What to Do About Poor Soil Health
Healthy soil is the basis of healthy grass. It’s usually pretty easy to tell when your soil is in poor shape. Pick up a handful, and it may be dry
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Amending Soils in Fall
Fall is a great time to condition the earth. That is because the soil has worked hard helping plants grow all spring and summer and may be depleted of nutrients
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Dealing With Poor Soil Health
Soil health is imperative for landscape plants to grow and perform to expectations. Poor soil health can be the cause of thin, weedy and off color turfgrass or lawns. Flowers
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Joe’s Journal, Spring Edition: Fertilizers and Amendments
There is a dizzying choice of fertilizers and amendments on the market. What do you choose and when do you apply them? To keep things relatively simple, I will limit
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Recover From Summer Stress Now With Fall Treatments
Throughout North America and the world, summers continue to get hotter, with more unpredictable weather conditions. Gardens, trees, lawns, and landscapes experience elevated levels of stress, with browning turf, wilting
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Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: Soil Conditioning and Fertilization
This blog post is about the earth. It all starts there. I know, I know, you are thinking it is all about the sun. But that comes later. Plants start
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Joe’s Journal, Summer Edition: Soil & Plant Health, pH & Mineral Availability, and Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles
To grow and keep plants healthy, we need to consider the soil environment. The soil-root interface is called the rhizosphere. In this section, we will discuss soil health as it
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Tips and Products for Planting and Maintaining Garden Beds
During this time of year many people are thinking about their gardens – last-minute plans, tending to young plants, or thinking about pests and problems ahead! We’ve compiled some thoughts
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Joe’s Journal: Winter Edition – Bed Prep, part 3
Welcome to part 3 of bed prep for spring. In part 2, we discussed what to plant and how to prepare the soil. Read that part before continuing on. Consider
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Joe’s Journal: Winter Edition – Bed Prep, part 2
In part 1 of our Bed Prep journey, we discussed preparing beds for seeds and gardens, and getting a hoop house set up to assist with growing. In part 2,
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