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Promises,
Promises...
Each year at this time we publish a list
of New Year's resolutions just for gardeners. This year we took a
hard look at last year's resolutions with an eye toward updating
them. Interestingly we couldn't find anything that needed
changing. First of all, despite your best intentions, you
probably won't succeed at all of these. And even if you did
you'll want to keep up the good work for another year anyway.
New Year's
Resolutions
for Gardeners in 2006
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Keep a
Gardening Journal
Don't keep putting this off
as you wait for a perfectly cute "coffee table" journal
to fall in your lap. Get a cheap spiral-bound notebook
and start taking notes. Write down the weather, soil,
and plant conditions on different days. Make notes about
what's working for you and what's not. With any luck
your new note-taking habit will become an integral part
of your everyday gardening routine. This will make you a
better gardener.
- Start
Something From Seed
Seed starting can humble any
gardener but it is so rewarding to take your little
seedlings out into the big garden world and see them
thrive. So, use some of your
spare time this winter to prepare yourself an indoor
planting area and plan on starting some plants from
seed!
-
Extend Your Growing Season
Through the clever use of cold frames
and hot beds you can add many weeks to the front and back
end of your gardening season. Need some help? Read all
about it
right here...
-
Conserve Water
Without hurting your garden! A few
simple steps can dramatically reduce your water use and
improve the health of your lawn and garden. Drip
irrigation for your garden beds is inexpensive,
efficient, and saves you lots of extra work. Watering
during the early morning on hot days is another simple
step. Keep reading our newsletter and we'll give you
tips on watering all year long!
-
Grow Something Indoors
Gardening isn't just for the great
outdoors you know. There are all manner of interesting
and wonderful plants that can and should be grown indoors
as well. Whether it's herbs, tropicals, succulents, or
anything else that strikes your fancy find some time to
start growing them inside this year..
-
Teach A
Child About Gardening
Whether it's your own children,
grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or neighbors, take time
to teach them some small things about gardening. Get
them interested now and they may enjoy your hobby for
many years to come!
- Buy
Locally
We like gardening catalogs too but
we've also discovered that the best local nurseries are
more likely to sell us plants that may actually survive
our challenging growing conditions. They are also a
wellspring of great (and again, local) gardening
advice - a good supplement to the weekly advice you're
already getting from us.
- Plant
Something Where Nothing Has Been Planted Before
Is there a nook or corner in your yard or garden that is
begging for a shrub or some flowers? Make the most of
your landscape. Try planting in new places; areas that
have not been planted before, areas where the grass might
not be doing well or there is too much shade or too much
sun.
Unleash
your imagination and be creative.
- Tell
10 People About Savvygardener.com
OK, here is an easy challenge! Kevin and I would like
every one of our readers to
tell someone you know about Savvygardener.com! We are
very thankful for all the new subscribers that have been
referred by our readers but there are still some area
gardeners that haven't found us yet. Give them a nudge.
Here's an easy way to do it...
-
Have Fun
Really. If your gardening is more chore than fun then
you must be doing something wrong. We don't mean stop
gardening - just figure out what aspects of gardening you
really enjoy and figure out how to do more of them.
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Finally...
"The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead.
The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail
the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!"
~ Edward
Payson Powell |
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