Comments on: Gardening…………? http://westviewhomeandyard.com/gardening/gardening Your Home Maintenance And Landscaping Professionals Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:29:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: M A N http://westviewhomeandyard.com/gardening/gardening/comment-page-1#comment-76 M A N Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:59:13 +0000 http://yourhomeandyard.com/gardening/#comment-76 A to Z of Gardening A to Z of Gardening

]]> By: Hot tea and Cheerios http://westviewhomeandyard.com/gardening/gardening/comment-page-1#comment-75 Hot tea and Cheerios Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:31:23 +0000 http://yourhomeandyard.com/gardening/#comment-75 Know what sort of soil you are working with. If you aren't familiar with soil types, take a sample to your extension agent or garden center. They can help identify your soil type and help you choose how to amend it or whether or not it needs amendments. Know the requirements of your chosen plantings. You don't want to put a rose bush in the shade, for example, if you want blooms. Roses want sunshine. Know your good garden pests and bad garden pests. There is no point in battling a beneficial insect. There is also no point in allowing a marauder to remain in your garden. Learn to recognize weeds vs. your plantings. There is nothing more heartbeaking than tearing our your seedlings thinking they are weeds. Or leaving a weed to flourish thinking you planted it :p Been there. Done that. Know what sort of soil you are working with. If you aren’t familiar with soil types, take a sample to your extension agent or garden center. They can help identify your soil type and help you choose how to amend it or whether or not it needs amendments.

Know the requirements of your chosen plantings. You don’t want to put a rose bush in the shade, for example, if you want blooms. Roses want sunshine.

Know your good garden pests and bad garden pests. There is no point in battling a beneficial insect. There is also no point in allowing a marauder to remain in your garden.

Learn to recognize weeds vs. your plantings. There is nothing more heartbeaking than tearing our your seedlings thinking they are weeds. Or leaving a weed to flourish thinking you planted it :p Been there. Done that.

]]> By: Uncle Dud http://westviewhomeandyard.com/gardening/gardening/comment-page-1#comment-74 Uncle Dud Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:20:44 +0000 http://yourhomeandyard.com/gardening/#comment-74 I would kill all of the old vegetation. I burn where I am about to plant. This adds minerals to the soil and keeps the weeds down. Plants like nitrogen and water. Not too much water as they will rot and or not develop a root system. I would kill all of the old vegetation. I burn where I am about to plant. This adds minerals to the soil and keeps the weeds down. Plants like nitrogen and water. Not too much water as they will rot and or not develop a root system.

]]> By: leviticus_squid http://westviewhomeandyard.com/gardening/gardening/comment-page-1#comment-73 leviticus_squid Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:08:24 +0000 http://yourhomeandyard.com/gardening/#comment-73 If you live somewhere that's hot or doesn't have a lot of rainfall watering your plants is going to be the most important thing. Ideally you should make your watering system as easy to use as possible and preferably automatic - because one really hot day without water can cause devastation in your garden. (Unless you've gone for a cactus garden). A thick layer of mulch should make watering easier too, it helps preserve the water and provides nutrients for the plants as it breaks down. If you live somewhere that’s hot or doesn’t have a lot of rainfall watering your plants is going to be the most important thing.

Ideally you should make your watering system as easy to use as possible and preferably automatic – because one really hot day without water can cause devastation in your garden. (Unless you’ve gone for a cactus garden).

A thick layer of mulch should make watering easier too, it helps preserve the water and provides nutrients for the plants as it breaks down.

]]> By: insane_mad_maniak http://westviewhomeandyard.com/gardening/gardening/comment-page-1#comment-72 insane_mad_maniak Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:19:00 +0000 http://yourhomeandyard.com/gardening/#comment-72 pull up the weeds, and roots dont just cut them. use some fertilizer, and befor you buy any plants check your soil type, get a PH tester, and find out if it's a acid or alkaline type soil. pull up the weeds, and roots dont just cut them. use some fertilizer, and befor you buy any plants check your soil type, get a PH tester, and find out if it’s a acid or alkaline type soil.

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