Feeding Soil in Non-Growing Seasons [Gardening Tips Weekly]

Gardening Tips Weekly (August 19, 2018)
Even as the growing season begins to draw to a close there are still things you can do to save money and have your garden ready for next year. In the mean time how about some new tips and photos from your gardens?
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Feeding Soil in Non-Growing Seasons

By Bella Blue

Knowing how to perfect your plant's soil is the best defense against diseases and unwanted insects. It's not to say you won't have any bugs or diseases but the soil is like a plant's immune system. The better the soil the stronger the plants growing in it.

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This Week's GuidesUnderstanding Grass Seed LabelsComposting Cat LitterGrowing Locust TreesCreating a Garden Weather StationChemical Free Lawn CarePlanting a Rose of Sharon Near HouseToday's Posts

DIY Moat to Keep Ants Out of Hummingbird Feeder

By suz1230

Make a plastic cap moat to keep the ants from getting into your hummingbird feeders.

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3 Butterflies and a Bee on Echinacea

By Donna

After reading how important planting native plants are to the health of bees, butterflies, birds, native animals and the environment, I am adding more native plants to my little "Mom's Memorial Garden".

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How to Harvest Pumpkins Properly

By Sherry

To make sure your pumpkins last as long as possible, they must be harvested, cured, and stored properly.

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Photograph Your Garden In Early Light

By likekinds

I haven't had camera as long as most of you. I've just been picking up bits of information as I need it. I wouldn't know an 'f' stop from a short stop with the New York Yankees. I've always heard though about the wonders of early morning light. It is a great time to take pictures.

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Early Signs of Spring (Apricot Buds)

By Benetta

I am not very keen on cold weather. In South Africa, we are used to warmer weather, so this winter was particularly cold and unpleasant.

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Protecting Cabbages from White Butterflies

By ShirleyE

Cabbage white butterflies are a menace. They lay numerous eggs on the underside of the leaves of cabbage, cauliflowers, brussel sprouts, broccoli, and other brassicas. The caterpillars that subsequently hatch can easily eat their way through your whole crop.

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Easy Seed Tape

By likekinds

I thought of this just today. It's a bit time consuming, but it does have its advantages. It's another one of those 'knit one, purl two' thingies, meaning you can pick it up when you have a few minutes and stop at any time.

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Growing Bluebells (Hyacinthoides)

By R Barbara

Hyacinthoides is a genus in the family Hyacinthaceae. It includes H. non-scripta the English bluebell (also known as wood hyacinth) and H. hispanica, a separate species.

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Morning Glory Is Invasive

By DeBushe

As you can see, morning glories can be extremely invasive. There is a mobile home under the second mound of greenery. We made the mistake of planting the "seedless" morning glory from some branches I got from a neighbor.

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PVC Pipe For Deep Watering

By lnygaard

By sawing a piece of PVC pipe that can stick up from the ground about 5 inches and have about 7 inches below the ground you can have a great watering/fertilizing gardening helper.

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Flowers That Attract ButterfliesButterflies just love flowers. That's their drinking fountain full of the nectar they feed on. So be sure and plant flowers in your garden if you want them to come visit. Here are some of their favorites:Create a Colorful GardenRemove old worn out evergreen shrubs from your garden beds. Plant a few variegated shrubs, hostas, a few zebra grasses and add a few interesting rocks to create a brand new colorful garden bed.Find Plants on FreecycleThis spring, I put a request for perennial plants on a site called freecycle.com and received so many replies I picked up more plants than I could use. The extras, I shared with friends and family.Trench CompostingNo more compost piles for me! I found the lazy gardener's way to enrich the soil. Buy a used blender at a garage sale. Set it out on the kitchen counter, put all the veggie/fruit scraps in it.Bake Eggshells for CompostI put eggshells in a tray at the bottom of the oven. They get baked and brittle every time you use the oven. Just keep adding to the tray until it is full.Fade-proof Garden Plant Name TagsIf you take a short length of 1/2 inch water pipe and cut it lengthwise about 1/4 inch with a hack saw and then cut one side in to your cut, it gives you a curved embossing tool. Making a straight embossing tool is easy. Any piece of metal with the same thickness as your curved tool will do.

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