donsgreenstore.com » want http://www.donsgreenstore.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:05:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Want to get away? Take a day trip to White Lake for good golf and good food http://www.donsgreenstore.com/want-to-get-away-take-a-day-trip-to-white-lake-for-good-golf-and-good-food/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/want-to-get-away-take-a-day-trip-to-white-lake-for-good-golf-and-good-food/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:04:49 +0000 http://www.donsgreenstore.com/want-to-get-away-take-a-day-trip-to-white-lake-for-good-golf-and-good-food/ Want to get away? Take a day trip to White Lake for good golf and good food
Golfers in Bladen County have only one 18-hole option, but it’s a good one, as affordable as any course in the region and only a one-hour drive from Wilmington.

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]]> http://www.donsgreenstore.com/want-to-get-away-take-a-day-trip-to-white-lake-for-good-golf-and-good-food/feed/ 0 I want to paint an accent wall in my living room this shade of green, but? http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-paint-an-accent-wall-in-my-living-room-this-shade-of-green-but/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-paint-an-accent-wall-in-my-living-room-this-shade-of-green-but/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:03:26 +0000 http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-paint-an-accent-wall-in-my-living-room-this-shade-of-green-but/ I’m not sure what color to paint the other 3 walls? I’m afraid if I paint all the walls this color green it will be too much, so I thought an accent wall would be a safe way to go. Is that a bad idea? I’m going for a country style living room like the one in the picture. Any advice?

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]]> http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-paint-an-accent-wall-in-my-living-room-this-shade-of-green-but/feed/ 8 Want To Have The Most Successful and Productive Backyard Garden Ever? Plant These Mulching Tips! http://www.donsgreenstore.com/want-to-have-the-most-successful-and-productive-backyard-garden-ever-plant-these-mulching-tips/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/want-to-have-the-most-successful-and-productive-backyard-garden-ever-plant-these-mulching-tips/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:14:36 +0000 http://www.donsgreenstore.com/want-to-have-the-most-successful-and-productive-backyard-garden-ever-plant-these-mulching-tips/ Gardening is a most satisfying hobby and skill.  And, as with most hobbies and skills, there is always something to learn and something to improve.  Perhaps one of the most overlooked, yet one of the most beneficial things you can do for your backyard vegetable garden is to mulch.  Is the extra labor of mulching necessary?  What is “mulch” exactly?  And, what are the overall advantages of adding mulch to your garden?  Follow along in this article, for there is “mulch” to learn and glean!

Basically, mulch is a layer of organic matter that is used as a soil cover to preserve soil moisture, control weeds, and improve soil fertility.  You can create rich and fertile soil in your garden from unwanted plant materials, such as grass clippings, straw, leaves, etc., mixed with aged manure.  It is very important to used aged manure, as fresh manure may be too “hot” and literally “burn” your young plants.

The benefits of mulching your garden are numerous.  One advantage to mulching is that it helps conserve soil moisture by holding the moisture in and next to the plant.  By providing your plants with a constant water supply, your plants will be more robust and healthy, thereby producing tastier and bigger fruit!  Another obvious advantage of conserving water for your plants is if there is a drought or water shortage conditions.  You will have a decided advantage for your garden! In dry or arid climates, a thick mulch will help prevent soil erosion in the event of a wind storm or a sudden rain downpour.  In addition, mulching around your crops will help keep those pesky weeds at bay.  And if a weed does pop through, it is easily removed due to the moist earth underneath.  Also, a heavy mulch in garden aisles will keep those weeds down as well as provide a nice walkway and dry path after a spring or summer rain!  Mulch also helps improve the soil because an organic, not plastic, mulch will decay and compost right back into the soil and add back those essential nutrients which are being used up in the growing process.  Mulches also serve as wonderful and natural fertilizers, as well as cheap fertilizers since it is basically free to begin with!  And, if you have seen the prices of fertilizer at the garden supply store lately, cheap is a very good price!  Further, a nice, thick mulch helps maintain the correct and constant soil temperature needed by soil bacteria to do its stuff…that is, breaking down the plant and manure mulches in order for the proper nutrients to be released back into the soil.  Another wonderful benefit to mulching is that mulch helps prevent fruit rot of such plants as squash and melons, by keeping the fruit from direct contact with the soil.

