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How Frost Damages Your Garden: Prevention Tips and Soil Testing for Homeowners
Frost can harm garden plants through freezing and thawing of cells or by causing ice crystals to form inside plant cells disrupting fluid movement, think of this like pipes bursting in your house during a hard freeze. Damaged plants may...
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Soil sampling or soil testing in the fall offers distinct advantages and is common practice in large-scale agricultural operations. In large-scale Ag there are additional benefits to Fall sampling, such as potential tax or other financial benefits related to...
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Composting 101: Simple and Essential Tips for Creating Nutrient Rich Compost
In this post I’d like to touch on five main topics: What compost is What the common types of composting are What to add and avoid adding to your compost How to compost Common Compost Q & A or FAQ....