Comments on: April Garden Party Contest

By: dymphna

dymphna — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:32:53 +0000

my tip is to always enrich your soil with compost
deefna at gmail dot com

By: Andrea Wiley

Andrea Wiley — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:27:37 +0000

Leave dirt around the roots so the plant is not traumatized as you transplant it.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:26:42 +0000

I like to use eggcartons to satr my seedlings. I like both types Stryo-and the pressed board.
pressboard break down way nicely.
when It’s time to plant them they hold their shap rather well.

By: Tiffany Owens

Tiffany Owens — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:08:07 +0000

I use my garden bounty as hostess or dinner party gifts. I try to combine items that pair together well, or would be an automatic dish or salad, such as fresh tomatoes & basil.

By: MotherLodeBeth

MotherLodeBeth — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:20:45 +0000

Since I am on a fixed income I have to be extra careful about wasting any transplant. So I add a vitamin B tablet to my watering can and then when I transplant early in the morning before it is hot (gets 100* here) they get an added boost from the B vitamin so they don’t have transplant shock.

And I use an old piece of tent over two pallets that I have placed in a /\ shape and then covered with a piece of old tent material as a shade cloth so the leaves don’t get sun burnt.

By: Dr. Brent

Dr. Brent — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:06:59 +0000

Hi, Kirsten

You can see the winner of the April contest here:
http://www.beekman1802.com/how-too/garden/and-the-winner-is.html

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:27:01 +0000

Who won the April Garden Party Contest?

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:16:17 +0000

We control weeds in two ways.

Planting densely helps ‘out-crowd’ weeds, Our garden is densely planted and we don’t need to weed much.

If you have the time and don’t want to place your plants closely, place layers of three sheets of newspaper on the soil and then top with mulch. The paper allows air and water to pass and is usually composted during the winter months.

By: Maria DeLuca

Maria DeLuca — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:43:11 +0000

Here’s how I control weeds in my garden: I use fabric mulch, and cover it with straw or wood chips.

By: maryann provost

maryann provost — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:58:23 +0000

my comment is for those who love rose of sharon trees, and dont like the spread of them. when you plant the tree and it reaches two feet tall braid the branches from the bottom up and the tree will grow that way and look like a bouquet when in bloom. all you have to do is pluck the few leaves that will grow between the braid.