I always seem to be picking up twigs, grass, leaves, etc., around the garden. It does give me a chance to see what is going on and fertilize as I make my rounds.
As I spoke with one of my garden center gurus last week, he explained to me that the liquids are fine but they last only two weeks. They are not as effective as a granular which goes into the soil over a much long period of time. This made sense to me, so I am going to try a different approach this year, granular and a quick shot of liquid fertilizer mostly for my acid loving plants. I have already done the granular around my Magnolia, Hydrangeas, Rhododendrums, Dogwood. and Yews. I will also mix up a potion of the liquid acid fertilizer and give them a shot of this. I hope I am not over medicating!
I think my soil is pretty good, being over 100 years old, I am still seeing old bulbs pop up every so often. In fact I just saw a plant that I cannot identify. My neighbor tells me that a real gardener used to live on this property. I feel her presence when one of these unplanted specimens appears.
I have a newer home that was built on this old property. It's is kind of spooky isn't it? Every so often I pull violets out of the front garden, but I don't think much about it since my old old house had thousands of violets. My former neighbor and I would put out garbage cans of violets and actually sell them at a garage sale. We were always surprised that people would buy something that would take over their life!
