Category Archives: Gardening Tips & Techniques

Techniques and practices to improve the garden

Bad Tree Staking and What To Do About It

Improper tree staking can damage your trees. These inadvertent staking mistakes can: 1) create a weakened tree; 2) damage the bark; 3) open up  inroads for disease and pests; 4) cause a tree to grow crookedly; and, 5) compromise your … Continue reading

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Seven Citrus Care Tips

Lemons, limes, oranges and kumquats. We all love citrus. Most citrus originate from tropical and subtropical climates.  They are very cold sensitive. To ripen they require varying degrees of “heat units”. Oranges and grapefruit require a lot of heat units. … Continue reading

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Three Easy Sheet Mulching Methods

Sheet mulching is a gardening technique that suppresses weeds and builds fertile soil. In sheet mulching thick layers of organic matter are placed on the ground lasagna style. These layers are then left to decompose ultimately creating a rich planting … Continue reading

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