Aug
21
Filed Under (Flower Garden) by Weekend Gardener
kandi_ivy4 asked:

ok the other day i saw along my flower garden that the dirt was raised in a line along the whole thing now today i found it going through my entire vege garden is it a mole? and how do i get rid of it because it is destroying my gardens?

LucySD asked:

It’s choking out the plants and I cant get it stopped not even with hoeing and pulling.
violetki… I messed up I will know better next year.
I’ve killed all it around my garden and inside the fence with roundup.
I laid 6mil black plastic inbetween the beds and put mulch over that.
I really think I’m going to salvage what I can and dig out the dirt and lay down the fabric and just start over. New dirt will cost $60 to $80 but I’ll save more than that on my grocery bill . Beans are cheap and grow fast like cucumbers and squash

Jun
02
purrley asked:


Can you plant vegetables just into the ground or should you buy special dirt?
If the soil at your home is poisonous should you create a garden for vegetables with purchased dirt in a box with a base?
thanks in advance
sorry! goodness i assumed dirt and soil were one and the same.
things do grow on our SOIL but testing has shown it is poisonous and i dont want to eat infected vegetables from the SOIL/dirt

sammycoleman1964 asked:


Just finished digging a 10′ diameter flower garden (Dianthus varities) in our front yard. Uncertain what the
next step should be. Yep, this is a first for me. The soil appears to be in really good shape and removed all weeds and roots. Should I cover the bed with plastic and cut holes then plant the flowers? If so, after the flowers are planted, should I put something (bark perhaps?) on top of the plastic? Will the plastic provide too much moisture and destroy the roots of this particular flower? Do I need to mix potting soil with the dirt in my bed? Again, this is my first flower bed and I need instruction. Do you know anything about this particualr kind of flower? Your responses will be deeply appreciated.

P.S. I dont want to spend a fortune on upkeep. I live in central Kentucky. Thank you.

Apr
24
Filed Under (Flower Garden) by Weekend Gardener
k_artiaco asked:


I just put in some plants and blubs yesterday in my garden. Almost all of them are still under the dirt. Do I still put the mulch down now or do I wait until they pop up above the dirt? If I can put it down now, will the plants come through the mulch?