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• I've been a gardener since in my early twenties.
   Yes, I was a novice but we have to start
  somewhere right? I started by killing mint and
  basil.  I did try to grow them, but they
  constantly died.

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• A couple of years later, I figured out what I was
  doing wrong, what the heck was the small spidery
  pest that was attacking (and killing) my bonsai,
  why was my mint taking over the yard, what were
  the green small bugs eating my cilantro, and WHY
  was my cilantro always developing seeds so fast?

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•   I got a bit better at planting herbs in the
  tiny spaces I had in all the houses we occupied,
  and upgraded to vegetables and even cherry trees
  (that the moose thoroughly enjoyed even though I
  did not)

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• When we moved to Maryland all that experience was
  kicked into high gear as my   family got hit by
  ma unfortunate personal economic events.

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• When you only suddenly have money for your house,
  your car, the repairs for the  car and some of
  your bills and desperation hits in, well then
  you'll do anything to    fix it. For me it was to
  grow a garden and grow it big in a small space.

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• When we moved into our new house in North Pole,
  Alaska and the snow had melted I could tell the
  soil in our raised beds was pretty acidic.  We
  had a bad moss problem in them. However, whether
  it was because life was just really that chaotic
  then or I was just too trusting, I didn't test
  the soil in our raised beds

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•  I told myself and my husband that "a master
  gardener owned this house, she knew what she was
  doing, I don't need to test the soil, it'll be
  plenty fertile

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• By late May it became very obvious that our soil
  was seriously deficient in nitrogen, possibly a
  bit in phosphorous.  It was also extremely
  apparent that our soil was seriously acidic.
   Enough to compete with our garden in Maryland!
   Our moss (which we did not plant) thrived while
  our broccoli rave died.

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•  Our soil was very, very acidic. And yes, it was
  completed depleted of nitrogen which explained
  why our greens failed to thrive and why plants
  looked so yellow, and why the only thing that
  would grow was the moss.  

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• Too acidic, lacking too much nitrogen, lacking
  too much organic material.  All in all, not good.
   Just keep in mind, if you're a bit nervous or
  just don't want to test your soil yourself your
  local Cooperative Extension office should be able
  to do it for you.

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• So, now the game plan is to raise our nitrogen
  levels, lower the acidity, add much more organic
  material and add in some phosphorous.  

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• I have made a deal with one of the local coffee
  shops here that I frequent way too often.  I will
  stop by several times during the work week to
  pick up used coffee grounds.

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• These will help to increase nitrogen in our soil
  however there is a negative in this.  Coffee
  grounds are slightly acidic, Not what we need,
  more acidity.  
• So I'll have to use the coffee grounds in my
  compost and mix liberally with wood ash, lime or
  ground limestone.  Sometimes lime can be a bit
  too alkaline but at this point, my soil is so
  acidic I'm not overly concerned by it.
• I also have been making friends with horses.  Or
  at least their owners.  Horses produce, of
  course, a large amount of manure which is
  excellent for use in the garden.

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• This will help add organic material, add nitrogen
  and lower the overall PH to a more average level.
   We have a separate bin just for manure that
  later will be mixed into our compost pile of
  vegetable scraps, leaves, and grass clippings.
  The grass clipping of course will also add
  nitrogen back into our depleted soil.
• We also now are the proud owners of three rabbits
  that will make up our breeding stock for meat
  rabbits. Two are Californians, a buck and a doe
  and then we also have one New Zealand cross doe.
   As many gardeners know, rabbits make one of the
  most perfect manures.    

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• It's really sad you don't see more rabbit
  productions here in the US just because their
  manure is just so perfect for a garden. Not too
  high in nitrogen like chicken manure is. Chicken
  manure is extremely hot, while cow, sheep and
  horse are not quite as bad. Rabbit manure is
  actually considered a cold manure so it can be
  added directly into a garden.  A plus if you're
  want to use this now rather than waiting 5-7
  months for your horse, cow or sheep manure to
  compost!
• These amendments that we will be adding this
  Autumn will hopefully change our soil to a more
  alkaline, nitrogen rich soil.  But still we have
  the phosphorous deficiency to deal with.

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• To combat this we can use rock phosphate that we
  can buy from any greenhouse or big box store like
  Lowes.  The manure we are using will also help
  combat this and we're starting to try one other
  alternative "natural" method.  Human urine from
  the men in my family.
• They're not always on call but we do have a
  collection vessel for both of them to use which
  we then just simply dump into the garden.  This
  has been by far the most Unfavorite way by one of
  my men however the younger one of them thinks
  "it's super cool to go outside and pee on the
  yard"

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• These are all very natural, mostly organic ways
  to increased the fertility and organic material
  in our soil and I'm sure by the next year and
  definitely by the following year we will see a
  massive improvement!  I've said it before, and
  I'll say it again.  Growing a garden is not about
  growing a plant that will produce fruits or
  vegetables.  It's about producing healthy soil.
   If you have healthy soil, it'll do the work for
  you

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Landscape Maintenance Services

• Call Toll Free At - (336)
  771-7799
• For Other Information Get To Visit On Website
• https//www.newgarden.com

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