Garden

Winterize Your Garden Most of us winterize our cars, but do you winterize your garden? Mowing down your left over foliage and covering with layers of hay will keep your soil in good condition for next year, add nutrients and organic matter and help the soil thaw faster in the spring by keeping it warmer in the winter

Five Reasons To Use Compost And Mulch

1. Compost and Mulch feed your soil. Without chemicals.
2. Compost and Mulch hold in moisture for less watering during dry spells.
3. Beauty, compost gives dark, rich soil and mulch gives an attractive proffesional look.
4. Weed Control- Mulch smothers weeds so you will spend less time on your knees.
5. Money-compost and mulch are an inexpensive alternative to fertilizers, weed poison, and soil enrichments like bone meal.

Quick Idea

#1 Why not grow vegies in with your flowers next year. Carrots in particular give a lovely leafy green addition to flowers. Also, those extra tiny plants will leave less room for weeds to grow.

#2 Cut the arms off an old sweat shirt fold them over 3 or 4 times and you have inexpensive knee pads for messy garden kneeling.