Entries from May 2007

May 25, 2007

Dwarf Fruit Trees

Dwarf fruit trees have become a popular addition to the modern landscape. In a Morning Call blog post, Fruit Trees for the Backyard, Karen offers the Morning Call reader some suggestions about the types of fruit trees to plant in their Palmer Township front yard, but planting of dwarf fruit trees is not one [...]

May 16, 2007

Mushroom Soil

Mushroom soil which is the soil that is a byproduct of the Mushroom factories, is a dark nitrogen rich soil that I use in my garden by tilling it in at the beginning of the year.  The Mennonite farmers around Berks County, PA frequently spread it over their fields to act as a [...]

May 3, 2007

Ratios of Grass Seed in Patch Perfect

FYI:The grass seed ratios as well as other ingredients of Patch Perfect grass seed are listed below as read from the label on the back of my bag of Patch Perfect.

Evening Shade Perennial Ryegrass 12.33%

FA-155 Tall fescue 12.21%

Baron Kentucky Bluegrass 1.41%

Boreal Fine Fescue 1.39%

Other crop seed .87%
Weed seed 0%

Inert Matter 71.79%

Which is 42.87% Terra-Mulch® and [...]