By Erin Marissa Russell If your gardening area has rocky soil, you can choose to use what you’ve got and plant what flourishes in rocky areas or you can put in some elbow grease. If you want to grow any type of plant, you may choose to amend your rocky soil, construct raised … [Read more...]
Top Plants That Grow in Clay Soil
By Erin Marissa Russell Want to learn about plants that won’t just survive in clay soil—they’ll thrive in it? If your garden has soil that leans more toward clay than it does toward sand or loam you may think you’re facing a big job to get ready for planting. (And just in … [Read more...]
Soil Solarization: a Method of Killing Weeds and Diseases Using the Sun
by Matt Gibson Soil temperature gardening techniques, or soil solarization, is the process of utilizing heat energy from the sun, to heat up the soil to levels that will reduce the effects of soilborne diseases and naturally eliminate pests, weeds and other soil problems. … [Read more...]
What’s the Difference Between Hot, Cold, and Warm Composting?
by Matt Gibson Do you know the difference between hot, cold, and warm composting? Well, you are about to know a whole lot more about all three methods, and how you can use each to improve your garden’s soil, making it easier to grow healthy, happy plants each growing season. … [Read more...]
35 Best Plants to Grow In Sandy Soil
by Matt Gibson If you live in an area with lots of sandy soil, you’ll need to evaluate your options before you jump into amending your sandy soil with organic matter to get ready for gardening. Once you learn about these 35 plants that thrive in sandy soil, you might decide to … [Read more...]
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