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 Compost The compost bins at Stonecrop
* Use Compost
* Plant Crops in Wide Beds
* Mulch
* Feed the Soil, not the Plants
* Share Something
* Be There