Don't believe the corporate pesticide and fertilizer companies. This is not the time to spread weed n' feed and hose down your garden with RoundUp. It is the time to start doing some preventive maintanence in your yard. Mulching your garden beds every year in the spring and/or fall will provide great weed suppression and will take care of most plants' fertilization needs. Save your money by not buying pesticides and fertilizers and invest it in a good garden mulch layer. In the long run your soil, drainage and plant health will improve to the point where mulching maybe all that's ever needed. Mulching your soil is the best thing you can do for any garden. Don't have time? Hire us ;-)
*DON'T USE BARK MULCH. IT"S HORRIBLE FOR YOUR SOIL'S HEALTH.
Your soil should look like this:
Not this:
Saturday, April 12, 2008
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Wow Greenary..!!!, what an incredible this world is.. greenary will be always a perfect beautify of our entire garden. Great Post worth reading it.. also a very usefull post for garden architects & Landscaping designers
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