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Inspirational Messages:
Exodus 23:19
"As you harvest each of your crops, bring me a choice sample
of the first day's harvest. It must be offered to the LORD your
God."Amen.
Isaiah 18:3-4
3 When I raise my battle flag on the mountain, let all the
world take notice. When I blow the trumpet, listen! 4 For
the LORD has told me this: "I will watch quietly from my dwelling
place – as quietly as the heat rises on a summer day, or as
the dew forms on an autumn morning during the harvest." Amen
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encouragement for life's tests and trials? Here is More Inspiration
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Gardening
Tips
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is the Perfect Time to Plant Spring Flowers" |
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If you live out west, fall is the time for planting fall
bulbs ,
wildflowers, aerate your lawn, and if you are in mildly cool
climates, cool-season flowers and vegetables can be planted.
House plants are great when winter starts to approach and
can keep your gardening hobby flourishing. Some gardeners
also enjoy living Christmas trees.
If you
have tender bulbs planted like elephant's ear, caladium, gladiolus,
canna and dahlia, dig them up before the first frost and store
them for the winter. These bulbs can be replanted in the Spring.
Any bulbs that appear to be rotten, discard them. Good, healthy
bulbs will be firm, not hollow or soft and mushy.
Roses
require special care in the fall. Do not fertilize during
this time, as any new growth could be killed by the winter's
cold.
Properly
planting your flower beds the correct distance apart means
you do not need to add mulch. Putting mulch in your flower
beds can actually cause too much moisture and harm your flowers.
If your flowers are planted properly, they will fill in beautifully
and the mulch won't be needed.
Fall
(late September through late November) –
Plant hardy, spring-flowering bulbs: tulips, narcissus
(includes all types of daffodils),
crocus,
eranthis
(winter aconites), erythronium, fritillaria, hyacinths snowdrops,
scilla, hardy
cyclamen, lilies.
In California and milder areas of the Southwest, also plant
ranunculus,
freesias,
anemones
and paperwhites
outdoors. Store tulips, crocus and
hyacinths
in refrigerator for 6-8 weeks before
planting. In all regions, store potted bulbs in refrigerator
for forcing indoors.
Winter
– In California, plant prechilled- hardy bulbs outdoors. In
all regions, remove sprouted bulbs from refrigerator for indoor
forcing.
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Back
Porch Compost Tumbler
"Compost Leaves and Yard Waste"
Falling leaves and yard waste make great compost materials.
Fall is a great time to begin your backyard compost pile.
Composting is a great way to enrich your garden soils to get
ready for spring. You can also add organic matter to your
compost pile. Never add meats or anything other proteins to
compost. Only put organic matter that can be absorbed back
into the earth.
You can
begin your compost pile with a bin that has a minimum of three
(3) feet cubed and it can be made of poultrywire and wooden
stakes or completely of a wood and wire system. There are
also recycled
plastic composters,
Rugged
Cedar Composters,
and even a Super
Hot® Compost Starter
on the market that you can use to help get your pile started.
Composters allow air to circulate within the pile and is vital.
There are many compost bins available at your local home improvement
store or online gardening center.
Compost
is made up of mixing green and brown materials such as grass
clippings or fresh green plant parts, that supply nitrogen.
Brown materials like dead leaves, have a high carbon content.
Mixing the two assures good conditions for microbes, which
actually decompose the plant material. Using smaller plant
materials allow for them to decompose faster. You can also
try shredding your matter prior to adding to the compost bin.
Do not
add too much moisture to your compost, or too little. The
moisture of the pile should be like that of a squeezed out
sponge. If the pile is too wet, it will begin to smell. If
there is not enough moisture on the pile and it's too dry,
nothing will happen.
Turn
your pile frequently to allow for even distribution and giving
you the chance to make sure the moisture and air is filtered
throughout. Composting is not hard and your garden will love
it in the spring!
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Container
Gardens
 Container
gardening
is wonderful! If you have trouble making up your mind about your
garden design, all you have to do is shove a few pots around and
you have a new design. If you want to grow exotic
plants in a cold climate then container
planting will let you fool them into thinking they are right
at home in the tropics.
And if you
like change - containers are about as changeable as you can get.
First of all, you have all kinds of interesting containers, from
classic to just plain wild. Don't limit yourself to only commercial
pots. As long as you can provide adequate
drainage, many flea market or garage sale items can make perfect
container gardens. (Tea kettles, wash basins and wheelbarrows are
just a few examples.) And then you have all kinds of great places
to put a container
garden - from a tiny balcony to a bare spot in a huge garden - or
even indoors. You can hang them from poles or on walls,
or set them on rolling carts - or even - (dastardly thought) just
put them on the ground!
Finally, almost
anything that can be grown in the ground can be grown in a pot -
and a few things actually prefer being containerized. (Is that a
word?) You can change your floral display seasonally, hide the plants
that are getting tattered around the edges, and generally, with
a little slight of hand and a wee bit of planning, fool people into
thinking you actually know what you're doing.
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