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Recently I have been using some wood chips in my garden but not a heavy amount because I did not age them first. Now we hear about aging a lot and why it's important for wood chips is that young cut wood chips will take out some of your nitrogen in the garden the first year or two even. The wood chips suck up the nitrogen before it ages and then replaces it back to your trees. This is why I use a lot of steer manure on my trees to keep on putting that nitrogen back on the trees. Some people may not have this issue at first year of growth in their garden beds but when you notice a slower growth it's because of too many wood chips or lack of nitrogen. Why it's important to add compost to your beds and aged manures. This video explains it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbnoe1q8X9w The best thing you can do if you have chicken manure is add it to the wood chips---leave it open for 6 months allow it to age. Making homegrown compost can be done using worms as well---all t

I am talking to Polly about transplanting a tree and then I say to myself let me look it up maybe it's just me--and sure enough the Guava is not as easy as one would think. So many times we all think every plant is the same as another one but the reality is you must look them up. Every plant is not the same. The Bouganvilla is one of the most difficult to transplant it hates to be disturbed. When you buy one at a store buy the ten or fifteen gallon one it will cost you a bit more but it has a chance of living. The five gallon pots are very difficult I would give a estimate at 50% will die. This is how difficult they are. Most nursery people will tell you to just cut the bottom out to transplant and it will take a few years to establish. And you think really?? A few years?? The Guave hates it's roots to be distrubed as well I have noticed everytime I go to transplant one it goes into a long period of little growth and shock. You must be ready to move it into the new hole as soo

A question on no dig gardens and my response- No dig gardens doesn't have to be about cardboard it's really about composting the top of the soil so you no longer have the erosion from wind and loss of top soil. And you keep on adding to the top the soil with organic matter that breaks down and supplies the nutrients---all organic components help and matter greatly---sand, soil, mulch, leaves, twigs, fruit and veggie scraps, wood like cardboard, Peet, grass clippings, egg shells, coffee grinds all matter to the composter---AND WORMS !!!!!!!!! a must to make tunnels supply place for roots and oxygen along with adding nutrients and beneficial insects and bacteria to the soil---all of this matters ---

    Hi Nellie Gail Gardeners!   I know this gardening group has just recently become active again and I thought by creating this Blog,  each one of us will be able to share our own tips and tricks as well as useful information that we would like to share with each other.  This Blog can also serve as a database that we are able to use to easily search for information when we need it.  Please feel free to post anything that you feel would be helpful or interesting to our garden group.  To keep things running smoothly, please remember to follow these guidelines:  Make sure you have selected "Nellie Gail Garden Club" - located on the top left hand corner.  Find your name and the small arrow next to your name.  Click on the arrow and choose "Nellie Gail Garden Club" before you start your post. 1.  Please make a Title for your post (You will find this at the very top of the page when creating a new post). 2.  Please add a few relevant keywords to your post under &

          If you want to get a head start on your garden it's easy to cut the ends of some of these veggies and regrow them---here is a list Here are some of the common vegetables (and herbs) that you can re-grow from scraps: Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Onions, Garlic, Leeks and Shallots Celery Bulb Fennel Carrots, Turnips, Parsnips, Beets and Other Root Crops Lettuce, Bok Choi and Other Leafy Greens Cabbages Basil, Mint , Cilantro & Other Herbs Visit the link for more information: https://www.ruralsprout.com/regrow-vegetables/

Worm castings hold 2-3 times their weight in water. That means you water less and the pot will stay damper for a longer period. Worm castings will not burn your plants; unlike using any fresh raw manure (cow, horse, etc.)       https://rodaleinstitute.org/science/articles/vermicomposting-for-beginners/   https://www.allthingsorganic.com/blog/how-castings-help-drought