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Plant Partners
Plants love partners! And I just learned today that a great partner for a tomato plant is the common dandelion weed. They love each other! Dandelions pull calcium & other nutrients up from the soil for the tomato to use. ... Read More »
Using Mulch
Mulch is great when you want to retain soil moisture so that less water is lost through evaporation. It also keeps the soil warm, which benefits seedlings planted in early spring before the arrival of seasonal heat. Blah. Even better? It denies those stinkin' weeds access to the light they need to germinate. ... Read More »
Coupon Man
I'm very competitive. Everything in my life seems to turn into a competition. Getting the best deal possible, and paying less gets my competitive juices flowing. What can I say? I'm a coupon man! Well you can’t avoid buying gasoline. We are all dependent on it. Cars, boats, lawnmowers, snowblowers, weedwackers, chainsaws, wood splitters all use it. If I need gas, I make mental notes on the way to work, which gas ... Read More »
