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Till the soil thoroughly to a depth of six inches. · Rake the area smooth, removing rocks, clumps and grassy debris. · Roll the area with a water-filled roller to reveal low spots. · Fill low spots with soil. · Scatter 5 to 8 pounds of seed per 1000 square feet. · Cover very thinly with wheat straw (1 bale per 1000 square feet).
Plant okra in full sun (8 to 10 hours will suffice) in a well-drained part of the garden. Locate these large, tall plants in an area where they will not shade out smaller plants. Apply a complete garden fertilizer, such as 10-10-10, at a rate of 11/2 pounds per 100 square feet of garden. Spade or rototill the soil.
A: It’s not terribly hard to do…and it’s pretty miraculous how fast vegetables grow in the bales. Here’s a good link with all the directions: Straw Bale Gardening. And a website and book devoted to it: Straw Bale Gardens. PLUS a local gardener’s success story! straw bale garden. Advertisement.
3. Carolina Jessamine – Identification. 4. Aftercare for poinsettia, amaryllis and paperwhite narcissus plants. 5. Dracaena surculosa blooming. Walter’s Bookshelf. Browse and purchase gardening books by Walter Reeves, plus select titles by other authors. View books.
Apply a complete garden fertilizer, such as 10-10-10, at a rate of 1 1/2 pounds per 100 square feet of garden. Spade or rototill the soil. In rows, space the transplants about 18 inches apart, with 36 inches between rows. In a bed, space the plants 16 to 18 inches apart, which will allow 2 or 3 plants across the standard 4-foot bed.
Allium schoenoprasum taken from The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Book by Walter Reeves and Felder Rushing Chives are perennial plants belonging to the Onion family that produce foot-tall clumps of hollow, upright leaves. Allowed to go to flower, they make mounds of lavender-pink flowers. Chives add a delicate Onion-like flavor to soups, stews ...
Level your lawn. Fill the ruts and low spots in your lawn with a 1:1 mixture of sand and topsoil. Sweep with a broom afterwards to expose growing grass blades. Our Seasonal Gardening Calendar contains affiliate links to products that we recommend and use ourselves. If you use these links to buy something we may earn a commission.
