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They will provide you with information about what grows well here, how to do soil tests which are still only 5$, diagnose plant diseases and pests, provide free pamphlets, and in the spring they have master gardeners fielding telephones for peoples garden questions.

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Beecrofter
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If I were you I'd try and minimize lawn as much as possible by planting wildflowers. Wildflower seed can be gotten by the pound online for less than $35 which should be enough to cover your land unless you have a huge site. Plan out a mixture of lawn and wildflowers such that the grass has easy turns for your lawn mower and use the lawn as walk ways through your garden. In your wildflower sections, follow the instructions for spring planting, plant the seeds on the fresh soil (you're not suppose to till it much), then plant grass seeds in the grass areas, and let everything grow. The nice thing about having grass walkways to contain the wildflowers is that it will look like a planned garden so you'll get less complaints from neighbors thinking you're just growing a bunch of weeds. Make sure you have grass pathways by the property lines with your neighbors too.

If you're into herbs, perennials, annuals, bushes, etc., set aside land for that as well. You might want to start small and find out what you like and what grows well in your location. Gardens take years to grow and as the years go by and you get a feel for the light and location, you can make changes to suit your vision. The nice thing about wildflowers is that they're pretty resilient and they can look magnificent the first year and, unlike annuals, you don't have to plant each flower individually. Just spread the seeds, water, weed a little, and hope for rain in Spring.

And don't forget trees. All gardens should have trees. If you plan to live there awhile, trees take a long time to grow if you plant them from seedlings and you may as well get a couple started ASAP.

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Mark Anderson

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