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Devine Gardens tomato collars

Tomato Collars

Put cut off buckets or pots around your tomato plants to shelter them from wind and keep them a little warmer at night. It makes watering them easier because you just water...

Tomato Collars

Put cut off buckets or pots around your tomato plants to shelter them from wind and keep them a little warmer at night. It makes watering them easier because you just water...

How to Buy Good Quality Compost

How to Buy Good Quality Compost

A local farm dumps manure/bedding in a field all winter long. In the spring there appears a sign "Free Compost". Don't be fooled. It may be free but it is...

How to Buy Good Quality Compost

A local farm dumps manure/bedding in a field all winter long. In the spring there appears a sign "Free Compost". Don't be fooled. It may be free but it is...

Soil Temperatures and Phenology Chart

Soil Temperatures and Phenology Chart

Soil temperatures are extremely important for seed germination. For example spinach seeds at 40 degrees take 23 days to germinate and only 12 days at 50 degrees. Green beans at...

Soil Temperatures and Phenology Chart

Soil temperatures are extremely important for seed germination. For example spinach seeds at 40 degrees take 23 days to germinate and only 12 days at 50 degrees. Green beans at...

Building a garden on a slope at Devine Gardens

What to Consider When Planning a Garden

Helpful things to consider when planning a garden.

What to Consider When Planning a Garden

Helpful things to consider when planning a garden.

Loving those compost temperatures

Loving those compost temperatures

It's also important not to let the compost temperatures get above 165 degrees because it could start a fire.

Loving those compost temperatures

It's also important not to let the compost temperatures get above 165 degrees because it could start a fire.

Purslane in the garden

Gardeners Don't Let Your Weeds Grow Up To Have ...

I recently read a post on Facebook encouraging gardeners to grow purslane in their gardens because it can be eaten. BAD IDEA!! Purslane is a weed that will take over...

Gardeners Don't Let Your Weeds Grow Up To Have ...

I recently read a post on Facebook encouraging gardeners to grow purslane in their gardens because it can be eaten. BAD IDEA!! Purslane is a weed that will take over...