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Why Your Garden Needs a ‘Hugelkultur’ Bed (and How to Make One)
Garden beds require a few components: compost-rich soil full of nutrients with good drainage; soil that is warm enough for seeds to germinate; and moisture to keep plant roots hydrated. Gardeners will spend countless resources creating those conditions through watering, compost, fertilizer and tilling, but you can create those conditions without outside work, by building a hügelkultur. What is a…
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How to Care for Your Garden Tools Before Putting Them Away for Winter
We may earn a commission from links on this page. By the time I’m done with fall cleanup and ready to put my tools away for the winter, I’m exhausted. The idea of spending time cleaning those tools feels like an insult, but I do it anyway. You might be tempted to just deal with maintenance in the spring, but…
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Make Your Yard Look More Polished With Garden Edging
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Fall is a little about futility; with all the leaves blowing about, it’s hard to keep a tidy yard no matter how much you work at it. One thing that helps, though, is garden edging: a raised liner that goes around the edge of your garden beds. It creates clean…
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When It’s Time to Stop Watering Your Lawn, Trees, and Garden in Fall
Yesterday I was on a call with a gardening friend who lives in the southern U.S. and we get into a familiar debate—when is the right time to stop watering? We’re both suffering from the same problem: It feels like the right time of year to turn off the hoses, but we don’t want to do it too soon and…
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10 Best Pale Garden Seeds in Minecraft
The Pale Garden is the next new biome to be added to Minecraft and that just means you should find a perfect world seed that will capture its wonderful eerie glory. Want in some of the action? To help you out we decided to show you some of the best Pale Garden seeds in Minecraft you have to check out.…
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I tried this $23 garden tool to rid my patio of weeds — and it’s super handy
I’m not very good at relaxing in my yard if I can see weeds spurting up from everywhere. While I use a specific tool to rid my lawn of dandelions, it’s unsuitable for other hard-to-reach weeds trapped between patio slabs and pathways. And while I understand that as a gardener, you have to take the rough with the smooth and…
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