pesticides for many years, the transition to organic lawn care might be tough. ...
Jul 4, 2008

You need good soil to grow good grass

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The quality of your soil is a big factor in growing a nice lawn. Hopefully you've stopped using synthetic chemicals in your lawn and ha...
Jul 2, 2008

Are synthetic fertilizers safe?

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That's a question many of have asked. The short answer is some are and some aren't. Many of the chemicals sold for lawn care have so...