Susan asks…
How to creat well drained soil?
I am planning on putting in a cutting garden and was looking at some catalogues yesterday. All the flowers I was interested in needed well drained soil and I am pretty sure the area I will be planting in has pretty heavy clay soil.
I have heard that if you just dig out the clay and replace it with compost you create basically tubs that do not drain well. So I need to know how best to improve the drainage. I am looking to fit the area in Aug-Sept for planting in late Sept or Oct.
GardenersCardiff answers:
Yea, removing the clay helps, but what you really need to do it amend the soil. Remove some clay , till the area and then add compost, sand, dried leaf litter, dried grass clippings, manure, and then till again. You will need to do this for several years and eventually your clay soil will become beautiful healthy soil. I know because I live in OK and we are loaded with clay and that is what I do to my soil. You wouldn’t even know that I started with clay if you saw my soil now. You’ll need to continue to add compost and amendments to your soil yearly to keep it healthy. Good luck
Helen asks…
I’m looking for an open source pictorial catalog of (seedling to plant identification) and garden pests?
If you know of any I would be happy to see them, I often times find myself struggleing to find out harmful from benificial insects, and distinguishing weeds from seed planted seedlings. I believe a pictorial identification guide would be very helpful. If one does not exist perhaps we should start one?
🙂
Zymo
Thanks!
So I take it you have been unable to find a complete source for this as well?
If I could I would give you all the best answer.
🙂
Zymo
thanks again, I like all of the suggestions.
GardenersCardiff answers:
Well, at least for bugs, this is a head start:
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/casefile.htm
http://woodypest.ifas.ufl.edu/beneficl.htm
Seedlings can look pretty similar for several weeks and you have to wait until they start to differentiate from each other
Robert asks…
looking for country decor catalogs?
Home and Garden
GardenersCardiff answers:
Here are a few:
http://www.sampler.com/ME2/Default.asp
http://www.magazines.com/ncom/mag?id=2582104428054&mid=0000001118&siteID=kP3mWT19XNM-vsGvOZg6xwiLSVcc2R8czA
http://www.magazines.com/ncom/mag?id=2582104428054&mid=0000001118&siteID=kP3mWT19XNM-W9Xng956LIb%2A2mQtyazzyA
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