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National Gardening	Mulching Trees and Shrubs Why mulch? Because it helps minimize weeds, conserve moisture, moderate soil temperature, and make your yard look good.
National Gardening	Building Soil 101 A steady program of soil building is like a steady program of physical conditioning. You'll get great results in the long run if you stick with it and don't go overboard right away.
National Gardening	Plant Greens in Wide Rows Wide-row planting involves broadcasting seeds in a wide band, thus creating thicker rows with fewer paths in between. Not all vegetables, of course, are meant for wide rows.
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Getting Gardens Ready for Winter While gardeners in warmer climes (USDA zones 8 to 10) relish the cool air because it signals fall planting time, most gardeners across the country know it's time to wrap up the garden.
National Gardening	Corn: Planting Variations If you like experimenting, there are some variations on the basic planting methods you may want to try.
National Gardening	Sweet Corn Essentials Tips on planting, growing, and harvesting sweet corn.
National Gardening	Composting Q and A Starting a Compost Pile... Critters in Compost...Foul-Smelling Compost Pile... Adding Compost to a Perennial Garden... Speeding Decomposition... Planting Directly in Compost... Compost Quantity...Compost vs. Mulch... Materials to Compost... Sawdust in Compost Pile...
National Gardening Robert E. Gough	The Mighty Lingonberry Why, where, how to grow lingonberries.
National Gardening	Preparing Soil for Greens When it's early in the season and nearly time to plant a host of greens, put in a little time with your garden soil to prevent weed problems.
National Gardening	Improve Soil Fertility with Compost A little soil common sense will go a long way to helping you understand how to care for your garden. All soils are not the same; they differ in many ways, including texture, fertility, and pH.
National Gardening	Tools for Preparing the Garden Before a single plant even touches the ground in your garden, it would be wise to spend time preparing the soil. You'll have fewer weeds and diseases and better plant growth, flowering, and fruiting later.
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This Old House Lynn Ocone	How to Get Rid of Weeds How to identify common weeds in your lawn and professional removal tips to get rid of them.
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National Gardening	Making a Raised-Bed Garden Raised beds are popular because they are relatively easy to build, plant, weed, and maintain.
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National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi	Shopper's Guide to Bark Mulch The advantages of using organic mulch to blanket soil around trees, shrubs, and perennial plants are many. This article explores the kinds of bark mulches you can buy and their advantages and disadvantages.
National Gardening	Food Gardening 101 It's a great treat to go shopping in your own garden to harvest fresh food. A small, well-tended garden can be just as productive as a large one that is ignored, so it is a good idea to start small and expand it as you need more space.
National Gardening	Growing Onions As with most vegetables, you can start onions from seed in the garden. But many onions have relatively long growing seasons and onion seeds don't germinate quickly, so it's often better to start the crop another way. You can set out transplants, or you can plant "sets" (half-grown onions).
National Gardening Skip Richter	Turn Leaves into Gold These golden leaves can be turned into "black gold" for the garden. They make great soil-enriching compost or a protective mulch.
National Gardening	Improving Clay Soil If your garden has heavy clay soil, you know what a challenge it can pose to plants, not to mention gardeners. Heavy clay drains slowly, meaning it stays saturated longer after rain or irrigation.
National Gardening Jack Ruttle	Winter Salad Bowl No matter where you live a cold frame or tunnel greenhouse can put just-picked salads on the table through the coldest months.
National Gardening Ann Whitman	Making a Water Garden in a Tub To the uninitiated, water gardens seem complicated, expensive, and fussy. But many of the principles of gardening in water are the same as those for gardening in soil. If you can grow a tomato, you can grow a water lily.
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National Gardening Carrie Chalmers	Organic Matters Balance green with brown to maximize the benefits of soil amendments...
This Old House September 2007 Roger Cook	Fall Groundwork "This is prime time to prep your yard for the next growing season," says our landscape contractor.
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National Gardening	Growing Endive & Chicory In recent years gourmet European and Asian greens have gained popularity in this country. They add a spicy taste and an interesting texture to regular salads.