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

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 10: Prepare & Amend

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Oh, my sore muscles! I took advantage of the sunshine and removed some plant stubble that was in the garden since last fall. It felt good getting dirty and putting in a few hours of hard work.

April 10, 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 2: Why Garden?

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Before we continue this new series, Nutrients in the Garden, I’d like to take a moment to explain why I am so passionate about gardening.

February 21, 2014 1 Comment Read more

New Resource: Potash Video & Potassium Cycle Poster

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The Nutrients for Life Foundation is proud to provide its latest free education resources: The Potash Mining Video and Potassium Cycle Poster.

February 12, 2014 Read more

My Garden Resolutions

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I learned so much about gardening this past year; perhaps, my thumb turned a darker shade of green. However, I know that no two garden seasons are the same; the weather and seasons will continue to put my gardening skills to the test, which is part of the reason I like gardening. It’s always a challenge and one can never know it all.

January 6, 2014 Read more

Garden Spotlight: Sue Meggers & Hannah Ludwig

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Sue Meggers has gardened for many reasons over the course of her life. When she was young, she gardened because her grandparents did.

October 30, 2013 1 Comment Read more

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