100 Gardening Tips

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You are two NEAT people. I do have a question. A friend gave me an obelisk. Plan to plant a vine on it. How do you keep it from blowing over. I am in central Oklahoma and live on a hill!!!!!!!!!!! Martie, Leo secured our obelisks to the ground by driving two 2-foot long round metal stakes into the ground beside the obelisks. He ran some coated wire through the holes and around two of the lower rungs of the obelisks. You may be able to see one of the stakes in front of the obelisk if you look closely at the photo above.

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I love this time of year as i get to see your beautiful gardens and property…Love the way you used the obelisk for the climbing roses…. I entered the contest, all the while crossing my fingers! The seedlings will need to be thinned in order for the strongest plants to survive and thrive.

A spacing of 24 inches is enough for most varieties. Watering should be done before planting versus after. I n February early cabbage varieties can be sown in a warm frame in pans or boxes. Hardening them off should happen before they become crowded and before planting. The seedlings will turn quickly and be ready for harvest in the summer. Peas need to be sown properly to ensure a good crop and to avoid wasting seed. To harvest peas in July and August, plant seeds in intervals of days during March and April.

Each of the drills will accommodate three rows of peas spaced about 3 inches apart and lightly covered with soil. Gorse clippings placed in the drill can help deter mice and rodents. Drench cut turves with a light brine solution and then lay them out grass-side up for the birds to clear the bugs and worms. Once this is done, sow the seed in thick lines on each turf, covering them with fine soil.

Keep the frame closed until plants begin to appear. To plant seedlings in March or April, lift the turves from the frame and place the strips in the prepared ground. Shore them up with soil and stake them in your preferred manner. Top 10 Foods to Grow for Survival. A bed for two rows of asparagus plants needs to be about 3 to 4 feet wide with a trench of about 2 feet wide and 1 foot deep between the beds. Plant the asparagus about 4 inches from the top with the roots spread to each side of the ridges. Do this quickly as their roots are very sensitive to the air.

The rows should be inches apart with at least 9 inches from the edges of the bed. There are two common methods to stake and train your runner beans. The first way is to place pairs of foot stakes at intervals of 1 foot. Each pair should be crossed approximately 6 feet from the ground and then attached to a horizontal cross bar or stake. Use twine to secure them. Tie pieces of twine from the top wires to the bottom at intervals of about 1 foot.

To plant a tree, dig a hole about a foot deep that is about a foot wider than the roots themselves.

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Allow for adequate drainage by forking up the bottom, adding 6 or 7 inches of good soil as you go. Before adding the tree, make sure the roots have been soaked and that any stragglers or damaged rootlets have been removed. To settle the tree, shake it occasionally as you are backfilling the hole and tread the ground lightly to pack the soil. Apple trees in bloom, especially when trained to act as an espalier or hedge between gardens are a lovely addition. Plant two-year-old espaliers with four to five branches already in place in a sheltered location with good soil. Proper pruning of young fruit trees is important to encourage strong branches that can stand a heavy load.

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This may mean no harvest for the first two years but will ensure years full of fruit after that. Plant the apple tree in the fall. That winter cut the branches back to about 18 inches to encourage bud growth in the spring. Make the cuts just above a bud that is pointed in the direction you will want the new branch to grow.

Store dessert apples in a cool, moist location such as a cellar or a small shed with a dirt floor and thatched roof to preserve these late fruits. By wrapping each apple in oiled paper and placing them in either a wooden box or storage tray, you can save them for months. Every September it is common to see bands of grease-proof paper ringing the trunks of fruit trees.

The caterpillars that hatch from these eggs can destroy entire crops. Cordon fruit trees with their one to three stems are welcome in small and large gardens alike. They can be trained to grow on a trellis or against a fence or wall. Root pruning is advised as well or the tree will begin to bear less fruit even while growing well.

This is best done in late October or November by exposing the thick roots and trimming them back to within about 15 inches of the base. Cover again with fresh soil to protect them. To encourage growth for the next summer, newly planted canes should be shortened and thinned out to a maximum of two suckers. It is always the wisest course to not allow too many suckers to grow as they will weaken the plant and cause a light crop. Keep only the strongest canes and thin the rest in following years.

Proper pruning of raspberry canes is the key to a heavy crop. Summer-fruiting raspberries are pruned twice a year. After harvest, the canes are cut to the ground with four or five of the new shoots being tied to the support as their replacements. The fall-fruiting varieties are to be cut down in March. October to the end of January is the best time to prune gooseberries. All wild growth and straggling tips must be removed while leaving the center of the bush open.

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During the winter the ground needs to be worked up, manure added if needed, and all weeds removed in order for the water and nutrients to sink in. December is when any weak growth or dead wood should be cut away from black currant bushes. You can propagate black currants in two different manners.

Take 8-inch cuttings with the buds removed from the lower half and plant them at about 4 inches deep in November. The second method is removing and then replanting any suckers from October until pruning time in December. Out in the open black currant bushes need about 5 feet of space between them. Hard pruning of newly planted red currant bushes is required in winter to ensure well-branched bushes full of fruit buds in the spring. If the pruning is done lightly, the bush will only grow on top and leave the lower half bare. If they are being planted in the winter or early spring, prune them before planting.

Cut the small, weaker shoots and only leave the strongest branches.

A light wooden frame covered with netting is a great way to protect your fruit. Strawberries enjoy a light compost mixture consisting of two parts of rich, sandy loam with one part leaf mold and sand. Mulching with manure in March and surrounding the plants with straw in May will make for cleaner fruit at harvest. Water regularly in June and add a liquid manure fertilizer once the fruit color begins to change.

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Strawberries are easy to multiply by simply pinning down runners from the main plant in June or July. Within a month or two, the new plants have rooted and are ready to be removed and planted elsewhere. For forcing, allow new runners to take root in pots that have been sunk in the soil near the main plant. When well-rooted, they can be potted up and put on an outdoors cinder bed until October.

They can then be moved to the frame until January when the greenhouse treatment can finish them off. This list has only covered a small number of good, old-fashioned common sense gardening tips. What are some of your favorite handy hints? What fun this article is! Some of the language is so old fashioned. Lots of gardening and food storage insights. Lucy, you and I would have so much fun, if we lived next door!

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Well, THAT sure perked me right up!