Gardening ABC’s – Prep Before Your Grow
Careful Preparation:
plant care
Starting A Green Home Garden
A good vegetable garden can give the homeowner immense satisfaction and pride. What can surpass the flavour of freshly-cut asparagus, garden-fresh peas, a bowl of freshly picked strawberries or corn on the cob boiled and eaten within minutes of picking from the garden? Only a home gardener or a true gourmet really appreciates the difference in flavour between “store bought” produce and garden-fresh vegetables.
Tips On How To Use Keiffer Pear
The old, reliable Keiffer pear is unfortunately not the most palatable. But it becomes much more desirable when we know how to ripen and use the fruits.
Treating Troubled Trees
Since most trees may be pruned satisfactorily at any month during the year, the time selected can be governed by practical consideration. Maples, walnuts and birches, which bleed from pruning cuts made during late winter or early spring, should be pruned when in full leaf. Pruning and the subsequent treatment of wounds are probably the most important practices in proper maintenance of trees. August is a good month for pruning shade and ornamental trees. In Mid America our trees at this season usually have their “tongues hanging out” and welcome the loss of some foliage as a means of conserving their moisture supply. Weakened and dead branches are easily detected at this season.