Monthly Archives: January 2015

January 30 2015, Plant Manager

All gardeners are in their own way plant managers

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Tip #147: Soil Wetting Agents

Wetting agents minimize the need to water as frequently and allow you to use less water. It does this by increasing the water holding capacity of the soil.

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January 23 2015 Luther Burbank

Inspiration from a 19th Century American botanist, horticulturist, and agricultural science pioneer

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Tip #146: Acid Alkaline Soil

Learn what soil pH means and how it can affect the growth of different plants by creating nutrient deficiencies.

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January 16, Gerard Manley Hopkins

Inspiration from an English Victorian poet

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Tip #145: Sustainable Wood Harvesting: Coppice and Pollard

Coppicing and pollarding is a sustainable method to produce wood over a 5 to 20 year time frame. Learn how it is done in this week’s tip.

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January 9 2015, Frank Lloyd Wright

Comparing medicine to architecture to gardening…

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Tip #144: Underground Food Storage

Learn about how plants store food and energy underground using bulbs, corms, tubers, stolons, and rhizomes.

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January 2 2015

Inspiration for one of the great Impressionist painters…

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