Archive for the 'Soil & Planting Medium' Category
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Recycling potting mix
After digging up the dahlia tubers in the last post I have some used potting mixes left over. Usually I would throw them into the compost mix to be mixed up with the rest of the compost but it’s not a good idea to put too much of used potting mix in the compost.
So in […]
Published by Admin on June 17th, 2008 tagged Soil & Planting Medium | Comment now »
Improving your soil
When I started gardening my backyard was a patch of hard rock solid clay only weeds seem to be able to grow in it. There was much to be done even though the people who sold us the house did some landscaping to make the garden look a bit nicer. Unfortuantely what they really did […]
Published by Admin on June 3rd, 2008 tagged Soil & Planting Medium | Comment now »
A good potting mix
The weather’s been terrible for the last few days so I’ve been staying indoors all these times instead of pottering around in the backyard thus the lack of updates. Today I like to talk a bit on potting mix that we buy from the nurseries. There are so many brands of potting mixes with prices […]
Published by Admin on May 18th, 2008 tagged Container Gardening, Soil & Planting Medium | Comment now »
Feed the soil first
Most first time gardeners like myself are impatience when it comes to gardening. We want to jump right in and start planting all our favorite plants all over the garden. But the most important thing that we need to do first is to feed the soil first. Only when the soil is well fed would […]