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May
= many things to do in your garden
Time to get your hands dirty again. Here's
some tasks that should be on your to do list. Go
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Source: Staff Writer
Hoeing
without the "Oooowing" of a painful back
Proper technique is important to just about any activity. When you add
in the repetitive nature and (often) extended time you'll spend hoeing,
technique is even more important to help you avoid the aches and pains.
Ergonomic body posture and choosing the correct tool for the task are
covered.
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Source: The Self Sufficient Gardener
Starting
seeds indoors
For all of the many charms of the North country, the growing season is
fairly short. The best way to extend the season and to ensure an early
harvest is to start planting seeds indoor in late April. Transplanting
established plants into the garden will move up the harvesting the fruits
of your labors by many weeks. Go
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Source: Essortment.com
The
Soil Ball
Working your soil too early when it's still wet can destroy the soil structure.
This website tells you how to judge when it's the right time. Go
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Source: Raw Connections
Adding
to your Soil
Adding organic material can help by improving the water retention, and
adds nutrients. Some organic materials are better choices than others
depending on the type of soil you start out with. Go
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Source: Raw Connections
What
kind of Soil do you have?
Garderners understand that different areas of the country have different
type of soil. But there may be different pockets of different types of
soil in your backyard. Understanding those soil pockets may determine
what and where you plant in your garden. Use the chart to help you decide
what types of soil you have. Go
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Source: Bella online
Preparing
your Garden Soil
This article talks about techniques to prepare your garden for planting.
It had information about the best methods to enrich your soil.
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Source: MSN House and Home
First
and Last Freeze Dates
Wondering how many harvests you can squeeze in before the freeze? Check
out this map of the U.S. and Southern Canada to view the historical freeze
windows. Does not pinpoint very accurately, however, a good guidelines.
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Source: Intellicast
Garden Retaining Wall: A vertical garden
With a number of dogs, including a new puppy who loves to dig, we're finding
that ornamental flowers on the ground are vulnerable. Besides burying
some chicken wire in spots to discourage "Spot," another idea
is to plant flowers out of harm's way. A vertical garden in a rock wall
might just be the solution. Go
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Source: Page Wise
Cornell
Co-operative Extension: Clinton & Essex Counties homepage
This homepage offers a list of other web based resources as well as the
office times for Amy Ivy, the consumer horticultural resource for both
Essex and Clinton county. Her name will be familiar to area residents
as she writes gardening columns that appear in several local papers. Go
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Source: Cornell Extension: Clinton & Essex homepage
Your Garden and Lake Champlain
Living in a city cuts us off from nature and makes it easy to forget that
our actions within the city limits affect nature. As this PDF file states,
"Everyone lives in a water shed" so try to implement lake-friendly
gardening practices. Go
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Source: UVM Extension
Time
to water?
View a map of the United States and Southern Canada to see where soil
is moist, or where you may need to water. You might like to look at this
map when you are away on vacation so that you can call the neighbour's
teenager and ask them to turn the hose on for a while. Go
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Source: Intellicast
Home
Gardening Guide
A good collection of information including germination and maturation
rates, light requirements and common problems in the home garden. Go
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Source: Cyber-North Gardening
Welcome
to my Garden:
A personal Website of from an Oswego, NY gardener. It is fun to read about
the triumphs and trials of other gardeners in the north. This gardener's
page is a little bit diary, a little bit soapbox and a little bit bragging.
Go
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Source: samantha@servtech.com
Care
for Cuttings from your Garden
Having fresh cut flowers in your house is a little luxury that anyone
can afford. Part of the joy of having your own garden is being able to
take cuttings. Go
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Source: Plantea
Five
Secrets of the Professionals
The general rule of thumb (for me at least) is that houseplants look good
for a couple of weeks and then progressively become more bedraggled looking
each week until they are finally taken outside to be hidden behind the
shed to live out their last remaining days. Leaves turn brown, the plant
starts looking all leggy and strange amongst other problems. The secrets
of the pros are revealed. Go
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Source: Suite101.com
Due-North
Gardening Tips
Written by a gardener facing the same issues and challenges of gardening
in more northernly climes, this page offers a large amount of information
including tables on maturation rates, light and soil requirements, and
a useful list of common garden problems organized by symptoms. Go
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Source: Cyber North Gardening
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