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The Solar Light for Your Garden
Solar lights can be a real benefit to the garden. They mean you do not have to trail cables from your main electricity supply to the lights and this can reduce hazards in the garden. The also mean you do not have to find a site for the transformer (a device which is used to reduce voltage from the mains supply to that needed by the lighting system) and you do not need to invest in armoured cables or conduits to bury them in.
It used to be a disadvantage that solar lights quickly lost their power but with the improvements in solar cells and rechargeable batteries used, this is becoming a relatively minor problem as most solar powered lights will glow well into the small hours – enough lighting for anyone.
Solar lights are also good because you can place them where you may not be able to position cabled lights such as around a water feature,in crevices and alongside steps. It also means you can use a lot more of them as you are not limited to an electricity total wattage.
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Recovering Your Lawn from Winter
The best way to help your lawn recover from the stresses of a harsh winter is to be proactive. If your lawn typically experiences freezing temperatures during the winter months, the steps you take in the fall, will allow for the best possible results come spring. Many of the factors you will be faced with come spring will be impossible to over come.
Any good lawn care plan should begin with a soil test, this will let you know if your soil is amenable towards growing a lush and vigorous lawn. The home owner will take several cores from the lawn, depending upon the size of the lawn, it maybe necessary to take more than one sample. Some homes have a sunny side and a shady side, in this case you may want to sample the areas separately. Your soil samples should be cleared of non organic debris and taken to your local Soil Laboratory. Many Universities and Extension Agencies offer this service for a nominal fee. The results of the soil test will let you know of your soils specific characteristics and chemistry. The results should also include recommendations, including lime and fertilizer.
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Tagged acid soil, core aeration, grass, Lawn, lime lime, soil laboratory, test, thatch, vigorous lawn, water
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Tips in Planting Organic Vegetables
Chemical-free fruits and vegetables are not just pesticide-free. They taste better, too. Now there’s evidence organic produce also has more vitamins than their non-organic counterparts. A single organic apple-a-day is 30 percent higher in antioxidants, bursting with vitamin C and other healthy things.
But growing these is not as simple as switching to organic fertilizer and laying off dangerous pesticides. Here’s what you need to know this year to get the most out of your organic vegetable garden:
1. FULL SUN LOCATION. It takes a lot of energy to transform nutrients into vegetables. If your vegetable patch is short on Sun, you CANNOT MAKE UP FOR IT with fertilizer, or water, or anything else. Make absolutely certain your plot gets as much Sun as you can find. It’s the only way to succeed with a vegetable garden.
2. AMEND YOUR SOIL. Organic matter is the key to nutrient-rich Soil. That’s because organic gardens do not by definition use chemical fertilizers. Instead of spoon feeding vitamins to the plant, you can build up the microbes in the Soil; it’s these miracle microbes that pour out nutrients. Chemical fertilizers are bad for them.
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Tagged chemical fertilizers, dangerous pesticides, fertilizer, grass clippings, matter, organic vegetable garden, plant, soil microbes, Use, water
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Why You Shouldn't Drive These Bugs Away from Your Garden
I hate spiders. Who doesn’t?
Nevertheless, the common arachnid ranks as one of our best insect allies. Dangling ominously from diaphanous webs, hungry for blood, spiders devour their planting-eating, sap-sucking insect dinners by the dozens. They are the first and best defense of flowers, fruits and vegetables from the forces of evil, destructive, outdoor damage and destruction.
Yes, Spiders are the perfect pesticide.
Even scientists know that your best weapon against disease and insect damage isn’t another toxic chemical spray. Beneficial Insects like your common, creepy spider are a gardener’s best friend.
Ladybugs. Praying Mantises. Non-stinging, predatory Wasps and grubs-munching, slug-swallowing Beetles that search and destroy insect pests. Odds are, they’re flying around your garden right now.
Heard of IPM?
“Integrated Pest Management” was originally created in the 1950s by one of the world’s foremost authorities on insect control, scientist Edward Knipling. DDT-spraying farmers had begun to notice that some of their most awful insect enemies were developing a resistance to their favorite pesticide. Dr. Knipling came up with a novel, Nature-based theory to get rid of them – and “IPM” was born.
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Tagged beneficial bugs, damage, Garden, insect, insect damage, insect pests, Ladybugs, pesticide, predatory wasps, robotic vacuum cleaners
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