Recent Gardening Tips
Below are our most recent gardening tips.
Trim all tops of garlic in June and July so that the bulbs will become bigger. Use the garlic tops in dips and salads.
Wall Street Journal Jan 22, 2011 reports about the Landscape firm Design 8. Founded by Adriaan Geuze and based in Rotterham, Holland draws his inspiration from the poetic beauty of the artless and the mundane. He has a fearless use of shapes in his designs, scales both intimate and urban with radical twists as seen in the wavy boardwalk on Torontos Central waterfront that brings to mind the destabilizing dynamic of a magician whipping a table cloth off a fully set table.
CARING FOR INDOOR PLANTS for hints on taking care of houseplants.
WGCF members quick tips:
Consult with Landscape experts before undertaking a huge renewal of your garden.
Always plan on paper the design of the garden, whether it is for vegetables or perennials or annuals. Stick to the plan as you plant. Consider developing a focal point in the garden and basing the plantings around the focal point.
Carry a small funnel with you to flower shows. Adding water to exhibits will be much easier.
The soiless USDA potting mix:
1 bushel vermiculite
1 bushel shredded peat moss
1 1/4 cups ground limestone
1/2 cup 20% superphosphate*
1 cup 5-10-5 fertilizer
Mix all ingriedients well. Moisten before planting.
* check the alkalinity of your soil before adding the phosphate.
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