Gardening Practices to Be Avoided

Gardening is a great way to relax, get exercise, and enjoy the outdoors, but it requires a lot of dedication and knowledge to do it right. If you’re new to gardening, it’s easy to make mistakes along the way. In these articles, we’ll explore some of the most common bad gardening practices and how to avoid them. From poor soil preparation to over-fertilizing, our articles look at the problems they can cause and some effective solutions that will help you create a beautiful and healthy garden.

Applying Fertilizers and Pesticides Incorrectly

We all want to grow the biggest, best crops possible. To do that, we need to make sure that our plants get the nutrients they need, especially when it comes to nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. In most gardens, you can tell when someone has…

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Planting too early and in the Wrong Place

When you think about it, planting a garden is an extremely simple process; you dig holes, put seeds in the ground, and water everything. Simple enough for anyone to do, right? Unfortunately, many people tend to think that it’s as easy as that…

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The Importance of Worms and Repeatedly Tilling

In the past, repeated tilling was thought to be a good practice to improve the soil in gardens. In recent years we have learned that this is not true. Repeated tilling can hurt the soil and your plants. Tilling breaks up the soil by mixing…

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Why Raking up All Dead Leaves is not a Good

In the fall, it’s natural to see leaves on the ground outside. But unless your home is a rainforest that you’ve been working to restore all year long and even then, raking up all of those leaves is bad gardening practice. The reason? When we…

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Working and Planting in Wet Soil

Unless you’re growing a bog plant, keeping your garden constantly wet isn’t a good idea. Gardeners should aim for moist soil rather than waterlogged plants. Soil that stays soggy for days on end not only stunts the plants’ growth but also…

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