Organic soil
Hi, Can you tell me the best place to purchase organic soil for my vegetable garden? Would you recommend two different types of soils and how best should I go about having it dropped off at my home? Thx.…
Tag Archives: soil
What is the best potting soil mixture to use?
HI
what is the best potting soil to mixture for my
house plants such as geraniums
I see that they are not doing too well lately and I just wanted to know what is best for them
since they don’t…
Indoor Hibiscus
Hello, I’ve got 30 year old hibiscus plants. In recent years they appear to be very healthy (lot of green leaves) but rarely a flower. I rarely fertilize. They spend the summer months in the outdoors though protected from direct…
Adding Earthworms to Raised Beds
We’ve had 3 large (10′ x 3′ x 27″ high) planter boxes built and filled them with CIL Enriched Triple Mix and a thick layer of cedar mulch. I want to introduce some earthworms into the soil but given the…
Questions For Gardening
*When making a garden which soil brand do you recommend most?
*What is your climate zone?
*Which season is the best season to start planting?…
Small plants and shrubs that grow well under an old very big sugar maple tree
I live in Toronto on a ravin lot. I have a very big old maple tree that absorbs all the water and nutrition. Apart from Hostas not much is happy growing in this location. It has few hours of mid…
Drainage
Is there a way to add some kind of drainage to a low spot in our lawn, right beside a patio and a sidewalk. We cannot build up the area so it would have to be underground I think. It…
Repotting bamboo plants in soilless mix
I have some inside bamboo – not sure if it is true bamboo – probably ‘lucky’ bamboo? At the Home Show, the master gardener said to use a soil-less potting mix. I have been looking all over for this, without…
Sheet mulching grass in early April for May planting?
I have a small yard of patchy grass (14’x20′). I would like to convert it to just garden this year. It has been suggested that I cut up the sod and turn it over, but I’m looking for other ideas.…
Soil Analysis *
Hello, Please let me know where soil analysis is done near Mississauga. My lawn is weed infested, and I would like to know what kind of amendments are required. Also, what is the right way to collect a soil sample?…