sustainable gardening
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How to Improve Your Garden Soil Quality Over the Winter
After you’ve cleaned up the beds and put the hose and most of your tools away for the season, you may think that there’s nothing else you can do to set your garden up for success in the spring. But that’s not the case.
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How ‘Benign Neglect’ Can Actually Improve Your Garden
If you like the idea of a bountiful garden, but you’re less keen on all the watering, fertilizing, and care it entails, I have a gardening philosophy to share with you: It’s called “benign neglect.” The idea is to create conditions favourable for plants native to an area, and just let them do their thing…
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How to Find Free (or Cheap) Soil for Your Raised Garden Beds
Many gardeners like to use raised beds to grow their bounty — they create a lovely border, limit weeds, and are easier on your back — but they can also be quite costly to fill, especially if they’re more than a foot high. You don’t need to buy several bags of soil to get good…
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Why You Probably Don’t Need to Till Your Garden This Season
As the days get shorter and the temperatures drop, it’s time to start thinking about prepping your garden for winter. Conventional wisdom has it that tilling the soil — digging it up to loosen the structure and break up weeds, either by hand or with a power tiller — should be your first step. But…