How To Rototill Your Flower Garden This Spring

Many gardeners start off their spring flower beds by tilling the soil. This is not necessary for all gardens, but there are times that tilling is necessary for successful gardening. Tilling should be done only when the soil is relatively dry and is warm. If the ground is still frosty, the tilling should wait until the last of the frost is gone. The soil should be at least 60 degrees when it is tilled. If the soil is too wet, it will not be broken up well by the tiller, and you could even damage the machinery. To test whether or not the soil is too wet, pick some up and try to make a ball with it. If you can make a mud ball, the area is too wet for tilling. If the soil falls apart, it is dry enough for the tiller. Read more

How to Start a Compost Pile for Your Flower Garden

Here is a great way to start a compost pile for your flower garden. Spring is a perfect time to start a compost pile to use as natural mulch for your garden flowers. To start, choose an area in your yard for the compost pile to grow. For the best results, the areas should be enclosed and should measure at least 4′ by 4′. A compost pile that is smaller than this may not be large enough to compost properly. Read more

How to Control Weeds in Your Vegetable Garden

Here is a video I found about an easy way to control weeds in you vegetable garden. If you do this right away it will be easy to control the weeds. If you wait until the weeds take over your garden you will be fighting  them forever. Weed Control Tips for Your Vegetable Garden

If you have any suggestions on how you control weeds in your vegetable garden enter them in the comment box so we can all use your techniques too.

Weed Alert

Volume 1, Number 13

Inside this issue…

Weed Alert!

Bring on the Butterflies

Brighten up the Building

Hello Gardeners

What’s a weed? What one gardener considers a weed, another will cherish as a wildflower. Let’s just say that a weed is a plant growing in the wrong place at the wrong time and has territorial ambitions… meaning you have to take action. In this issue, we’ll tell you what kind of action to take. Read more