- How to maintain your garden
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- Kristin Schleiter , Gardening Editor
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Kristin Schleiter
Gardening Editor
Every gardener needs a few tools, and a few tricks to keep their plants and flowers growing and blooming. Here are the basics from gardening editor Kristin Schleiter on how to maintain your garden.
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How to maintain your garden
Removing Weeds- Grab the weed at its base as close to the soil line as possible and pull.
- Be sure to remove the entire weed including the root.
- Place the weeds in your garden bucket.
- You can also use your trowel to dig out the weeds.
- Removing weeds allows all the water and nutrients to go to the plants you want in your garden.
- Using chemicals to remove weeds can kill plants you want in your garden as well as get into your water.
Deadheading- The more you deadhead the more blooms you get
- Locate the spent flower and follow the stem to where there is a natural break.
- Either pinch it off with your fingers or use your pruners to remove.
- Only remove flowers that are dying. Leave the flowers that are in bloom.
Staking- Staking is used to control plants in your garden that are getting too big for their space.
- Use bamboo stakes for anything with a strong central stem. (Lilies, dahlias)
- Use a link stake to create a short little fence for plants that are sprawling too much.
- Select the stem you want to stake with your bamboo and place the stake in the ground close to the base.
- Secure the stem to the bamboo stake with your twine. (Don’t tie it too tight.)
- To use the link stake simply gather the plant you want to fence in and place the link stake in the ground to where the plant is at your desired height.
- Place a second link stake in the ground and attach to the first stake by inserting the hook into the loop.
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How to maintain your garden
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