Tomato Dirt Newsletter
Volume 15, Number 19

Dear Tomato Dirt reader,

Welcome back to Tomato Dirt! A couple times a month, we’ll send you this newsletter packed with tips about growing tomatoes and using them.

Plant Flowering Bulbs NOW for Spring Color

As you clear out your vegetable garden to get ready for next season, take one more step for a wonderful spring…

Plant flowering bulbs .

You’ll add beautiful color to your garden with low effort.

Plus, you can attract early pollinators – very useful – and enhance your garden with reliable blooms from late winter through summer.

And low-maintenance flowering bulbs are self-sufficient.

Plant them in gardens, containers, or even lawns.

Browse these gorgeous selections now. .

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FEATURE: The Best Time of Year to Clear Out the Vegetable Garden Is …

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The best time of year to clear a vegetable garden is fall.

There are good reasons for that.

And there are easy ways to go about it.

Fall is best because you can prevent disease next year.

By removing diseased plant debris from the garden, you reduce sources of infection for the next growing season.

Plus, by clearing out your garden now, you can control pests and future weeds.

But most importantly, by clearing out your garden in the fall, you have an amazing opportunity to ...

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Start a compost bin this fall (or any time of the year)

And you don’t need to pay top dollar for this amazing soil enricher. You can create your own compost right in your backyard using simple kitchen and garden refuse.

The best way to do that is by using a compost bin.

Building and maintaining a compost pile is the surest, easiest way to become a better gardener. And it’s great for the environment.

Not only will you be producing the best possible food for your garden, but by watching leaves, eggshells, orange rinds, and grass clippings become transformed into rich compost filled with earthworms and other soil creatures, you'll help reuse resources that you might otherwise throw away. Check out different kinds of compost bin models offered to Tomato Dirt readers from our friends at Burpee’s – and choose the one that works best for you.

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