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Although it can feel like it’s all up to the luck of the draw, to successfully grow a garden, it takes a little more than chance. For optimal growth, it’s important to find the best location for sun ...

I’ve said it before, the foundation of any successful garden starts with quality soil or media. This applies to whether you’re growing in the ground, raised beds, containers, DIY structures, etc. Any ...

To be a successful gardener, one needs to have a basic understanding of the soil which you are tending, as well the factors which affect the fertility, pH and quality of the soil. This is the case ...

Stop blaming the weather or your seeds. If your garden keeps failing year after year, the soil is almost certainly the ...