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Composting Q and A Starting a Compost Pile... Critters in Compost...Foul-Smelling Compost Pile... Adding Compost to a Perennial Garden... Speeding Decomposition... Planting Directly in Compost... Compost Quantity...Compost vs. Mulch... Materials to Compost... Sawdust in Compost Pile...   |
This Old House
Kathryn Keller |
5 Steps to Quick Compost Use this "hot" method to get garden-ready black gold in just two weeks |
| National Gardening |
Making Compost Compost improves soil texture by increasing the drainage of heavy clay soils and the water and nutrient retention of light, sandy soils. Here's what you'll need to get your compost started. |
This Old House
Clayton Dekorne |
Compost Haste Turn food and lawn scraps into garden nourishment. |
| National Gardening |
Compost 101 One of the best natural fertilizers and soil builders is available free. You make it yourself and solve some environmental problems at the same time. |
National Gardening
October 1999
Charlie Nardozzi |
What's Your Composting Personality? Take our quiz ... become a better composter |
This Old House
Keith Pandolfi |
Green Acres How to break your lawn's addition to synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides. |
National Gardening
Carrie Chalmers |
Organic Matters Balance green with brown to maximize the benefits of soil amendments... |
National Gardening
Suzanne DeJohn |
Top 10 Things to Do with Fall Leaves Fall leaves are like a big load of free organic fertilizer strewn about your yard. If those nutrients were bagged and sold, you'd pay money for them. In your yard, they're free -- except for the labor of gathering them |
| National Gardening |
Improve Soil Fertility with Compost A little soil common sense will go a long way to helping you understand how to care for your garden. All soils are not the same; they differ in many ways, including texture, fertility, and pH. |
| National Gardening |
Power Equipment 101 Whatever the lawn and garden task, turn the job into fun. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2000
Joseph R. Provey |
Green Pastures Not all lawns that are in bad shape need to be replaced. A well-executed restoration plan can bring all but the worst turf back to life. |
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Lawn Care Techniques Keeping your lawn looking good isn't as hard as you may think. |
National Gardening
Skip Richter |
Turn Leaves into Gold These golden leaves can be turned into "black gold" for the garden. They make great soil-enriching compost or a protective mulch. |
| National Gardening |
Tools for Planting Using the right tools and the proper techniques will not only make planting less of a chore, but also a greater success. |
This Old House
Jeanne Huber |
Worm Bins Get step-by-step directions on how to build this gardening asset. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2001
Joe Provey & Kris Robinson |
Turf Wars How to win the battle against lawn disease... |
| National Gardening |
Building Soil 101 A steady program of soil building is like a steady program of physical conditioning. You'll get great results in the long run if you stick with it and don't go overboard right away. |
| National Gardening |
Lawns 101 Much has been said about whether or not Americans should rethink their passion for the home lawn. If you determine that a grass lawn makes sense for your yard, planting the right variety of grass at the right time of year will go a long way in making yours a healthy, easy-care lawn. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Getting Gardens Ready for Winter While gardeners in warmer climes (USDA zones 8 to 10) relish the cool air because it signals fall planting time, most gardeners across the country know it's time to wrap up the garden. |
National Gardening
Warren Schultz |
Building Great Soil Soil is the most important factor in successful gardening. Here are tips on evaluating and improving your soil. |
| National Gardening |
Trench Planting Your Root Crops A quick way to improve soil for root crops... |
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Roger Cook |
Fall Yard Chores Cleaning up your yard before winter blows in. |
| National Gardening |
Plugging and Sprigging a Lawn A how-to guide for planting warm-season grasses. |
| National Gardening |
Fall Garden Cleanup Q and A Here are some questions we've received about fall cleanup in the garden, along with the answers given by our regional horticulture staff. |
