Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Change is gonna come, weather we like it or not!
The only constant thing in life is change and that really follows us into the garden. Whether it’s change WE choose, the PLANT chooses, a hungry critter chooses or the weather!
And this Winter has been all over the place! With drought last year and sustained cold this winter along with mini stretches of really warm temps, we’ll have to see how it plays out in the garden. Snowfall and moisture levels will be interesting too. Some of you have had multiple feet of snow, while others… not so much!
With that said, if there’s a plant not performing to peak parameters you’ve set, well then, change it. PS, I am constantly changing my landscape! Sometimes because a plant isn’t working, sometimes because I just want to!
Learn your landscape!
- What are the sun/shade conditions required of the plant?
- Learn what your soil type is, clay sand or loam.
- What’s the pH of your soil?
- Check out your local County extension office for a soil test to get the most accurate results and recommendations of how to amend your soil. It’s well worth the dollars you’ll spend. University of MN Soil testing lab and University of Wisconsin soil testing
- Then apply the Master Gardener mantra: “Right Plant, Right Place”.
If you have no soil lab to send to, then purchase a kit at a local nursery or big box store. That will at least give you some basic numbers.
