Category Archives: Gardening Resources

How to Interpret a Soil Test

By Justin Keay [This article first appeared in The Gateway Gardener Winter 2019 issue and is part of a 3-part series on how to take a soil sample, receive a test report, and how to understand it and fertilize properly. Links to the other articles in the series can be found at the end of this article.] Having your soil

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Mailorder Gardening

By Barbara Perry Lawton (This article first appeared in The Gateway Gardener January/February 2007 issue) Do the following mailorder catalog companies bring to mind pleasant winter hours planning for a 2007 garden that will—of course—be the best and most beautiful garden you’ve ever had? Klehm’s Song Sparrow Farm and Nursery (13101 East Rye Road, Avalon, Wisconsin; www.songsparrow.com); Bluestone Perennials (7211

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