Tips on Growing Melons
Summer means cantaloupes, honeydews, and watermelon. Plant them now to give ’em a good start.
Month: May 2019
SELECTING YOUR GARDEN SITE
If you’re a beginner, start small. You can always make the garden bed bigger if you are really crazy about gardening. If your interest wanes – or if some unexpected life event comes up that makes taking care of your garden difficult – then the garden is still manageable.
FERTILIZING THE PERENNIAL GARDEN (OR, FEED ‘EM AND REAP)
Unlike roses, which chug Miracle-Gro as if it were water, perennials don’t need a whole lot of extra fertilizer. In fact, if you give them too much fertilizer, perennials get leggy and tend to flop.
The Lowdown on Sod
The very nice thing about sod is that somebody else – specifically, a team of people who knows a LOT about growing grass – has prepared this grass for the last 14 to 18 months, seeding it, feeding it, and blasting every weed that even tries to show its spindly head. So basically you’re paying to have a professional’s lawn installed at your house.