How to plant Fall Bulbs – Armstrong Garden Centers

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Jul 30, Small Blog For Big Organic Gardening

I have so much to write I often don't know where to begin. Well that's my reason for not blogging more frequently.
So I'll keep this quick and simple.

Dry weather doesn't help much, so here's a tip.

Water your potatoes in the evening with a focused stream of water under the leaves. This is most important because hot humid conditions are ideal for potato blight infection.

Secondly, I suggest that you water your cabbage, cauliflower etc... in the morning. Why? Because evening watering will aid slugs and snails on their destrucitve paths.

Always avoid watering during the hot middle of the day.

The harvests are coming in lovely. But we should be thinking ahead. It's nearly time to sow Japanese Onions in trays to plant out in autumn. And soon I will be sowing Spring Cabbage.

Check my recently added page on crop rotation to see how they could be fitted in.

And if you haven't ordered any seed potatoes then now's the time if you don't want to miss out on a harvest of fresh new spuds for Christmas. See my page on potato bins and potato varieties.

Well, there's loads more to write - I'll come back soon and blog it.

Happy Gardening :)

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Geoff Lawton and Permaculture Soil Science

www.permacultureplanet.com – This is a short trailer for Geoff Lawton’s fantastic new DVD “Soils”. For more information about Geoff including how to purchase the full length DVD, please visit; http

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Creative Outdoor Lighting Enhances Visual Appeal of Your Garden

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Trying To Keep Up With The Garden Slugs

Over the past few years I have been growing zucchini and had to deal with slugs eating the flowers or blossoms before they started growing zucchinis. I tried a few of the home remedies but nothing seemed to stop them.

Then, just last year I tried Slug-B-Gon and that seemed to do the trick right away. We had a rather dry late spring and summer however this year, 2011, we have had rain. Way too much rain for me, although the garden, once we were able to get it planted, is loving it.

The problem this year is that anything I put out to get rid of pests is washed away in just a day or two.

I guess I will just have to keep re-applying Slug-B-Gon until it stops raining so much. The stuff I put out is moldy in just a couple of days. Just not enough time for anything to dry out before it rains again.

I tried the beer in a saucer but it just gets replaced with rain water in a few minutes.

Our home garden is an organic garden so I don’t want to resort to anything that’s not really green or organic.

Anyone know a more effective way to protect my zucchini from these little slugs, I just can’t seem to keep up.

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