Post by Charity on Apr 19, 2005 13:06:35 GMT -5
Tending Your Garden
1. Providing for Plants' Needs
* Water your plants regularly to keep them growing.
* Spread a layer of grass clippings or other mulch around your
vegetable plants to reduce weeds and conserve moisture.
Easy Gardening: Mulching
Aggie-Hort.notlong.com
* Add fertilizer to crops as needed.
2. Eliminating the Undesirable
* Pull or hoe weeds while they are small so they will not
compete with your vegetables for water, nutrients, and
sunlight.
Weeding Tips
www.gardenforever.com/pages/tipsweeds.htm
Organic Gardening Articles on Weeds
OrganicWeeds.notlong.com
* Thin seedlings as soon as possible to provide room for your
plants to grow.
* Control pests, without harmful pesticides if possible:
- Order ladybugs and lacewings.
- Attract toads and birds to your garden.
- Plant marigolds, nasturtiums, and mint.
- Shake large beetles onto a sheet of plastic.
- Pick off snails by hand.
Pest Control Library: Bugs, Diseases, Animal, Other.
www.garden.org/pestlibrary
Controlling Slugs
www.garden.org/howtos/index.php?q=show&id=1300
Resources
Maintaining a Vegetable Garden
www.garden.org/howtos/index.php?q=show&id=1283
Easy Gardening Series
aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/gardening.html
Better Homes and Gardens Vegetable & Fruit Gardening Tips
BHG.notlong.com
Organic Gardening Articles on Gardening Techniques
OrganicTech.notlong.com
Food Gardening Guide: Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs
www.garden.org/foodguide/browse
National Gardening's Biweekly Regional Reports
www.garden.org/regional/report
Keeping a Record
Keep a notebook, scrapbook, or journal to record details
of your garden. Items to include:
* Your garden plans.
* Packets that contained the seeds you planted.
* Photos or drawings of plants as they grow.
* Schedule of plantings.
* Notes about everything you did in your garden.
* Inventory of supplies, where they were bought, and the price.
1. Providing for Plants' Needs
* Water your plants regularly to keep them growing.
* Spread a layer of grass clippings or other mulch around your
vegetable plants to reduce weeds and conserve moisture.
Easy Gardening: Mulching
Aggie-Hort.notlong.com
* Add fertilizer to crops as needed.
2. Eliminating the Undesirable
* Pull or hoe weeds while they are small so they will not
compete with your vegetables for water, nutrients, and
sunlight.
Weeding Tips
www.gardenforever.com/pages/tipsweeds.htm
Organic Gardening Articles on Weeds
OrganicWeeds.notlong.com
* Thin seedlings as soon as possible to provide room for your
plants to grow.
* Control pests, without harmful pesticides if possible:
- Order ladybugs and lacewings.
- Attract toads and birds to your garden.
- Plant marigolds, nasturtiums, and mint.
- Shake large beetles onto a sheet of plastic.
- Pick off snails by hand.
Pest Control Library: Bugs, Diseases, Animal, Other.
www.garden.org/pestlibrary
Controlling Slugs
www.garden.org/howtos/index.php?q=show&id=1300
Resources
Maintaining a Vegetable Garden
www.garden.org/howtos/index.php?q=show&id=1283
Easy Gardening Series
aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/gardening.html
Better Homes and Gardens Vegetable & Fruit Gardening Tips
BHG.notlong.com
Organic Gardening Articles on Gardening Techniques
OrganicTech.notlong.com
Food Gardening Guide: Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs
www.garden.org/foodguide/browse
National Gardening's Biweekly Regional Reports
www.garden.org/regional/report
Keeping a Record
Keep a notebook, scrapbook, or journal to record details
of your garden. Items to include:
* Your garden plans.
* Packets that contained the seeds you planted.
* Photos or drawings of plants as they grow.
* Schedule of plantings.
* Notes about everything you did in your garden.
* Inventory of supplies, where they were bought, and the price.