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by occasionally cultivating you garden flower gardens.

texture, aeration, and increases the soil’s ability to hold moisture.

grow up into the limbs of your trees.

organic matter when planting. It may discourage root growth beyond the original hole.

provide your tress and shrubs with a slow and steady supply of water rather than a quick short dose.

throughout a garden about a month before you plant.

Proper maintenance is essential to a healthy and beautiful garden. Neglected gardens offer suffer from over crowding, countless weeds, poor soil quality and weak plants. Here are seven tips on keeping a well maintained garden.

Deadheading Flowers: This is the practice of snipping off the dead and spent flowers on perennials and annuals. Removing dead flower heads will encourage repeat blooming, particularly with annuals. It also keeps the garden looking fresh all season long. Many perennials such as peony and iris, and all annuals benefit from having spent blooms removed.

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to lower the pH level of acidic soils.

mounding up salt marsh hay or compost around the plant’s base.

months sharpening tools, browsing catalogs and planning next seasons projects.