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Planting and Maintenance

What is good garden hygiene and how does it help keep pests out of my garden?

Good garden hygiene consists of weeding, pruning, changing mulches, removing diseased plant material from the garden, sanitizing pruners and hands after contact with infected material, keeping the landscape around the garden tidy, and keeping up with the harvest. 

Garden hygiene helps prevent build up and spread of pests by limiting opportunities for the pests to multiply and do damage. Most importantly, it's keeping up with the harvest to prevent uninvited pests from eating the fruits of your labor before you do.
 

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I purchased some raised bed planters last March. When they arrived, I thought, "Nancy, what were you thinking?!";  I am a brown-thumbed lawyer with no time to tend a garden, and wasn't really sure I would be able to set the darned things up.  Well, I set the beds up in about 20 minutes (all three)! I have to admit, I only have one filled and planted, but I have raised a cherry tomato plant that is over six foot tall and nearly as wide as well as some bell peppers and a zucchini plant that are producing.  It has been a very fun project for me.  I may only get one bed up and operating per year, but at my age the years are zooming by anyway, so they'll all be up and running before I know it, right?

– Nancy B., San Diego, CA

I love my raised beds!  I ordered one and it worked out so well, I recently ordered two more. The boxes are beautiful, my first one even looks better than it did when it first arrived - the color has darkened to a lovely shade.  Also, I have never had such incredibly huge tomato plants.  Every one who sees them, asks me what I've done to make them so healthy.   I tell them it is the raised bed and fresh soil.  Your service is also excellent.

– Catherine F., Salinas, CA

I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful raised beds—they are beautiful and I could not be happier with them.  Your product and service are wonderful—all was signed, sealed and delivered in record time.  I did have my beds installed before Memorial Day just as you promised.  Thanks—I am very happy.

– Sharon A., Reno, NV