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The Question

There are dozens of diagnostic questions to ask before making a fertilizer recommendation.  Many of them have to do with soil type and structure, plant type, watering habits, and the symptoms of po...

Rainy Day Work

The rains have come. There will be days when it is too wet to go into the garden. It’s time to read a good garden book, start a flat or two of seedlings, re-pot those pot-bound plants and give your...

Tips for Choosing a Broadfork

If you have a moderately dense soil and beds of moderate width, I would suggest the following...

The Right Shovel

The digging shovel so ubiquitous here in the U.S.A. has a blade shaped exactly like a spade. (Just compare your shovel, head up, to any deck of cards.) Go figure. Shapes aside, the primary differen...