Before planting seeds or starts, I take a sheet of plywood and jump up and down on it to firm up the soil. Using a rake one can pull up the soil on the sloped edges to lightly cover seed I take a rock rake and firm the sloped edges by pounding the top of the rake head along the slopes. This fluffing and firming raises the plant beds vastly increasing air and increasing drainage.
Then there are obvious walkways and no one walks on the beds. No need to do the digging again. No worrying about too much water and rot. Just keep applying decomposed organic matter to the surface. I do this at least twice per year for my vegetable garden, once for ornamental plant beds. Hey, I am the laziest gardener there is! But answering questions I am quite the opposite! I feel that digging trenches around the base of my beds These trenches collect extra water, water drained from the bed away from the bed to the place of your choice.
If you have a major rain storm these trenches make a world of difference saving your beds, plants and walks. Trenches go hand in hand making super edges for one's lawn at the same time. Trenches are 6" deep and 6 " wide on average. I throw the extra soil up onto the plant bed. Usually before I add fresh mulch. Trenches are cleaned up a bit in the spring. Those who garden in raised beds would have no need to mound soil.
Like Save. CMK, I am going to assume that you are from a more arid region. Why Does My Basement Leak? First we should know how the house was built. Here in New Jersey most of the homes built from the 20th Century on have a concrete foundation.
Concrete is porous, it can absorb and retain water. There are two main types of concrete foundations, Concrete Block or poured concrete. Some of us still call them Cinder Blocks, although they are not made from ash or cinders that often. These walls are sealed with a tar like substance before the backfill occurs.
Most technically it is called damp-proofing. The tar is not permanent. It does not last forever. It is very similar to your roofing shingles. Snow melts, rain falls. Much of this moisture is pulled deeper into the frost line by gravity. Because this seepage is constantly moving beneath the frost line, you should expect water related problems year round. Times of extreme seepage occur usually in early spring and late fall. As gravity pulls the ground water deeper into the soil, it moves sideways following the slope of the surrounding areas.
Top soil will absorb some of the water but as rain continues to fall the absorbent layers become even more saturated and the water begins to follow the underground 'paths of least resistance' called Capillary Veins. Think of these Capillary Veins as underground streams of seeping water. As this water approaches your home it collects in the loosely packed soil that is pressing against your foundation. In the meantime, the undisturbed soil about 2 to 5 feet from your home is much more solid and is unable to percolate the ground water away fast enough causing it to rise around the foundation of your home.
As the water level continues to rise the weight of the water causes pressure to build Hydrostatic Pressure. This pressure forces water into settlement cracks in your home's foundation and sooner or later, into your basement.
What are the stages of water penetration? Stage 1: Dampness and wet spots appear, mold and mildew begins to form, efflorescence White crystal like powder appears discoloration of foundation and blistering paint.
Stage 2: Walls wet to the touch, small amounts of water and a combination of signs from stage 1. Stage 3: Water on your basement floor and a combination of signs from stages 1 and 2. Stage 4: Heavy water in your basement and a combination of stages 1, 2 and 3. If water is penetrating the foundation and entering the basement, these are times when a waterproofing company is needed.
Call a. The female flower will be distinguished by having a very small fruit at the end of the blossom and the male will not show this characteristic. Use of any insecticide should be done in the evening, so as not to harm any bees that are pollinating the flowers.
Flowers open in the morning and are ready for pollinating for only one day. Riverside County Master Gardeners. Author: Sally A Logan. Comments: 0. No Comments Posted. Share Print. Firm the soil with your hands. Water the seeds in well. Continue to water them from the surface until they germinate and have several sets of leaves.
Fill the pot with water. Water drains slowly from the drain holes around the bottom of the pot -- most nursery pots have one in the center of the bottom and four around the outer edge of the pot -- delivering water and nutrients to the established roots of the plants.
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