Garden Types
It's less expensive & the water doesn't drain away quickly.
What's an IN-GROUND GARDEN?
A method of growing plants using natural processes & materials, avoiding synthetic chemicals, & promoting a healthy, sustainable ecosystem.
What is ORGANIC GARDENING?
These are strategies that include basic hand picking, water sprays, floating row covers, tree bands & cut worm collars for ....
What is PHYSICAL PEST MANAGEMENT?
This offers homeowners flexibility in gardening.
What is CONTAINER GARDENING?
On average, most plants need at least 1 inch per week. You can use a rain gauge to tract & adjust your times.
What is WATERING?
It's useful for people with limited space, soil problems or heavy wildlife pressure.
What's CONTAINER GARDENING?
These plants are grown specifically to incorporate into the soil to improve fertility & add organic matter, which in turn improves soil structure.
What is are COVER CROPS?
They have a strong nutrient reservoir & proper pH for plant growth, which are provided by adding organic material rather than traditional fertilizers.
What is HEALTHY ORGANIC SOIL?
This prevents plant roots from standing in water & developing root rot.
What are DRAINAGE HOLES?
It helps retain soil moisture & reduces weed growth. The 2 types are Organic & Inorganic.
What is MULCHING?
They are connected to the native soil beneath them & may or may not have constructed sides. It's attractive too!
What is a RAISED BED GARDEN?
Diatomaceous Earth, Spinosad, Pyrethrin, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) can be used in organic gardens for what type of management?
What is INSECT MANAGEMENT?
The practice of planting different crops sequentially on the same plot of land to improve soil health, optimize nutrients & combat pest & weed control.
What is CROP ROTATION?
This is a way to reduce moisture lost in containerized plants.
What is DOUBLE-POTTING?
They are called green manures, another effective strategy for weed management.
What is a COVER CROP?
It can be moved to sunny spots or partly shady according to what's growing. It offers more flexibility. Plants do require more care grown this way.
What is CONTAINER GARDENING?
An agent that improves a plants uptake of nutrients. (A complex organic substance that holds micronutrients in a form available for absorption by plants.)
What is a CHELATING AGENT?
Horticultural oil, Neem oil, Bacillus subtilis can be considered to use when cultural practices are not enough.
What is an ORGANIC FUNGICIDE?
This is necessary to increase the root system's growing space, to replenish nutrients, improve aerations & alleviate fertilizer salt build up.
What is REPOTTING?
Growing plants indoors can bring beauty, warmth, attractiveness, more relaxed feeling, improves air quality & give us an energy boost.
What are the BENEFITS OF HOUSEPLANTS?
Square foot gardening, Succession Planting & Interplanting are considered what type of gardening methods?
What is an INTENSIVE GARDENING METHOD?
Hand pulling, green manures, use of thermal heat & spacing is a type of organic management.
What is WEED MANAGEMENT
It's critical in evaluating the success or failure of any garden activity. This practice to monitor the seasons.
What is RECORD KEEPING?
The common ingredients are perlite, pine bark, sand, sphagnum peat moss & vermiculite - or combinations of these components.
What is POTTING MIXES?
Draws water from a bottom reservoir into the soil by capillary action through small soil columns or rope wicks.
What is a SELF WATERING CONTAINER?