It’s summertime and the watering is easy! Or is it?
Garden Week Thirteen 7/3/2018 ### It’s summertime and the watering is easy! Or is it? “My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.” – Mitch Hedberg. With the summers heat coming on, it’s more important than ever to water the plants appropriately. Too much water can rot the root, ...
Garden Week Thirteen 7/3/2018
It’s summertime and the watering is easy! Or is it?
“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.” – Mitch Hedberg.
With the summers heat coming on, it’s more important than ever to water the plants appropriately. Too much water can rot the root, too little can destress the plants. Understanding the soils and its relationship with water can help us to maintain a healthy water balance for the plants and the health of the soil.
At the beginning of the season, we determined what type of soil was in the garden. Because we know our soil type, we can determine how much and how often to water.
Clay – is a greedy soil, which has lots of room for water, but doesn’t necessarily share water with the plants and restricts airflow. This is because clay soils have lots of pores...
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