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When used in reference to fertilizers, the word organic generally means that the nutrients contained in the product are derived solely from the remains or a by-product of an organism. Cottonseed meal, blood meal, fish emulsion, manure and sewage sludge are examples of organic fertilizers. Urea is a synthetic organic fertilizer, an organic substance manufactured [...]
Urban and rural dwellers can bring interest of water into their own back yards with a water garden. From a birdbath or small fountain to a large pond with waterfalls and fish, each water garden is unique.
Water gardens are easy to install and maintain. Gardeners can introduce new plants, such as water lilies and lotus [...]
There are a large number of fertilizers available today. Sometimes it is difficult to choose what type of fertilizer to use, what formulation should be used, and how it should be applied. The number of alternatives are confusing.
A primary consideration is the nutrient analysis of the fertilizer. Every fertilizer bag, whether the fertilizer inside is [...]
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Aphid numbers are still high now on a wide variety of landscape and garden plants. It is usually not necessary to spray insecticides or release beneficials to control aphids. Populations of lady bird beetle, green lacewings and wasp parasites build up quickly to keep aphids in check. You’ll see these predators and parasites [...]
Most every porch in the South has a red flower or a hummingbird feeder on it, but if yours is one of the few that doesn’t, maybe you should think of putting one up.
Hummingbirds are fun to watch and easy to attract using feeders or planting flowers in your yard, said Dr. H. Lee Stribling, [...]
Make your yard a haven for Eastern Bluebirds. Do this by building houses for them to nest in and planting the kinds of foods bluebirds like to eat.
Eastern bluebirds are much less aggressive than other birds. Starlings and sparrows sometimes take over natural spaces like hollow trees bluebirds normally would nest in. Fortunately, bluebirds will [...]
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