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National Gardening
Marion Lyons |
A Lawn in a Day It's lawn-planting time. Should you lay sod or sow seed? Sod has the edge   |
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Tools for Preparing the Garden Before a single plant even touches the ground in your garden, it would be wise to spend time preparing the soil. You'll have fewer weeds and diseases and better plant growth, flowering, and fruiting later. |
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Improving Clay Soil If your garden has heavy clay soil, you know what a challenge it can pose to plants, not to mention gardeners. Heavy clay drains slowly, meaning it stays saturated longer after rain or irrigation. |
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Preparing Soil for Greens When it's early in the season and nearly time to plant a host of greens, put in a little time with your garden soil to prevent weed problems. |
This Old House
Caitlin O'Neil |
Flood Watch Learn how to keep your basement dry and your yard puddle-free... |
Popular Mechanics
May 2003
Merle Henkenius |
Going For The Green How to replace your old lawn with luscious sod. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2000
Joseph R. Provey |
Install a new lawn If your lawn suffers from acute soil compaction, rampant weed problems, heavy thatch or organic matter deficiencies, you may want to remove the existing weeds and grass and start anew. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2009 |
Silva Cell Tech Makes for Safer Sidewalks and Healither Trees The roots of trees can push sidewalks out of position |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Soil Common Sense Five simple home tests for basic soil problems, with proven remedies |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Arsenic-Eating Fern Researchers at Edenspace Systems, a leader in phytoextraction -- using plants to extract poisonous chemicals, such as arsenic, lead, and uranium from the soil -- have found a plant that loves sucking arsenic out of the soil. |
This Old House
Ashley Womble |
Grass to Go Want a fantastic lawn? Sod it. Here's what you need to know to get the job done right. |
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. |
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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. |
Geotimes
May 2007
Nicole Branan |
Kenyan Erosion Portends Problems Soil erosion is a serious problem in Kenya, endangering the nation's food security and threatening its terrestrial ecosystems and near-shore marine environments. But because of a lack of long, continuous records, the patterns of soil erosion are largely unknown. |
National Gardening
Carrie Chalmers |
Organic Matters Balance green with brown to maximize the benefits of soil amendments... |
This Old House
Sal Vaglica |
All About Lawns Readers want to know how to grow a dense, healthy carpet of grass. Here, experts help you choose the right turf and the best way get the greenest lawn in the neighborhood. |
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Establishing a Wildflower Meadow A how-to guide for planting a wildflower meadow. |
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Planting Strawberries Strawberries will do best in soil that has been thoroughly prepared. If your future strawberry bed was plowed last year, you're ahead of the game. |
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Planting Groundcover Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate. |
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. |
This Old House
September 2007
Roger Cook |
Fall Groundwork "This is prime time to prep your yard for the next growing season," says our landscape contractor. |
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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. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Worms vs. Deep Tilling We routinely till in applications of organic matter to encourage earthworm activity, but now it appears that how we apply it matters more than we thought. Recent research presents some surprising evidence that deep tilling is not the best method. |
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Planting Apple Trees Choose a site with full sun, moderate fertility, and good air circulation and water drainage. Apple trees will tolerate a wide range of soil conditions. While you can improve your soil with fertilizer and mulch, other factors will go a long way toward overcoming less-than-perfect soil. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Reusing Potting Soil Although not commonly recommended, it is possible to reuse old potting soil for seed starting and transplanting. |
