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Nutrients in the Garden 17: Side Dressing with Commercial Fertilizer

With the weeds under control (for today) I had time to fertilize. The sweet corn is about twelve inches tall, a good indicator that it’s time to fertilize. Sweet corn needs more nitrogen than a lot of other garden vegetables.

June 12, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 16: Weeding the Garden

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“Moooooom, your garden is weedy!” said a bossy little five-year old. She is good at pointing out the obvious. After some much needed rain and sunshine, the garden is bursting with green, most of it weeds.

June 2, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 15: Thinning Small Seeded Vegetables

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If plants are overcrowded, they fight for nutrients and water producing a smaller weaker plant. With a small amount of space to garden we need to use water, soil and nutrients as efficiently as possible.

May 24, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 13: 5 Steps To Directly Sow Seeds

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Between soccer games, track practice, birthday parties, and life we finally started planting the garden. The girls were as excited as I was to be digging and planting. We had limited time before the sun set, so I handed the camera to twelve year old and started sowing.

May 9, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 12: How To Read A Fertilizer Label

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When you walk into the garden center you will see there are lots of different choices. Below, I show different samples of fertilizers. I am not promoting one or the other; I use a variety of different fertilizers for different purposes.

April 29, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 11: Why Fertilize?

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This week we will continue to talk about soil, more specifically, nutrients in the soil. I often get asked, “Why do I need to fertilize?” My response is this, if you want a healthy, productive garden, you need it.

April 17, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 7: Soil for Raised Beds

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Gardening in raised beds is extremely popular and a great choice for a beginning gardener. I gardened in raised beds for nine years and had great success (minus a splinter or two).

March 20, 2014 1 Comment Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 6: Get Acquainted With Your Soil

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This is where you want to get it right! With the wrong soil, your garden will struggle and you might consider throwing in the trowel and giving up. Simply put, poor soil = poor garden. We can prevent this by doing our homework now, while it’s still too cold to garden.

March 10, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 5: Map It Out

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Planting a vegetable garden, I am good at. Planning said vegetable garden, I am not good at. Writing this blog has been a bit agonizing as it forces me to sit down and make a plan, rather than winging it,...

March 4, 2014 1 Comment Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 1: Seeds

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Boots, gloves, and thinking about gardening have kept me warm this artic winter! I am ready to trade it all in for mud boots, garden gloves, and the soft earth below my feet. In the meantime, we can start planning the garden. It’s not too early!

February 14, 2014 1 Comment Read more

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