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 Home
and Garden Tips
By Dan Fenstemaker,
Inventor of the Original
INTELETOOL
Planning and planting a
garden is easier than
you may think, and fresh
grown vegetables, herbs,
and flowers are great
rewards that are worth a
couple weekends of
getting your garden
underway. Below are a
few basic tips to use
around your home and
garden.
1. Before you begin to
dig up a place in your
yard for your garden,
decide how much work you
want to put into
gardening and how big of
yield you hope to
harvest. If you just
start tearing up yard,
you may end up with too
much garden and wasted
space.
2. Many will till their
garden twice before
planting. The first till
is to break up and
loosen hard soil to
about 12 to 14 inches of
depth. The second should
till compost and
fertilizer into the
soil.
3. Depending on your
soil type, mix in
compost material and
possibly peat moss to
add nutrients and to aid
in water absorption and
drainage.
4. Keep soil around the
base of plants loose to
aid in water and
nutrient absorption.
5. Watering more deeply
allows longer periods of
time between watering.
If it is sunny and hot,
water in early morning
or at night. There is
less water evaporation
at these times which
allows water to soak
into the soil.
6. For lawn care, one
deep watering is better
than watering lightly
several times. In normal
summer conditions, lawns
need about one inch of
rain per week.
7. To help keep water
from evaporating from
lawns, keep lawns cut at
about two inches, or so.
Not gathering grass
clippings will allow for
natural compost to
develop which adds
nutrients to the soil of
your lawn.
8. To slow evaporation
from your garden, put a
couple of inches of
mulch on the surface of
the soil.
These are basic home and
garden tips that can be
used in most climates
and regions of the
country. Your local home
and garden professional
can also give you
helpful tips, especially
those that may
particularly apply to
the local area in which
you live.
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Dan Fenstemaker is a
home and garden tips
expert. For more great
information on
home and garden tips, visit
http://www.inteletool.com. |
