How to Prepare a New Garden Plot ( Added: Sat Oct 12 2002   Hits: 80) How to Prepare a New Garden PlotHow To Prepare a New Garden Plot Eliminating weeds and getting the soil ready for your flowers and vegetables are important first steps in growing a successful garden. Time spent in preparation reduces the time you'll have to spend maintaining and weeding your garden over the course of the growing season. Choose the Spot....

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How to Start Seeds for a Garden ( Added: Sat Oct 12 2002   Hits: 71) How to Start Seeds for a GardenHow to Start Seeds For a Garden Growing a beautiful garden from a package of seeds can be highly rewarding and makes a great summer hobby. In addition to the enjoyment of watching your garden grow from seedlings, you will save money on the cost of flowers. With a little work and the right care, you can grow a garden to be proud of. The...

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How to Test Soil Texture and Drainage ( Added: Sat Oct 12 2002   Hits: 79) How to Test Soil Texture and DrainageHow to Test Soil Texture and Drainage Your soil's texture and drainage determine the kinds of plants you can grow most successfully and influence how you care for your plants. Texture describes the relative amounts of large, medium, and small particles-called sand, silt, and clay-in the soil. Water and nutrients move quickly..

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Make a Garden Picket Fence ( Added: Sat Oct 12 2002   Hits: 70) Make a Garden Picket FenceMake a Garden Picket Fence Make a light picket fence to put around your garden using thin boards that are no more than 1-inch thick. Attach pales to two horizontal boards. Instead of posts you just extend a pale, about one every 12 pales, so that it is about 1 foot below the bottom of the fence. The ends need to be tapered on these long...

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Make a Water Garden in a Tub ( Added: Sat Oct 12 2002   Hits: 82) How to Make a Water Garden in a TubHow to Make a Water Garden in a Tub Bring an exotic touch to your patio, deck, or yard by making a small water garden in a tub. Use a plastic or glazed ceramic container or a plastic-lined, wooden half-barrel as the container, and add aquatic and marsh plants, and perhaps goldfish, for color and drama. Install the barrel liner....

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Make Stepping Stones ( Added: Sat Oct 12 2002   Hits: 85) How to Make Stepping StonesHow to Make Stepping Stones It is important to have a walking path in your garden for a number of reasons. It's a great way to create a design, other than with plants, in your garden. It shows you and others where it is safe to walk so plants won't be stepped on a crushed. Lastly, the soil won't become pressed down when people walk too...

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