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How to Improve Clay Soils
( Added: Sat Oct 12 2002   Hits: 114)

How to Improve Clay Soils How To Improve 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. Then, when the sun finally comes out and the soil dries, it forms a hard, cracked surface. On the bright side,...

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How to Lay Garden Paving
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How to Lay Garden PavingHow to Lay Garden Paving Every garden has its own personalized touches that make it unique. In many cases, a garden can achieve added beauty by accenting it with an imaginative walkway, patio or any type of paved area. However, if paving is not done right, it can be either boring and drab or busy and distracting. Make sure your paved area...

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How to Maintain Container Gardens
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How to Maintain Container GardensHow To Maintain Container Gardens These simple maintenance tasks keep your patio planters and window boxes looking their best throughout the growing season and help cold climate gardeners prepare for winter. Water frequently. Closely spaced plants packed into a small volume of soil need watering as often as once or twice a day,...

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How to Make a Raised-Bed Garden
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How to Make a Raised-Bed GardenMaking A Raised-Bed Garden Raised beds are popular because they are relatively easy to build, plant, weed, and maintain. Since the soil can drain sooner and warm up faster in spring, they enable you to plant earlier in the season. You can make a garden of permanent or temporary raised beds. Here's how. Making permanent beds. Use...

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How to Plant Child-Friendly Garden
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How to Plant Child-Friendly GardenHow To Plant Child-Friendly Garden Gardeners love to share their interest in gardening, and sharing with their children can be particularly rewarding. Even 2- and 3-year-olds can help plant their own little patch, and watch as life unfolds around them. Here are some suggestions for making gardening enjoyable-and safe-for young children....

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How to Plant Ground Covers
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How to Plant Ground CoversHow To Plant Ground Covers Use low growing perennial plants and shrubs to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate. Calculate the number of plants needed. Space plants so that the distance between them is about equal to their maximum...

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