Some tips for your garden soil.
1. There is an easy way to check if the compacted soil. If you have a lot of rain, surveyors simply stick a red flag on earth. If you push it to land at least 12 cm without a fight then your soil is good. If it does not move past the first few inches, you should add organic matter to your beds.
2. The best way to condition your soil is absolutely free for you! Fall to gather all the dried leaves from your yard. Fill the trash can half-way and crush them with a weed eater. Then paste it into your garden, and it becomes humus, the Holy Grail of garden soils.
3. Discover your floor is easy with this little trick. Get a big handful of dirt and place it in a glass. Add about 2 / 3 quart of sterile water and a teaspoon of dishwashing soap. Shake it and then leave it at night. If you are in the morning it should be is divided three ways. They want the land for about 40% sand, which are below, 40% silt, and 20% clay. The ideal mix is clay.
4. Here are some important tips for improving soil: root not in the back, by digging deep beds. The experts say that it destroys the tiny organisms that keep your soil spongy and light. Instead, you must provide a thick layer of compost and mulch each season. After several years you have rich topsoil, without the process.
5. This is a fantastic way to start a new bed, rather than in Tilling. Lay cardboard or a thick layer of newspaper where you want your bed. Cover a little fertilizer and coffee around (you tea bags for free at your local Starbucks), and water it until it is completely wet. Do this in autumn and leave it until spring. Until that time, the land is hard rock becomes softer and you will be covered with a thick layer of a rich and wonderful topsoil.
6. This is a good and cheap food that the plant experts will tell you, never. Horse feed is located at your local farm supply store, and the combination of molasses and corn on soil, your plants of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, they need to succeed. Put some of the holes, during planting or sprinkle it over your bed.
7. Tip is short, but it is very important. Do not use the rock salt to deice of a patio or sidewalk, near your bed. It is toxic to the earth. Instead, use cat litter or granular fertilizer.
8. If you can not wait for your drying beds for spring (which should always do! Jobs bed wetting compacts the soil and the plants suffer from) which they have dark plastic for two or three sunday. This keeps them dry and the weeds will choke. Although this can be an eye, while there, you are the first in the beautiful spring flowers!
9. I hate everyone, from the dirt under my nails after gardening. The best way to avoid this is to scratch a piece of soap before. No place for the world to go and wash your hands afterwards is a breeze!
10. You always want to water the earth before you lay down mulch, will ensure that the water directly to The Roots. Water it again mulch to prevent it from blowing in the wind and compact the soil.
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