1. Ignoring Soil Health: attempting to grow high quality plants from a low quality soil There’s nothing better than sinking your teeth into your own home-grown, delicious, nutrient-rich food. That kind of food not only tastes amazing, it works wonders for your health. Where do plants get the nutrients necessary to create such flavorful and [...]
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Snow: A Good Insulation
In temperate areas of the world (where winters can be cold and long), it is a good thing for your plants when it snows. Snow is actually an excellent insulator. Surface ground temperatures underneath a thick blanket of snow will stay fairly constant around 32 degrees even if the outside air above the snow is [...]
Tree Rings and Turf
A landscape always looks more manicured if the line between different elements of the landscape is defined. For example, in the picture at right there is little distinction between the ring around the tree and the lawn. When dealing with turf in a circumference around trees, using a cement ring probably is not the best [...]
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