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National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi
Soil Testing If you've heard it once, you've heard it a hundred times: every garden should have its soil tested. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi
Fertilize with Epsom Salts Use this household remedy to give some plants a boost mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Soil Fertility 101 Just as a good foundation is necessary to support a building, good soil is necessary to build a successful garden. All soil is not alike. It differs in texture, fertility, and balance. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Lee Reich
Organic Fertilizers How to choose and use organic fertilizers. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Improve Soil Fertility with Compost A little soil common sense will go a long way to helping you understand how to care for your garden. All soils are not the same; they differ in many ways, including texture, fertility, and pH. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Warren Davenport
Controlled-Release Fertilizers Slow- and controlled-release fertilizers offer convenience and are safer for both plants and the environment. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi
Soil Common Sense Five simple home tests for basic soil problems, with proven remedies mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Organic Fertilizers 101 Most soils benefit from the addition of fertilizer. Benefits to using organic fertilizers instead of synthetic fertilizers include fewer applications. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi
Recycling Fireplace Ash Should you scatter wood ashes over your garden? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Tools for Preparing the Garden Before a single plant even touches the ground in your garden, it would be wise to spend time preparing the soil. You'll have fewer weeds and diseases and better plant growth, flowering, and fruiting later. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Preparing Soil for Greens When it's early in the season and nearly time to plant a host of greens, put in a little time with your garden soil to prevent weed problems. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Carrie Chalmers
Organic Matters Balance green with brown to maximize the benefits of soil amendments... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Soil Prep for Alliums Onions will grow in practically any kind of soil, but one that's rich in decayed organic matter and humus and drains well is best. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
July 8, 2009
5 Tips for a Greener, Healthier Lawn You can learn more details about fertilizers, watering, and testing your soil. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Improving Clay Soil If your garden has heavy clay soil, you know what a challenge it can pose to plants, not to mention gardeners. Heavy clay drains slowly, meaning it stays saturated longer after rain or irrigation. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Building Soil 101 A steady program of soil building is like a steady program of physical conditioning. You'll get great results in the long run if you stick with it and don't go overboard right away. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
April 2000
Joseph R. Provey
Green Pastures Not all lawns that are in bad shape need to be replaced. A well-executed restoration plan can bring all but the worst turf back to life. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi
Fall Garden Cover Crops For healthier soil next spring, sow a cover crop this fall... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Blossom End Rot Blossom End Rot (BER) is a physiological disorder of tomatoes, peppers, and cucurbits caused by a calcium imbalance within the plant. The result is a water-soaked spot at the blossom end of the plant that enlarges, turning dark brown and leathery. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Planting Bearded Iris Here are a few things you can do to get your bearded iris off to a good start. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Warren Schultz
Building Great Soil Soil is the most important factor in successful gardening. Here are tips on evaluating and improving your soil. mark for My Articles similar articles
This Old House
Roger Cook
Fall Fertilizing Why autumn is the right time of year to nourish your yard. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Lee Reich
Blueberry Prescription A timeless favorite for the garden and the kitchen... mark for My Articles similar articles
Prepared Foods
February 1, 2005
Andrew G. Ebert
Ingredient Challenges Phosphorus: The Forgotten, Essential Ingredient When using phosphates as functional food ingredients, food manufacturers also have the opportunity to enhance the nutritional value of their products through the addition of phosphorus. But the importance of appropriate usage levels should not be overlooked. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Organic Gardening 101 The gardener who is committed to organic gardening does not simply boycott artificial chemical fertilizers and pesticides. He or she is committed to techniques that build healthy soil. mark for My Articles similar articles
This Old House
Keith Pandolfi
Green Acres How to break your lawn's addition to synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Jack Ruttle
Worm Food Do right by worms, and they'll do right by your garden. Worms are almost unbelievably good at making soil perfect for plants... mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
April 2008
Roy Berendsohn
Your Best Lawn Ever: PM's Guide to the Perfect Backyard Think of your lawn as a crop that's harvested once a week. It takes a lot of nutrition, water and care to keep it growing. Here's the action plan. mark for My Articles similar articles
This Old House
Sal Vaglica
All About Lawns Readers want to know how to grow a dense, healthy carpet of grass. Here, experts help you choose the right turf and the best way get the greenest lawn in the neighborhood. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Jack Ruttle
Soil for Seed Starting Plant seeds in the right soil mix mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Fruit Tree Site Selection Of primary importance when choosing a planting site for you fruit tree is that it receives as much sun as possible. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Maintaining a Vegetable Garden Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. Give your garden plants the moisture and nutrients they need, and keep them weeded and harvested for tasty and nutritious crops. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Trench Planting Your Root Crops A quick way to improve soil for root crops... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
June 2000
Beth Marie Renaud
Tomatoes in a Can Growing full-size tomatoes in containers saves space and protects plants from disease mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
June 2000
William Bryant Logan
Helping Plants to Help Themselves Mycorrhizal fungi promote plant growth and reduce fertilizer dependence mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Don Langevin
How to Grow a Giant Pumpkin Intrigued by these car-size, half-ton gourds? mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Skip Richter
Turn Leaves into Gold These golden leaves can be turned into "black gold" for the garden. They make great soil-enriching compost or a protective mulch. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi
When Good Tomatoes Go Bad Here's a list of eight of the most common tomato fruit problems not caused by insect or disease. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Planting Strawberries Strawberries will do best in soil that has been thoroughly prepared. If your future strawberry bed was plowed last year, you're ahead of the game. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Lynn Ocone
Planning a Vegetable Garden How to design and build a vegetable garden that really works mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
David & Tina Silber
Meet Babaco Imagine yourself in the cool and misty mountain valleys of Ecuador. It was there--no one knows exactly when--that a horticultural miracle occurred. A new type of papaya appeared, one perfectly suited to home-garden growing: The six-foot-high plant is completely adaptable to container growing, and it fruits prolifically. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
June 5, 2008
5 Steps to Grow & Build a Perfect Lawn -- With Free Time to Spare Each spring, millions of homeowners spend too much of their cherished weekends trying to maintain a lush, green lawn. But sun and rain also bring lawn-choking weeds and voracious bugs. Here are five tips to keep you lawn healthy. mark for My Articles similar articles
Geotimes
December 2004
Energy & Resources Mineral of the Month: Gypsum Alan Founie, the gypsum commodity specialist for the U.S. Geological Survey, has compiled the following information on gypsum, an abundant mineral that is one of the oldest building materials in the world. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Robert E. Gough
The Mighty Lingonberry Why, where, how to grow lingonberries. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Growing Citrus in Containers By moving container-grown citrus trees into a greenhouse, sunroom, or bright indoor location, gardeners anywhere can grow them. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Preventing Rose Diseases It's no surprise that roses are among the most popular ornamental garden plants: they're beautiful, fragrant, and easy to grow in most climates. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening Planting Groundcover Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate. mark for My Articles similar articles
Food Processing
June 2007
Phosphorous Makes Good Phosphorous is being used mostly in dark cola beverages, but there's more to this mineral than you might think. mark for My Articles similar articles
This Old House
March 27, 2001
Lynn Ocone
Growing Perfect Tomatoes Treat yourself to one of the true pleasures of summer: your own homegrown tomatoes fresh from the vine... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Gardening
Marion Lyons
A Lawn in a Day It's lawn-planting time. Should you lay sod or sow seed? Sod has the edge mark for My Articles similar articles