This section covers weeding techniques from using black plastic sheets and soil solarization, to using newspaper mulch and weeding tools for every job. Essential List Of Gardening Tools Your best list of essential gardening tools and equipment to keep your garden looking its best year-round. What ...
Here, Kate and her team grow many types of cut flowers using only organic fertilizers and the least harmful pesticides. Black plastic mulch is used to prevent weeds from growing. I saw many bees buzzing and birds flying, and it seemed to me a very happy place where the circle of life re...
Bedding Fork:It is used for removing loose material like straw, hay, and mulch. It has curved and round times. Manure Fork:It is used to handle heavy materials. Spading Fork:The flat tines are useful for twist the soil, lift the plants, and separating stones. It is beneficial for makin...
Red Plastic Mulch for Tomatoes: Pros and Cons Have you ever tried using red plastic mulch for tomatoes? We’re on our third year of using this USDA approved material. We’d love to hear from your experience if you’ve … Read Moreabout Red Plastic Mulch for Tomatoes: Pros and Cons ...
Probably the number one most dreaded task in the garden. It’s best to do it little and often but what if you don’t have time to weed for 30 minutes every day? Use black plastic to kill weeds. This is a great way to clear the land before starting a new garden. ...
It will cover the brick wall again soon, and I plan to train it into a cross-hatch espallier style, if I’m lucky. I anchor it to the bricks with black plastic coated wire, so that I can adjust and support it until the branches grow strong enough on their own. I find that it ...
I don’t know if the coffee added something to the soil in addition to the regular mulch I use to increase the crop. It did have the benefit of keeping ants from the fruit. The next thing I think helped, we had late season fairly decent rains. The early part of the rainy season wh...
The garden has been built on a south-facing slope covering 0.4 acres, using Gabbro boulders and subsoil mounded over the rubble. The topsoil was mixed with grit and sand to offer a free-draining environment for the plants. On summer days, with the rolling hills in the backdrop, the garde...
Reuse all those plastic pots time and again. Just make sure you clean and sanitize them each season. Cheaply made plastic sheeting for greenhouses doesn’t last many seasons. They look nice when you first install them, but they deteriorate quickly. Their longevity doesn’t really make up for...
don’t enrich the soil and indeed should not be allowed to mix into the soil (you need to use these with landscape fabric underneath to keep them from getting mixed in), using inorganic materials to mulch is akin tousing landscape fabric– not a great long-term solution for growing plants...