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What is Compost?Compost is a dark, crumbly mixture of decomposed organic matter, such as grass clippings, leaves, twigs, and branches. How Does Composting Work? Even the first-time composter can make good quality compost. Like good cooking, composting is part science, part art. Attention to the following parameters will help you get started. Materials Continue reading Does Composting Work? Most people enjoy planting into what garden publications call a well-prepared, loose seedbed. The well-prepared, loose seedbed gets the seed in contact with soil moisture for good germination. However, what you do to prepare that seedbed can create major problems later in the growing season, says Dr. Charles Mitchell, an agronomist with the Continue reading Use Tiller Sparingly When Preparing Soil By Gene DeFazzio Moon Phases and Planting Planting by the phases of the moon is a method of cultivation as old as agriculture and civilization. Based both in tradition and superstition, the character and growth traits of plants were seen to vary with the phases of the moon. Through the corridors of Continue reading Moon Gardening: Planting By Moonlight Vegetables Aphid numbers are still high now on a wide variety of landscape and garden plants. It is usually not necessary to spray insecticides or release beneficials to control aphids. Populations of lady bird beetle, green lacewings and wasp parasites build up quickly to keep aphids in check. You’ll see these predators Continue reading Vegetable & Herb Gardening for June By Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor University of Vermont As your landscape matures, things change. Trees get taller and shade out areas. Bushes outgrow their space in the garden. Or it may be that your lifestyle has changed, and you no longer need to devote space to a children’s play area or swing Continue reading Re-Engineering Your Garden For those of us that like to save money and the environment, you can use toilet paper tubes, to start seedlings for your spring planting. Take the tube, cut it in half (lengthwise), fill each half with good quality soil, I only place 1 or 2 seedlings per tube. Take 1 tea bag, Continue reading Recycle your toilet paper tubes |
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