How to Organize Gardening Tools
A tool is only as good as its accessibility and condition. If you can't Hang long-handled rakes or shovels, with their heads up, from a parallel set of wooden dowels or similar metal brackets. Buy a carpenter's tool belt or something similar to ... [... more]
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 This broadcast spreader by Earthway applies fertilizer and many other granular garden and lawn care products. Built tough for professional lawn care and turf applications, the spreader is excellent for commercial use. The "Ev-N-Spread" feature [... more]
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How to Sharpen Grass Shears
Grass shears are one of those tools for which there is no substitute. Nothing else works as well for trimming around fence posts, tree trunks, posts or other small areas where a lawn grows too tall. By keeping your grass shears sharp, you make ... [... more]
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How to Use a Compost Pile
Compost adds nutrients and organic matter to your soil. It does not involve burning plants, so it can be added to the soil any time. It is ready to use when it has a moist, crumbling texture with a nice earthy smell. Mix compost into flowerbeds ... [... more]
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How to Use a Pressure Sprayer
Fertilizing or applying pesticides can be done with a pressurized sprayer. Sprayers come in either plastic or metal, and in a wide range of sizes; some backpack sprayers have a pump handle so you can keep up the pressure inside the tank without ... [... more]
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How to Apply Fungicides Safely
Fungicides are used in the garden to control plant diseases such as black spot on roses, cedar-apple rust, cherry leaf spot and botrytis blight, to name a few. Fungicides are usually applied with a pressurized garden sprayer. Measure the amount ... [... more]
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How to Apply Herbicides Safely
Weeds are a misery to all gardeners. Herbicides - chemicals that kill weeds - seem to be an easy answer. There are several things you need to know before you attempt to apply herbicides to your garden, the most important of which is that most ... [... more]
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How to Fertilize Foliage
Some plants, such as citrus plants, benefit from having a shot of fertilizer applied directly to their leaves. This is especially true if the plant is lacking iron, which is often indicated by yellow leaves with green veins. A foliar feeding is ... [... more]
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How to Care for a Cool-Season Lawn
Cool-season lawns made of fescues, bluegrass, bent grass or rye grass need regular fertilizer, consistent moisture and frequent mowing to stay healthy and beautiful. Mow the lawn when it reaches one-third higher than its recommended mowing ... [... more]
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How to Feed a Cool-Season Lawn
Cold-season lawns, such as those planted with bluegrass, a fescue or ryegrass, need nitrogen fertilizer on a regular basis to stay green, healthy and problem-free. Determine the general square footage of your lawn so that you can buy the correct ... [... more]
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How to Renovate Dead Spots in a Lawn
Go easy on yourself - every lawn gets a dead spot in it now and then. You can renovate small sick areas using matching sod, or use new starts from seed and your existing lawn for finer-looking grass in just weeks. Dig out the area to be replaced ... [... more]
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How to Use the Right Garden Tool for the Job
You hear it all the time: "Use the right tool for the job." But how do you decide which is the proper tool to use in any given circumstance? Here are a few tips for selecting a garden tool to match a task. Use shovels for digging and spades for [... more]
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