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How-To5 Easy Ways to Test Your Garden Soil pH at Home
Most people know that soil pH is a measure of how acidic or alkaline your soil is. Soils naturally have a wide range of pH values, with most ranging from…
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How-ToWhat 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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CollectionMaintaining 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-ToPest Control for the Northeast: Jumping Snake Worms
As if gardeners don’t have enough to contend with, an invasive worm is surprising many of us by moving into our Northeast gardens. "Worms?” you might ask. “I thought worms…
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How-ToFungi Are a Sign of Soil Health
A great indicator of soil and plant health is the appearance of fungi in a lawn. The fruiting bodies of an important underground community, they often appear in the fall…
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How-ToTilling Is One Chore You Might Be Able to Skip
Turning the soil over each year is a millennium-old tradition that has been challenged only in the last half century. The major benefits attributed to the annual rite of tilling…
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How-ToThe Four Things You Need to Know About Soil pH
Lee Reich explains what pH is, what it does, how to adjust it, and why to monitor it
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How-ToFertilizing the Old-Fashioned Way—With Manure
Who needs a flashy package of tiny granules when you can feed your plants with manure?
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Kitchen GardeningThe Benefits of Raised Garden Beds
If you've never grown vegetables in raised beds before, I promise that once you do, you'll be spoiled for the rest of your gardening life.
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