Lime Sulfur
Lime sulfur can be made by combining 20 pounds of rock lime and 15 pounds of flowers of sulfur with 50 gallons of water. Place in a large iron kettle or boiler outside (this stuff smells!) and boil for one hour. ... [... more]
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10,000 Garden Questions
 How? When? ýand even Where? This book comes off the shelf to be consulted often. Answers to 10,000 gardners' questions comprise sixteen sections that include sound advice on planning and landscaping; shrubs, trees, and vines; roses, perennials and ... [... more]
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Composting -- Fertilizing
A couple cups or handfuls of a complete garden fertilizer such as a 10-10- 10, 12-12-12 or 15-15-15 should be added to the compost pile regularly. ... [... more]
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Composting -- Limestone
Old compost recipes called for the addition of limestone when creating the pile. Research has shown that the finished compost has a pH approaching 7. Limestone needs only be added if the compost contains acidic plant ... [... more]
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Composting Walnut Hulls And Material
Walnut hulls can be added to an active compost pile. Composting heat and bacterial action will destroy the plant-toxic juglone compound. Hulls should be composted several months before using. ... [... more]
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Bentonite
Bentonite is a fine clay used, when compacted, to prevent water leakage (ponds and dams) or near foundations to limit water movement in. [... more]
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Clematis -- Mulching
Clematis roots need to be kept on the cool side. Supply 4 to 6 inches of an organic mulch (compost, wood chips) in the spring over the plant's root system. ... [... more]
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Lowering Ph Levels
To lower the pH (or make more acidic) by one pH point, supply roughly 15 pounds of garden or elemental sulfur per 1000 square feet, depending on soil type. More sulfur would be needed for clay soils; less for sandy ... [... more]
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Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers
The leading one-stop reference for commercial vegetable growers for more than 50 years Rooted in tradition, branching out to the future. For more than half a century, Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers has provided generations of commercial growers ... [... more]
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Desert Landscaping: How to Start and Maintain a Healthy ...
EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING THIS BOOK APPEARED TO BE WRITTEN IN THE EARLY 1900'S. THE ILLUSTRATIONS WERE SMALL, OR POOR QUALITY, AND IN BLACK AND WHITE. NOT A SINGLE COLOR PHOTO! COMPREHENSIVE INSTRUCTIONS ON SOIL PREPARATION, I.E.LEVELING THE SOIL ETC. VERY ... [... more]
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Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants
Encyclopedia of Water Garden Plants is the definitive photographic reference to the full range of plants available to the water gardener. This volume includes hundreds of water garden plants often overlooked in other books, such as marginal plants, ... [... more]
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Gardening Indoors and Under Glass
This book is a practical guide to the planting, care and propagation of house plants, and to the construction and management of hotbed, coldframe and small greenhouse. The book teaches the indoor planting, covering the topics of planting environment such ... [... more]
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