Monthly Archives: December 2013

Tip #91: Using Chopsticks in Your Garden

Chopsticks are one of the many tools in our tool kit because we can use them as a dibber, row spacer, dirt scraper, and temporary stake.

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Tip #90: Plant Spring Crops Earlier by Warming Your Soil

Use thick plastic (either clear or black) to insulate and warm up the soil in the early spring to get an early start on planting greens and alliums.

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Tip #89: Use Christmas Tree Branches as a Protective Mulch

Upcycle the branches from your Christmas tree or evergreen boughs from your holiday decorations and lay it on top of your garden as a mulch over the winter.

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Tip #88: Create Your Own Seed Tape

Making your own seed tape in the warmth and comfort of your home is both easy and makes direct seeding faster and more consistent in the spring.

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Tip #87: Nitrogen Fixing

Nitrogen is an important macronutrient and often “fixed” in the soil by bacteria grown in symbiosis with legumes.

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