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Garden guides
Short reads on the problem behind the number: why a bed sank, when to plant, how much to buy. Each guide comes with a printable checklist and a link to its tool.
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📘 16 guidesSoil and mulch guidesShort reads on the soil and mulch problems behind the numbers: beds that sink, and whether bags or a bulk load cost less. Each has a checklist and a link to the tool.See the guides 
📘 2 guidesBeds guidesShort reads on building and planning raised beds, each with a checklist and a link to the tool.See the guides 
📘 20 guidesZones guidesWhat your hardiness zone measures, what it leaves out, and why many zones moved on the 2023 map. Each guide has a checklist and a link to the zone finder.See the guides 
📘 2 guidesContainers guidesWhat to do with potted plants in winter: bury them, group them or move them to the garage, and why a pot needs a plant hardy two zones colder. Each guide has a checklist and a link to the tools.See the guides
16 guides
Soil and mulch guides
- Bags or bulk: when a cubic yard delivery is cheaper
- Fall compost bin reset: empty the finished compost, then rebuild with leaves
- What to do with fall leaves in the garden: shred them into mulch
- How to fill a tall raised bed without buying 2 yards of soil
- A plain gravel garden path: how deep, how much edging, how many bags
- Gravel priced by the ton: how many cubic yards you're getting
- How deep should mulch be? The extension depths, material by material
- How deep to dig for a paver patio: paver, sand and gravel added up
- How many tomato plants fit in a 4 x 8 raised bed
- How much compost should you add each year?
- How much mulch for a tree ring? Width, depth and the bag count
- Quarts, liters and cubic feet on a soil bag: turning any label into cubic feet
- Raised bed soil sank after a month: why, and how much to top up
- Square feet vs cubic feet: how to turn a garden bed into a bag count
- Do you need new mulch this year? Measure the old layer first
- Turning a patch of lawn into a garden bed this fall
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Beds guides
20 guides
Zones guides
- It froze after the last frost date: how to read the odds
- One corner of the yard frosts first: find and fix a frost pocket
- How deep to mulch garlic in cold zones, and when to pull the mulch back
- How many bulbs per square foot: tulips, daffodils and crocus
- How many garlic cloves for a bed, and how many heads or pounds to buy
- How to read a plant tag: zones, sun hours, size and spacing
- Microclimates in one yard: find the warm and cold spots
- The tag says zone 7 and you're in zone 6: what you can do
- Bulbs still in the bag and the ground is about to freeze
- Can you plant onions in the fall? It depends on how far south you are
- Do garlic cloves need pre-chilling in zones 8 to 10?
- Pre-chilling tulip bulbs for a warm winter
- What your USDA zone does and doesn't tell you
- When to plant garlic in zones 3 to 5: one to two weeks after the first frost
- When to plant garlic in zones 6 to 7, read from your frost date
- When to plant garlic in zones 8 to 10: fall, ahead of the first frost
- When to plant tulip bulbs in zones 3 to 5
- When to plant tulip bulbs in zones 6 to 7
- When to plant tulip bulbs in zones 8 to 10
- Zone vs frost date: two different numbers for one garden
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