Category Gardening

Will Hydrogen Peroxide Damage Plants?

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), often associated with personal care and home cleaning, can also be used in undamaged form in diluted plant mixtures. Hydrogen peroxide has several applications in horticulture, including seed germination, for strengthening seedlings and preventing disease. Regularly mix…

Tips for Using Manure in the Garden

Tips for Using Manure in the Garden

Manure is liquid and solid animal waste. Different bed materials (straw, grass, sawdust) are often mixed. Animal manure is an organic substance to improve garden soil. Why Use Manure By combining manure and compost, certain nutrients are added and the…

Why Is Soil Porosity Important?

Why Is Soil Porosity Important?

Soil structure is one of the most important parts of growing a healthy garden. Many gardeners have been working for decades to create abundant garden land containing mineral and organic compounds. To achieve good porosity, the structure of the soil…

Aeration: Why, How & When to Aerate Your Lawn

To achieve and maintain a beautiful lawn, basic grass care techniques such as mowing the lawn, fertilizing and watering must be used properly. It is also important to ensure that nutrients enter the soil below your grass. Aeration can be…

What is Insect Frass

What is Insect Frass and How Can I Identify It?

What do you think; you’d take in insect poop? If you are like most people, your answer would be No. But contrary to what many people think are meaningless insects, their feces come with high scientific name frass. Some insects…

What is Terra Preta?

What is Terra Preta?

Terra Preta is a unique form of soil created by human activity. Artificial soil has some unique properties; Terra Preta is not only incredibly fertile and retains its fertility for hundreds of years, but it is also a form of…

How to Warm Garden Soil Up for Early Planting

As winter goes on, gardeners think about spring. And the faster we get into planting, the better. For early planting, you can help the soil warm up faster. The soil solution is very simple and easy to apply. Why Warming…

How to Fumigate Garden

How to Fumigate Gardens

Soil fumigation is shank or drip raised beds. Depending on the type of pathogen and the level of infection, fumigant compositions are injected under the surface at different speeds and depths. Then the earth’s surface is compacted with yarn or…