Blog Entries Tagged: Garden Care
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Just like when you are building a home, when it comes to gardening, the foundation is paramount!

You can invest in the best seeds, with the perfect position for sunlight, and exactly enough watering. However, if your soil is not equipped to help your plants thrive, your gardening endeavours will fail. Soil is the literal bedrock of gardening, and more finicky than you might expect. Digging up some dirt won’t do your dreams justice. You need to be thoughtful and precise.

Here is how to give your garden a solid soil foundation:

First things first, you need to clear your garden beds of all debris. Live to Plant writes, “start by removing any debris from your garden bed — rocks, sticks, weeds, or old plant material. Weeds compete with your plants for…

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After this month’s big freeze, all of us faithful Calgarians were shocked out of summer. If you are anything like us here at Team Richter, it took some time to accept the fact that more snow was not coming. The snow melted quickly and we had absolutely beautiful weather, after all!

Summer has finally had the chance to slowly transition into fall. The leaves are turning crispy and orange, the grass is turning golden, and flowers everywhere are blooming for the last time.

If you didn’t pack up your garden after the last snowstorm, now is the time to do so.  Temperatures are going to begin dropping, and when that happens you need to be prepared. Garden care doesn’t end the moment the first flower blooms. It’s an ongoing project that, if done…

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