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Three steps to easy wildlife gardening by garden author Doug Green.
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To be successful, vegetable gardening in North Carolina needs only six hours of full sunlight per day. Eight to ten hours is ideal, but six is all you need to succeed. Also be sure your garden is away from the shade of buildings, …
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Seven steps to heavenWinnipeg Free Press, Canada - 9 minutes agoShe also serves as editor-at-large for Gardening Life magazine and is the national gardening columnist for the Globe and Mail. …
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Spring steps to prep for gardeningElmira Star-Gazette, NY - 1 hour agoIt's hard to predict what early April will bring (especially since I'm writing this in mid-March), but since it is Easter Sunday I hope many of you will be …
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Chicago Daily HeraldSimple gardening steps prepare for the fun part: plantingChicago Daily Herald, IL - 39 minutes agoGardening can be so much fun this time of year. The key to making it fun is to pace yourself - starting soon and doing a little at a time, …
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
What Are The Four Steps For Easy Successful Gardening?
It doesn't take long to appreciate that every garden is the end result of four basic steps: Planning, Preparation, Planting and Maintenance. Not only that, but these four steps can be as simple or as complicated as you choose to make them because whether you are a gardener who wants a small and simple cutting garden or one who prefers a large and elaborate garden, you will use those same steps.
Let me give you an overview of these four simple steps to create your dream garden.
Planning
You can't really do anything else until you plan where you want to put your garden. It's like everything really, if you don't plan to succeed, you'll fail. Get this right and everything should fall into place. You should check carefully for such aspects as sun exposure and know how much sun the plants you want to grow need. Equally important is knowing how much water they will need. Plan to plant sun loving plants together and water loving plants together. Make sure you do not place plants with heavy water requirements next to plants that like dry conditions. Sounds common sense really doesn't it? But I discovered over the years that just because something is common sense, you don't always do it or even think of it before it's too late.
Preparation
Your soil is the foundation of your garden. You shoulf give your plants the best foundation possible by preparing your garden spot in three simple steps.
Step One: Remove all grass and weeds from your chosen gardening spot.
Step Two: Till the soil, removing stones and breaking up large clods of earth.
Step Three: Amend the soil.
Planting
A good tip is to sketch a rough drawing of what you want your completed garden to look like and follow through with planting seeds and established plants according to your plan. Try to guard against late spring freezes and give your new seedlings and plants plenty of water to give them a good, healthy start.
Maintenance
Maintain your garden simply and easily with consistent attention to weeding and watering. Feed your plants well but do not over feed them. Deadhead your flowers to encourage re-blooming and to keep plants from expending energy on seed production. Be prepared for the onslaught of destructive insects and take steps to control the damage.
You can can lots of great advice like this by taking a look at our page http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/gardening-made-easy
Watch Out For Your Next Gardening Weekly Entitled:
Organic Gardening Basics That Will Ensure A Healthy Happy Garden And A Healthy Overall Environment.
Bye for now!
The My Gardening Home Blog Team
In just a few years, "sustainability" has changed from a "What?" word to a buzzword.
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| Gardening News Briefs: 5/26/07 Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 45 minutes ago To participate, bring a photo of your blooming garden and receive a template for writing a short narrative about your gardening experiences, challenges and … Community gardens help city grow greener Pittsburgh Tribune-Review all 2 news articles |
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A sitemap for Doug Green's perennial flower website.
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I'm intrigued by the idea of a cutting garden, but I'm uncertain how one keeps such a garden generating new flowers. Any advice? (answer). From The Old Farmer's Almanac.
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