i am a longtime transplant into georgia upper-southern soil. gardening in the deeprich topsoil of ohio has been GREATLY missed, but over the years i have managed torecreate some version of that chocolate-cake dirt here in my gardens. the image ofmaking a cake is a pretty apt one; with the right ingredients, and long hours […]
Healthy Soil for Healthy Plants
If your dirt is less than ideal, don't despair. Learn to add good things to it to improve its tilth and nutrient value. Included are many methods, but composting is one of the best known.
Learn how to grow plants well by starting with the ground they grow in.
Humus Equation
The Hunky Gardener gives a lesson in humus. He’s not just a pretty face….
5 Tips to Improve Clay Soil
This page has moved. It can be found @ Ilona’s Garden: 5 Tips To Improve Clay Soil, along with other informative posts on soil improvement. But if you want only one really important tip for working with clay soil, it is this: Don’t work (dig, hoe, rake, step on, etc) clay soils when they are […]
Do You Dig Your Soil?
That is “sixties-speak” for whether or not you like the soil handed to you in your garden… do you bloom where you are planted? Here in Central Ohio I have gardened on clay types of soils. Presently my garden soil is composed of a dark clay loam called Kokomo. With the way the weather has […]
Q&A From Keywords
Sometimes it is interesting what people are looking for when they land on your page. Here are a few questions that people had according to my Statcounter, along with the answers I have for them today. When to mulch garden? Well, for this time of year I would wait until we have had frozen ground, […]
I ♥ Peat Moss
I do. Peat moss has been my garden’s best friend for a long time. It is mainly a soil conditioner, and that is what makes it so valuable. I used to garden on heavy clay, and even though my soil is now clay loam, it still benefits from the incorporation of some peat moss when […]
