Showing posts with label problems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label problems. 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...
Jun 15, 2014

Organic Dollar Spot Control

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This morning Ruth emailed me the following question about how to deal with dollar spot fungus in a Northeastern lawn. Specifically she...
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May 24, 2014

Time To Start Treating For Lawn Disease

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With all the rain we've been getting in the Northeast lately, and the warm weather that's coming in next week, conditions are prime ...
Aug 31, 2013

Milky Spore Dispenser - On a Stick!

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Everything's better when it's on a stick! Here's a cheap and easy tool you can make your self to spread Milky Spore powder ove...
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How Milk Treats Plant Disease

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When it comes to organic lawn care and gardening you hear things that sound downright crazy. One of the more odd suggestions is to use a d...
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Aug 30, 2013

Controlling Powdery Mildew with Neem Oil

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Neem oil is recommended as an organic insecticide and fungicide. There are a number of studies that show its effectiveness for various ins...
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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

Organic Lawn Renovation: BurnOut II VS Nature's Avenger

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Today is the first day of my organic lawn renovation project and it starts off with killing off my existing lawn and weeds. I didn't ...
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Jul 19, 2012

Growing Grass Indoors: Bugs/Neem

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A quick update on the two grasses I'm growing indoors in containers. One's doing well, ran into a problem with bugs in the other u...
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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Jun 30, 2012

You Don't Need Plastic Edging

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I don't know what came over me but a few years ago I got it stuck in my head that I had to have plastic lawn edging. For some reason t...
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Oct 14, 2009

Waiting for Grass To Grow

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This is the tough part. I've completed my fall lawn overseeding project and have been watering it regularly. Now it's a waiting gam...
Jun 25, 2009

How To Get Grass To Grow In Shade

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Growing grass in shade can present many problems. Like all plants, grass needs sunlight but shade cast by your home or trees leave some area...
May 27, 2009

Trouble getting grass seeds to germinate?

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Did you plant a new lawn or overseed an existing lawn and your grass seed failed to germinate properly? That's very common. Grass needs...
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