COMPOSTING IS KEY TO BUILDING SUSTAINABLE GARDENS

Krautter’s Korner

COMPOSTING IS KEY TO BUILDING SUSTAINABLE GARDENS

COMPOSTING IS KEY TO BUILDING SUSTAINABLE GARDENS

It is a crime to place our vegetable wastes into the garbage cans for incinerating along with the rest of our trash. By doing so we are going against Nature.

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KRAUTTER’S KORNER NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2016

KRAUTTER’S KORNER NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2016

Re-building at Sprainbrook Nursery GARDEN CALENDAR Read our weekly emails and try to follow our recommendations as we guide you through this year. Our timing steps are in chronological order

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The Advantage of Organically Grown Bedding Plants

The Advantage of Organically Grown Bedding Plants

By Al Krautter Most greenhouse operations have been taught to use peat-lite mixes shipped to them in bags to grow their plants. This is followed with recommendations of steady applications

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THE ORGANIC LAWN

THE ORGANIC LAWN

By Al Krautter It is important that you turn your whole yard to an organic approach because having only portions of your yard organic doesn’t work. My biggest fear is

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LEAF MOLD

LEAF MOLD

By Al Krautter This past fall I harvested 50 plus years of leaf mold that I composted in beds in the back fields of our Nursery in Westchester, NY. It

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KRAUTTER’S KORNER NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2016

KRAUTTER’S KORNER NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2016

OUR ORGANIC SOIL I know once again I will be able to grow the best annuals in Westchester because I am growing them in a rich, organic soil. I know

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Follow Proper Pruning Techniques

Follow Proper Pruning Techniques

by Douglas F. Welsh, Professor and Extension Horticulturist Everett Janne, Extension Landscape Horticulturist (deceased) Originally published at: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu Proper pruning enhances the beauty of almost any landscape tree and shrub, while improper

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Beginner’s Guide to Mulching

Beginner’s Guide to Mulching

Originally Published at: http://www.organicgardening.com The best time-saving measure a gardener can take is applying mulch. This goes for every garden site, from vegetable garden to flower bed. Mulched gardens are healthier,

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Early Spring Tips For Your Lawn

Originally Published at: lawncaresimplified.typepad.com Many grass types go dormant over the winter months. Eventually they wake up and lawn season begins anew.  A few days of warm weather and sunshine in

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Earthday / Perennials / Organic Vegtable Garden Lecture

Earthday / Perennials / Organic Vegtable Garden Lecture

This Saturday I will be lecturing in Eastchester at 10:00am on the Organic Vegetable Garden. The event is taking place at Eastchester Town Hall 40 Mill road off of route 22. It is

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