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Sheep Wool Has A Place In The Garden

While sheep themselves may not be welcome among planted rows, their wool makes an excellent addition to the garden as mulch, fertilizer and more!

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Grow Cover Crops For In-Situ Mulch

Interested in using cover crops in-situ mulch but not sure where to start? Luckily, there are a few options for growing your own organic surface layer.

5 Tips For Boosting Your Soil

Innisfree Hotels/Flickr In their book, The Hidden Half of Nature, authors David R. Montgomery and Anne BiklĂ© show just how intertwined the health of our gardens is with the microbial world. Here are some of their tips for taking care of the beneficial microbes in your garden soil. 1. Cover Up Bare Soil Helpful microbes […]

6 Organic Mulches to Overwinter the Garden

Just because the weather is getting cool doesn’t mean your gardening chores are finished. Don’t miss this important step in maintaining garden health.

5 Tips for Summer Watering

Courtesy iStockphoto/Thinkstock For more effective watering, put the watering can aside and use a drip irrigation system to hydrate your garden crops. To make the job even easier, hook the sytem up to an automatic timer.  When the summer sun is sizzling, don’t feel like you have to make the decision of running up a high water bill […]

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9 Tips for Growing Container Trees

A small yard doesn’t mean you can’t start tree farming. An expert shares some tips for successfully growing plants of any size in containers—even indoors.

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3 Mulches Perfect For Clay Soil

Clay soil can certainly be a nuisance for the eager gardener. Line up your amendment strategy starting with one of these mulches.

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