Your Garden's Drainage
Good drainage is essential to planting a successful garden or landscape. Plants’ roots (and this goes for ALL plants) need oxygen. If plants are kept in an area that is continuously wet, the roots will be starved for oxygen and the plant(s) will eventually die. There are many different ways to improve the drainage around your yard and gardens. If you have potted plants or container gardens, make sure you have several drainage holes in the bottom of your pots. If you have ceramic pots, adding gravel or styrofoam peanuts in the bottom of the pot prior to adding planting mix will also help. Prior to planting your garden, you should till the soil well. This will loosen the soil and break up any large clods. The soil will be better able to drain this way than if it were left hard and compacted. Rototilling in between the rows of an already established garden not only removes weeds, but also increases drainage and encourage...