garden soil - Fine Gardening
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How-To
What Is Sheet Mulching and How Do You Do It?
If you’ve ever started a new garden from scratch, then you’ve probably had to convert some amount of lawn into a planting bed. There are several ways to eliminate turf,…
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Collection
Maintaining Healthy Garden Soil
Many people think of soil as dead, decomposed organic matter and minerals. But it’s much more than that. Soil is full of life. Trillions of organisms live in soil, using…
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How-To
Getting Big Vegetable Production From a Small Space
I have lived—and gardened—in three countries: England, Barbados, and the United States. In the United States, I found myself settled on the eastern tip of New York’s Long Island, a…
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How-To
5 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-To
A Secret Recipe for Great Homemade Potting Soil
Garden soil doesn't offer enough air, water or nutrients to container-grown plants. Fortunately, it's easy to amend.
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How-To
Fertilizing the Old-Fashioned Way—With Manure
Who needs a flashy package of tiny granules when you can feed your plants with manure?