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Growing goodness

June 02, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Whether it’s a bite of melon or a hot, juicy pepper you’re after – or maybe a tomato plant or two – the thought of growing your own food needn’t be unappetizing.
Fresh vegetables from the garden can provide a fun family activity, incorporate healthy foods into the diet and serve as an introduction to sustainable [...]

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8 tips for urban gardeners

June 01, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Gardening can be tricky. Choosing plants and fertilizer is enough to overwhelm many aspiring green thumbs, let alone the thought of lifelong horticultural maintenance. City-dwellers have it especially rough — space is limited, light is low, and trees hog all the rainwater. But according to Scott Endres, co-owner of Tangletown Gardens, there’s hope for even [...]

Green Sense: Growing healthy gardens

May 25, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

The best way to a healthy landscape is preventive health care, according to Ann McGovern, outreach spokesperson for Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, “healthy soil equals healthy plants. A key quality of healthy soil is biological activity — an abundance and diversity of species.” At her recent healthy landscapes workshop, she explained that most soil [...]

How To Prepare Soil for the vegetable garden

May 05, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Soil is truly the foundation of the garden. Without good soil, plants become stunted and stressed and prone to insect attacks. But good soil, loose and humusy, with good fertility, allows the roots of plants to penetrate easily and take up the nutrients they need throughout the growing season.
First determine what type of soil you [...]

You can tend garden naturally

April 19, 2007 By: Momoy Category: Garden

Soil amendments and fertilizers are sometimes a mysterious subject, note the Comox Valley Growers and Seed Savers.
What to add to the soil, and when, and how much? Is there hope for clayish soil, or sandy soil? How much lime is too much?
To answer these questions and much more, the Comox Valley Growers and Seed Savers [...]

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