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ArticleTips and Tricks from a Mid-Atlantic Master Composter
Compost is a fundamental garden amendment that enriches soil and provides nutrients to plants. But where do you start on making your own? I talked to Gail Hermenau, Master Gardener…
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How-ToHow to Make Great Compost in the Southern Plains
One of the secrets to a successful, productive garden is compost. Although you can buy commercial compost in bags or in bulk from gardening stores, it’s easy and enjoyable to…
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How-To5 Tips to Improve Your Garden Soil
If you garden, you know soil is important. You have undoubtedly witnessed that as gardens grow more bountiful, the ground beneath them becomes proportionately darker, richer, and looser. You have…
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How-To5 Vegetable Garden Tasks to Do in Fall for a Happier Spring
As the growing season winds down, are you tempted to “throw in the trowel” and leave your vegetable garden cleanup until next spring? In the October 2020 issue of Fine…
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DesignLearn How to Support Soil Life
The vitality and resiliency of every garden depends on plants interacting with a vast array of insects, fungi, and microorganisms, especially those that make their homes in the soil. Through…
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DesignGardening in a Changing Climate
The topic of climate change has come to permeate all facets of our lives. From the evening news to social media, discussions of carbon footprint and global warming are never…
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How-To6 Ways To Make More Compost
My grandmother, who managed a working farm in my birthplace of Malta, gave me my first lesson on soil health when I was about seven. As we harvested lettuce for…
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How-ToCritters in Your Compost?
Contrary to popular belief, compost doesn’t “just happen.” Although, from the outside, you might see nothing more than a pile of rotting leaves and grass clippings, inside that pile a…
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How-ToGet Serious About Compost: How to Make More, Better, Faster
Compost is not fertilizer. The sooner a gardener embraces this reality, the better. But gardener’s gold does have an undeniable importance in the garden: to feed the billions of critters…
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Kitchen GardeningCompost and Mulch
Today’s garden belongs to Julie Hammond. She writes: I am an avid gardener in Peoria, Illinois, expanding plantings with divisions and markdowns. I learned the hard way that compost and…
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