The most important part of reading a fertilizer bag is understanding the concentration of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium. Learn why these nutrients are required to grow plants and learn how to pick the right levels for gardening with thisfree video on gardening from the owner of a landscaping company. Expert: Bill Elzey Contact: www.showplacelawns.com Bio: [...]

We bought our house three years ago and the flowerbeds had been severely neglected, bone dry with horribly dry, hard NC red soil. We mixed in lots of horse manure the first year, planted a few things which died. Last year we pulled out a ton of dirt and put in topsoil and compost, planted [...]

Know how fertilizers are graded and how to use them in your soil; take care of your garden or lawn with the gardening tips on soil composition in these free videos. Expert: Travis Steglich Bio: Travis Steglich is the owner and operator of the Steglich Feed and Farm Supply Store. Filmmaker: MAKE | MEDIA Related [...]

Vegetable gardeners with experience know that what you put in the soil is one of the deciding factors when it comes to the amount and quality of fruits and vegetables your plants produce. Without the right plant food, nothing else you do is going to matter, and your crops are doomed to fail. The soil [...]

New house. Must add some fill and then topsoil on top. A local tree trimmer dumped a couple of truck loads of sod/mulch, whatever on my property for me for free. The material is from a wood chiper from some hardwoods. I was wondering if I could put a layer of that mulch on top [...]

When you do your gardening, you always end up with some leaves and weeds, dead plants and probably some grass clippings. Most people see this as rubbish and send it off to the landfill. Not only is this a waste of one of nature’s fertilizers but it takes time and money to get rid of [...]