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The Seven Habits of Highly Successful Gardeners

Or is it The Seven Pillars of Horticultural Wisdom, or the Ten All-time Top Garden Tips?

As everyone’s resolutions remind us, something there is that loves a number attached to advice, a number smaller than the one I regard as most realistic: The Twenty Three Thousand, Four Hundred and Sixty Two Things It’s Important to Remember Before Getting Out of Bed.

So be warned. I haven’t really honed it down to only seven; these are just the first seven essentials that came to mind when I decided to do this. And not in order, either. (details after the jump)

* Make Compostcompost-bins-at-stonecrop The compost bins at Stonecrop

* Use Compost

* Plant Crops in Wide Beds

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