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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care, Watering

(Video) How To Water Your Plants Without Wasting Water

 

Learn the mastery of taking over the gardening irrigation with little attention and no water wasting

Setting up a proper irrigation system or watering your plants at certain times of the day and week is a mastery. And we’re not talking about some magic tricks.

What we mean is that watering your garden can be very time-consuming, and when a gardener takes full control over that, in the proper way, there will be no time or water wasting.

Certain tricks can be applied in order to preserve as much of the water as you can, with little to no evaporation. You can save time by setting up specific ‘systems’, some of them DIY.

You can optimize your time in the garden without sacrificing the health of your plants and garden.

As you watch the video, you will be amazed how many things you can do. Your garden will not only be organic, but also sustainable.

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Plant Care, Watering

(Video) How To Make Swale To Collect More Rainwater

 

Swale can collect more rainwater than any other system, and feed your plants all year round

Is it possible to never water your plants, and let the rain do its job all year round? The answer is ‘Yes’! With a little bit of planning and careful setup, you can turn your yard or garden into the perfect rainwater system.

Your garden can literally self-irrigate, with very little of your attention.

If done properly, the rainwater will be collected in beds. You need to make swale to direct the water to the areas that need the most irrigation (mostly trees, but perfect for other plants too).

As you watch the video, you will hear amazing ideas and tips on how to keep the rainwater if you don’t want to lose the excess water. It may still be needed in periods of drought.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Watering

Ditch The Barrel! Here’s An Improved Rainwater-Harvesting System

 

You don’t even know how much water soil can store! This rainwater-harvesting system will make the most of your soil’s capacity

Once they hear ‘rainwater harvesting’, most people immediately think of the water barrel.

The article that follows will change that belief, and offer you a way better and much more efficient rainwater system.

You’ll learn how much water soil can retain and you will be amazed you didn’t take full advantage of it. You’ll also get to know how to implement this new system, all the steps you need to know, and finally, how this entire settings works.

It’s basically a self-sustained system which we’re sure you’re going to love.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care, Watering

Video – DIY Garden Hacks

 

Simple and quick – these will make your life so much easier

Have you ever wished for some miraculous garden hacks to ease your life in your garden?

Well, these hacks are actually not only practical, but completely doable and incredibly simple to implement.

They will save you a lot of time, effort, nerves and actually improve your plants’ lives along the way.

So, if you have always wanted to keep your plants watered, but didn’t have the time to build complicated irrigation system, you will find the solution to that one. If you wanted to protect your young seedlings from frost, but didn’t know how – that one will also be answered.

You will find many more tips and tricks and you will love each and every one of them.

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Plant Care, Watering

Do You Leave Trees Thirsty During Winter?

 

Learn how to pick up signs of insufficient water in the soil during the cold months

Winter and snow goes hand in hand. Snow is frozen water. So, how come your trees may end up thirsty during winter. Well, depending on the particular winter, there may not be enough snow, or the soil may get dry too quickly.

Sub-zero temperatures causes water to evaporate. That may sound weird, but, as a reminder, the driest place on Earth is Antarctica.

To avoid insufficient watering for your trees, read the article below, and understand what to do to retain moisture in the soil as long as possible.

Learning these practices will keep your trees happy, and not entirely drained out by the end of the winter season.

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Vertical Gardens, Watering

Video – Build A Hydroponic Window Farm

 

An easy way to grow your food without any garden

Hydroponic window farms are slowly growing (pun intended) in popularity and there’s a good reason for that. You don’t need any outdoor space, nor do you need to use the vertical gardens or any other improvisation.

Living in an apartment might not provide enough sunlight or space for conventional gardening methods.
This is why the hydroponic systems should be considered.  It provides an opportunity to grow plants under nearly any condition.

Not only that but it’s sustainable as it uses a hydroponic system which regulate itself. You only need to ensure the plants get clean water.

In the videos below, you’ll get a closer look at how this system works and pickup ideas for building one yourself.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Plant Care, Watering

Grow The Best Peppers

 

Learn the secret sauce to growing amazing peppers

Like every fruit-bearing plant, peppers also need specific steps and care for it, to ensure they grow in the most beneficial environment possible.

That, of course, won’t happen if you just sprinkle the seeds (or plant the seedlings), water them now and then, and expect a great harvest. Peppers need much more care than that.

The article below lists the steps to follow and things to look for carefully, before, during and after the peppers grow. But not to worry, this doesn’t mean you haven’t been doing it right. It just means you can improve your strategies and hence, the result will be a bountiful pepper harvest.

Start now, as some prep work needs to be done before you plant the seedlings.

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General Gardening Wisdom, Organic Gardening, Watering

Rain Garden: A Few Easy Steps to Setting Up Your Own

 

Learn why you’ll benefit from a rain garden and how to make one

Not only that, but it can be useful to other creatures and wildlife in your local area. You will find a rain garden incredibly inspiring and beautiful if you carefully plan to set it up the right way.

In the following article you will learn the main steps and where to start. You will get to know how a rain garden works and why it’s beneficial to have one. You will learn that it’s a self-sustained system and can be a wonderful addition to any permaculture and organic garden.

It requires some preparation and work, but the result will surprise you in a pleasant way. It is a really rewarding project to complete.

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Watering

Plants Rebel Against Drought – Threatens Gardeners With No Crop

Favorite Plants Are The Most Difficult To Manage During Droughts – Need Extra Care

Gardening is both relaxing and rewarding.

But when there is no crop, frustration creeps in and many gardeners start to wonder if it is all worth while.

Fortunately, some people make it their business to find answers to these dilemmas.

Read the article below to find out which popular plant is one of the most difficult to manage and also how to manage it.

 

Boy has it been dry lately! With summer temps reaching well above 90 degrees and the rain being scattered, there are a lot of gardens in Alabama that are taking a beating.

The number of calls over the last few weeks have really gone up, mostly about problems in the vegetable department, tomatoes always being the “problem child” in the home garden.

When summer temperatures start rising, so does the stress on plants, so proper watering is critical to reduce the overall strain on plants.

As I commonly tell my callers, healthy plants are happy plants and happy plants make happy gardeners!

So, how much water is enough water?  The best answer is “That depends”. …………..

Tomatoes are most likely the pickiest of plants in the vegetable garden when it comes to water. Too much water and you will have a great big lush tomato plant with no fruit. Too little water and you will have a wilted and dried stick that once resembled a tomato plant. As I mentioned before, managing the water, or more specifically the soil moisture is key to producing the best tomatoes. ……………

So, how can you maintain moisture around the plants in the garden? The best solution is to use an organic mulch. Mulching in the vegetable garden is beneficial in more ways that I will tell in this article, but disease management, weed control and maintaining moisture are the big three that I will mention. …………….

Source: Read the full article “Garden Talk” is written by Hunter McBrayer, Urban Regional Extension Agent, of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) here

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