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Creating a raised planting area may be the answer to your drainage problems. If your current planting goals involve sufficient water drainage, I am sure you are aware of how frustrating it is to have a yard that has soil that just won’t cooperate. A few plants can deal with the surplus water that occurs from existing in an area that doesn’t drain appropriately. In some cases, it might just prompt them to bloom more lushly. On the other hand, other plants don’t cope as well, and it will make them to die a ghastly, bloated death. You should always find out about the drainage necessary for every plant you purchase, and ensure that it will be appropriate for any of the areas you are considering planting it in.

In order to test how much water your chosen patch of soil will hold on to, dig a hole around ten inches deep. Fill it with water, and check back in a day when all the water had left. Fill it back up once more. If the 2nd hole full of water hasn’t drained off in 10 hours, your soil has a low saturation point. This means that when water soaks into it, it will stick around for a long time before dissipating. This is unacceptable for almost any plant, and you are going to have to do something to fix this situation if you want your plants to last.

The typical way for improving drainage in your plot is to build a raised bed. This entails making a border for a small bed, and adding sufficient soil and compost to it to boost it above the rest of the yard by at least 5 inches. You’ll be very surprised at how much your water drainage will be enhanced by this small modification. If you’re setting out to build a raised bed, your potential area is either on grass or on dirt. For each of these cases, you should build it to some extent differently.

If you desire to start a raised garden in a non grassy spot, you won’t have much difficulty. Just acquire some sort of border to retain the dirt you will be adding. I’ve found that there is not anything that works quite as good as a few two by fours. After you’ve formed the wall, you must put in the right amount soil and steer manure. Depending on amount of time you plan to wait before planting, you will possibly want to regulate the ratio to allow for any wasting away that may occur.

If you’re setting out to set up a raised bed where sod already exists, you will have a tad more difficult time. You will want to cut the sod around the perimeter of the garden, and flip it over. This may sound uncomplicated, but you will require something with a very sharp edge to trim the edges of the sod and get under it. Once you have turned it all upside down, it best to add a layer of straw to discourage the grass from growing back up. After the layer of straw, simply add all the soil and steer manure that a ordinary garden would require.

Planting your plants in your new spot shouldn’t present many problems. It is essentially the same procedure as your normal planting session. Make certain that the roots don’t extend too far into the first ground level. The whole point of setting up the raised bed is to keep the roots out of the soil which saturates easily. Having very long roots that extend that far totally destroys the project.

Once you have plants in your new bed, you’ll see an almost direct improvement. The added soil facilitates better root growth. Simultaneously, evaporation is prevented and decomposition is halted. All of these things added together makes for an ideal environment for almost any plant to grow in. So don’t be intimidated by the thought of adjusting the very topography of your yard. It is an uncomplicated task as I’m sure you’ve come to realize, and the long term results are gratifying to say the least.

Happy planting in your new raised planting area. I wish you prosperous crops or beautiful blossoms, whatever the case may be!

Judy Conway

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Is Your Garden Producing Weeds?

Author: Judy Conway

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As a grandparent involved in internet marketing I am taking the license to relate my home business with gardening. I hope you don’t mind!

When this time of the year rolls around my thoughts start to wander to spring time. I think about the types of flowers and vegetables I want to grow and where I will plant them.

It occurred to me today that we have other gardens in our lives. They don’t all exist on the outside in the sunshine. They don’t all involve fertile soil.

Some of our plantings are in our heads and involve our thoughts, visions and dreams. These are watered not by the rain or garden hose, but by our attitudes, love for others and hard work.

I think that when we have unkind thoughts about someone we have got to be producing some pretty ugly weeds! When we get involved with a project that in our hearts we know will not glorify God, we can rest be assured that we will produce some horrific vegetation. Maybe something along the lines of the Venus Fly Trap that will cause others to stumble.

I got to thinking about my internet marketing business. Let’s face it, there are a lot of scams out there. Being a grandparent in the midst of all this internet technology I am always trying to learn and be sure that I am not involved with something that will not be productive and beneficial.

I appreciate the pay it forward principle. There have been many people in this vast internet marketing industry that have given of their time and expertise to me. I want to be able to do the same.

About six months ago I was introduced to the Crazy Foxes Marketing Group. This is a remarkable group of leaders in the industry that are always there to help others. Success truly blooms in this group.

I have also become involved with Veretekk. Tom Pendergast and Mike Darling, the owners of this company, are always striving to make the systems better for the people in their programs. When you attend a meeting and listen to Tom there is never a doubt that he has a heart for God and the people in his company. Veretekk is making some awesome improvements and they have waived the fee to upgrade to Gold from a Silver membership until April 1st. This is a savings of $100.00. I have been in internet marketing for several years and am totally amazed at the services Veretekk provides us to become successful with our businesses. I must say at this point, if you are part of Veretekk you are going to have a celestial garden and produce good fruit!!

Veretekk provides video tutorials for all aspects of their many programs. I have never found myself wondering, “What do I do now”, where there hasn’t been a tutorial I could look at. They also provide live training.

I think it is important that we appreciate life for what it is without expectations of what we think it should be. Disappointment is inevitable but discouragement is a choice. We have the ability to rid our lives, inside and out, of ugly weeds. That way we will have more time to smell the roses!!

I wish you great success minus the weeds!

Judy Conway
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