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Building healthy soil is the key to healthy plants
Healthy soil grows healthy plants. If you want a vigorous, productive garden, protect and improve your soil. Soil is made up of minerals, air, water, and organic matter. This skin of the Earth anchors and grows our food, filters our…
Read MoreGarden Cleanup and Soil Improvement
Food gardens are in transition in October. Cool-season crops hit their stride and cover crops replace tired warm-season crops. Rather than put the entire garden to bed we may decide to coax more food from the ground with row covers,…
Read MoreFall soil improvement can lead to greater yields in 2016
I’m a vegetable gardener that makes intensive use of the space in my 4 foot wide raised beds. What do I mean by intensive use, I mean that I pay more attention to the spacing between plants (see HG16 – Planting…
Read MoreWe help Maryland residents grow! Learn timely tips to manage your lawn, ornamental plants, and food gardens, with advice from University of Maryland experts and certified horticulturists.
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