Posts tagged soil amendment
Ep. 118- The Perennial Garden: Preparing Soil and Planting
Ep. 118- The Perennial Garden: Preparing Soil and Planting

This week Nathan continues his discussion on the perennial garden! The most important thing you can do for your perennial plants is to provide them with an amazing soil before you even plant them! Perennials will be garden tenants for years

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Compost, Perennials, Planting, Plants, TechniquesNathan Wilsonperennial garden, planting perennial, planting perennials, soil amendment, compost, organic matter, manure, leaves, mushroom compost, double diggingComment
Ep. 80- 6 Steps to A New Landscape (Part 2)
Ep. 80- 6 Steps to A New Landscape (Part 2)

In this week's episode, the fun begins! Nathan continues his six steps to a new landscape and we start to plant! Preparing the site is a critical step before planting. Making sure weeds are cleared, removing obstructions, amending the soil, and

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Compost, Design, Garden Design, Philosophy, Planting, Plant Disease, Plants, Techniques, Tools and EquipmentNathan Wilsonweeds, planting, pre-emergent, soil amendment, soft soil, trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, screening, screen, hedges, fertilizer, fertilizing, mulch, pinestraw, mulching, water, wateringComment
Ep. 70- Shasta Daisy, Slugs and Snails, Mummy Berry, and Poison Ivy
Ep. 70- Shasta Daisy, Slugs and Snails, Mummy Berry, and Poison Ivy

Another week of garden problems but Nathan's got solutions for you! After describing a classic but irresistible perennial plant called Shasta Daisy, Nathan jumps to the mailbag and answers questions concerning everything from dealing

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Flowers., Fruit Trees, Insects, Pesticides, Plant Disease, Plants, Podcast, Q&A, TechniquesNathan Wilsondaisy, shasta daisy, mums, garden mum, chrysanthemum, leucanthemum, dendranthemum, slugs, snails, beer, iron phosphate, mummy berry, blueberry, fungus, fungicide, mulch, soil, soil amendment, soil conditioner, poison ivy, herbicide, grass, meadow, wildflower meadow, weedsComment
Ep. 63- Improving Soil, Planting Tomatoes, Azalea Lacebug, and Summerizing Houseplants
Ep. 63- Improving Soil, Planting Tomatoes, Azalea Lacebug, and Summerizing Houseplants

This week Nathan tackles a few topics that will make your garden the best it's ever been! He starts by going on a garden rant about builders and their "good dirt".--which isn't very good for gardening. Nathan tells you different ways to improve

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Houseplants, Vegetable Gardening, Techniques, Propagation, Podcast, Plants, Plant Disease, Pesticides, InsectsNathan Wilsonpest, lacebug, azalea, houseplants, ferns, Boston Fern, Kimberly Queen Fern, Macho Fern, tomato, compost, manure, soil, soil amendment, builders, houseComment
Half Episode 60- Creating and Maintaining Annual Beds
Half Episode 60- Creating and Maintaining Annual Beds

Continuing his talk on annual flowers, in this half episode, Nathan walks you through starting an annual flower bed, planting it, and maintaining it throughout the season. If you want a stellar flower bed this year, be sure to take notes and put them into action!

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Flowers., Design, Planting, Plants, PodcastNathan Wilsonannual plants, flowers, vegetables, building flower bed, flower bed, fertilizing, petunias, impatients, soil amendment, manure, compost, weeding, feedingComment
Half Episode 56: Creating a Sense of Place
Half Episode 56: Creating a Sense of Place

Welcome to New Southern Garden's first half-episode! These new bonus episodes are meant to keep you engaged in your garden during the week! During this half-episode, Nathan expands upon topics from the previous show to give you more detail and also talks a bit about the importance of creating a sense of place in your space. Join us

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Lawn, Philosophy, Planting, Plants, Podcast, Propagation, Techniques, Q&ANathan Wilsonlawn, overseeding, soil, soil amendment, spring, gardenia, propagation, plant propagation, sense of place, place, garden, gardeningComment
Ep. 56- Lying Landscapers, Soil Amendment, Fescue Overseeding, and Gardenia Cuttings
Ep. 56- Lying Landscapers, Soil Amendment, Fescue Overseeding, and Gardenia Cuttings

This week is Q&A Week! Your questions, our answers. Your problems, our solutions! First Nathan rants about landscapers who are trying to scam ya! Be careful when dealing with these so-called "landscapers." Maggie asks if she should add soil amendment to her planting hole. Carl wants to over seed his fescue lawn this spring and Jenny wants

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Lawn, Planting, Plants, Podcast, Propagation, Q&A, TechniquesNathan Wilsongardenia, propagation, plant, soil, soil amendment, planting, lawn, seed, overseeding, fescue, bermuda lawn, landscapersComment