Making happy, healthy soil
Adding organic matter at the beginning, and regularly throughout the year, is the key to making happy and healthy soil.
soil amendments
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Earliest perennial pea
Spring vetchling, an early perennial pea, is related to two other ornamental pea plants — scented, annual sweet pea and hardy sweet pea vine. Spring vetchling carries a swarm of silky pea flowers on erect 15-inch (38-cm) stems held above attractive, pointed foliage.
Eccentric soil renovation with pine cones, rocks
Cool days are here, and it’s time to address the more arduous tasks that we avoided in warmer months: soil renovation. My soil renovation strategy is to improve the drainage and oxygen content in the soil surrounding perennial plants.