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Square Foot Gardening: Starting Over With New Soil

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Even though I amended the soil in my boxed garden with compost over the years, the majority of the soil was thick, heavy clay that made pulling root vegetables, like carrots, very difficult. The leaf compost was delivered on Friday morning and we started our projects by the afternoon and worked all weekend. Thanks for reading.

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How to Find Free or Low Cost Gardening Seminars

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A local nursery is hosting a Spring Open House over the next two weekend where they are offering seminars on seed starting, growing perennials, landscaping, chickens, and container gardening. Although if I remember correctly, the potato went into the compost; it got moldy before it sprouted. Thanks for reading.

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Square Foot Gardening: Spring Clean Up

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We spent Easter weekend sprucing up our front and back yard landscaping. I filled the box up with more leaf compost, because the soil had settled over the past year. My garden is ready for May 15, the last day of frost for my region. Thanks for reading. Thank you for supporting Family Balance Sheet!

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