As you can see, there are many benefits to mulching your vegetable garden.  So, is the extra labor of mulching necessary?  Well, if you want to start having the most successful and productive backyard garden ever, I don’t think there is “mulch” more to discuss!  By the way, if you would like further tips on where to obtain organic mulch ingredients, or gather other garden tips, please visit the links listed below.  A hearty “green” thumbs up to all and happy gardening!       

]]> http://www.donsgreenstore.com/want-to-have-the-most-successful-and-productive-backyard-garden-ever-plant-these-mulching-tips/feed/ 0 I want to repaint my olive green living room a golden/tan colour…do I need to prime the walls? http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-repaint-my-olive-green-living-room-a-goldentan-colour-do-i-need-to-prime-the-walls/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-repaint-my-olive-green-living-room-a-goldentan-colour-do-i-need-to-prime-the-walls/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:07:46 +0000 http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-repaint-my-olive-green-living-room-a-goldentan-colour-do-i-need-to-prime-the-walls/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-repaint-my-olive-green-living-room-a-goldentan-colour-do-i-need-to-prime-the-walls/feed/ 4 I want to start living green. What is the single most important thing that I need to start doing? http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-start-living-green-what-is-the-single-most-important-thing-that-i-need-to-start-doing/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-start-living-green-what-is-the-single-most-important-thing-that-i-need-to-start-doing/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:02:55 +0000 http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-start-living-green-what-is-the-single-most-important-thing-that-i-need-to-start-doing/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-start-living-green-what-is-the-single-most-important-thing-that-i-need-to-start-doing/feed/ 6 I want to take up gardening as a new hobby. Any tips? http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-take-up-gardening-as-a-new-hobby-any-tips/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-take-up-gardening-as-a-new-hobby-any-tips/#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 19:06:18 +0000 http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-take-up-gardening-as-a-new-hobby-any-tips/ So I’ve been thinking for a while and I’ve decided to want to plant flowers and other plants. Can someone give me some advice from experience in gardening? Thanks

]]> http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-take-up-gardening-as-a-new-hobby-any-tips/feed/ 4 Why do so many people not want to join green living,man? http://www.donsgreenstore.com/why-do-so-many-people-not-want-to-join-green-livingman/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/why-do-so-many-people-not-want-to-join-green-livingman/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 03:06:13 +0000 http://www.donsgreenstore.com/why-do-so-many-people-not-want-to-join-green-livingman/ I been living green for 40 years now man.Look how good i turned out

]]> http://www.donsgreenstore.com/why-do-so-many-people-not-want-to-join-green-livingman/feed/ 5 I want to set up a gardening business. Can you give any tips on makes a good gardener? http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-set-up-a-gardening-business-can-you-give-any-tips-on-makes-a-good-gardener/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-set-up-a-gardening-business-can-you-give-any-tips-on-makes-a-good-gardener/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 07:05:26 +0000 http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-set-up-a-gardening-business-can-you-give-any-tips-on-makes-a-good-gardener/ What can be improved? What problems do you have with your current guardeners?

]]> http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-set-up-a-gardening-business-can-you-give-any-tips-on-makes-a-good-gardener/feed/ 1 Do you need gardening tips? Want to know how to attract butterflies? http://www.donsgreenstore.com/do-you-need-gardening-tips-want-to-know-how-to-attract-butterflies/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/do-you-need-gardening-tips-want-to-know-how-to-attract-butterflies/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 07:05:24 +0000 http://www.donsgreenstore.com/do-you-need-gardening-tips-want-to-know-how-to-attract-butterflies/ CHEK OUT THE NEW YAHOO GROUP! LOCATED IN WISCONSIN! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/monroecountyseedplantexchange/

]]> http://www.donsgreenstore.com/do-you-need-gardening-tips-want-to-know-how-to-attract-butterflies/feed/ 3 I want to start a green living lifestyle, how do I start? http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-start-a-green-living-lifestyle-how-do-i-start/ http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-start-a-green-living-lifestyle-how-do-i-start/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:21:50 +0000 http://www.donsgreenstore.com/i-want-to-start-a-green-living-lifestyle-how-do-i-start/ Any links to websites for green living? ty!

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