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2. DIY Winter Gardening Projects: How to Make the Most of ... - AOL

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   By spring, you’ll have a natural fertilizer ready to enrich your soil. Keep Your Garden Thriving This Winter. Winter gardening doesn’t have to be dull. There are plenty of ways to keep things ...

3. French intensive gardening - Wikipedia

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   After the garden has been laid out, soil preparation is the next key aspect to consider for successful planting. Weeds and debris are removed from the beds and 3–4 inches of compost or manure is dug into the soil and left for a month in order to have nutrients spread around the soil; the process can be sped up by placing black or clear ...

4. Tillage - Wikipedia

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   However, conservation tillage delays warming of the soil due to the reduction of dark earth exposure to the warmth of the spring sun, thus delaying the planting of the next year's spring crop of corn. [10] No-till – plows, disks, et cetera are not used. Aims for 100% ground cover.

5. Lawn - Wikipedia

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   Early autumn, spring, and early summer are the primary seasons to seed, lay sod (turf), plant 'liners', or 'sprig' new lawns, when the soil is warmer and air cooler. Seeding is the least expensive, but may take longer for the lawn to be established. Aerating just before planting/seeding may promote deeper root growth and thicker turf. [63]

6. Soil management - Wikipedia

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   Tilling the soil, or tillage, is the breaking of soil, such as with a plough or harrow, to prepare the soil for new seeds. Tillage systems vary in intensity and disturbance. Conventional tillage is the most intense tillage system and disturbs the deepest level of soils. At least 30% of plant residue remains on the soil surface in conservation ...

7. Gardening - Wikipedia

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   Plant domestication is seen as the birth of agriculture. However, it is arguably proceeded by a very long history of gardening wild plants. While the 12,000 year-old date is the commonly accepted timeline describing plant domestication, there is now evidence from the Ohalo II hunter-gatherer site showing earlier signs of disturbing the soil and cultivation of pre-domesticated crop species. [8]