by gardmin | Oct 20, 2020
Composting is HUGE. Kitchen Waste, Plant Debris. What composting does is it allows us to reuse nutrients that otherwise would have been thrown away. We can use discarded food scraps from the kitchen, and discarded plant materials from our yards and gardens in order to...
by gardmin | Oct 20, 2020
Nature builds soil from the top down Nature makes its own mulch = fallen trees, plant debris: leaves, branches Every year, mostly in the fall, nature puts down an application of mulch. This annual application of mulch in fall is likely the single best strategy...
by gardmin | Oct 20, 2020
Soaker hoses and drip irrigation are a way that we can reduce the amount of water that is wasted during the watering of our gardens and landscapes. This would not be practical for a lawn, but the advantage of these types of irrigation in a planting bed is that they...
by gardmin | Oct 20, 2020
Rain Barrels are a big one, and I’m going to talk more about them in a few minutes. But, in addition to offsetting our dependency on water from our municipalities, rain barrels can also reduce the amount of pollution that we allow to runoff into our waterways. Rain...
