Attention gardeners! Four things you need to ease your time in the garden.

by Dave Christensen on August 16, 2008

1.  A clipper

There are all sorts of clippers out there.  I personally like Fiskars.  They are reliable and don’t break after the 5th use.   When gardening you need to be able to snip this and that at a moments notice, clipping off branches, dead heading, not good for clipping your finger nails.

2. Preen weed preventer

Use Preen faithfully in your flower gardens.  I generally apply it every 6 weeks.  If you apply preen to a garden with weeds in it, it will have no effect.   Preen is used to keep weeds from germinating.   I recommend that you groom up a garden and if you can till it up so that only black dirt is exposed.  Apply Preen, it does work after a few applications.  Use it on existing gardens to keep new weeds from germinating.   Though the Preen package says safe for all gardens, vegetables included I tend to question that as it is a powerful chemical.  Should you desire to know other ways to keep your vegetable gardens weed free contact me and we can discuss other options.

When I plant my perennials in pots, I always add Preen,  the perennials grow without the competition of weeds  growing along side.   Jennifer’s Hardware or Bagley Hardware Hank in Bagley is a good place to purchase this.  If you have more questions  call Perennial Paradise at (218) 766-3568.  Perennial Paradise is your Clearwater County MN garden center and I am here to help!

3. Bug spray

There is a ton of bug sprays out there.  I tend to spray bug spray on my clothes  rather than my skin.  The skin is our largest organ in our body.  It is very absorbent,  20 years down the road, I don’t want to hear from the doctor saying,  “You have too much DEET in your system!!

4. Miracle gro

Miracle gro is as the box states.  When you follow directions! It works well, when you don’t the plants die.

Share This Post
Fatal error: Call to undefined function wp23_related_posts() in /home2/perenni7/public_html/wp-content/themes/thesis/single.php on line 17