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July Gardening

July Gardening

This is the time of peak flowers and rapidly growing fresh veggies, weeds and pesty bugs.  It’s the best of gardening and time to enjoy all your work coming into fruition. There is also work to do. Mulching and fertilizing, regular weeding, watching for pests (bugs & critters) but also early harvests have begun, and succession plantings can start. In this article I’ll cover some ideas about converting weeds to fertilizer, mulching, planting, and hilling potatoes. Weeds are simply taking…

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Best Mulching Practices

Best Mulching Practices

We’ve had a very dry and unusual spring in Vermont, again.  While there is little we can do about the weather, there are some things you can do in the garden to be sure your plants are healthy and thriving despite what nature brings.  Mulching is a very good practice to conserve water, suppress weeds, improve the soil, and encourage natural pest control. Let’s take a closer look at the kinds of mulch materials to use, when to apply them,…

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