Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 10, 2012
We spent the past weekend yanking weeds, trimming the edges, spreading mulch, and sprucing up our front yard landscaping. In place of wood chips, we buy leaf compost from our township. It has been a problem area ever since we re-did our landscaping in 2007. While plants in other areas of the landscape have flourished.
Family Balance Sheet
MARCH 13, 2012
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. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook.
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Family Balance Sheet
MAY 10, 2011
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. Let us know in the comments.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 17, 2012
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. become a fan and 'like' FBS on Facebook. We spent this past weekend, cleaning up my square foot garden. My old soil was hard, cakey, and extremely weedy.
Saving With Shellie
AUGUST 1, 2012
You may have a dedicated space where you grow food, but if you don’t, keep reading because the information here also applies to edible landscaping and container gardening. Some offer resources such as seeds, plants and compost in return for your willingness to share what you grow with friends, neighbors or the local soup kitchen.
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