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submitted 3 months ago by TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world
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I thought this would be a fun but useful post.

If you had one piece of advice for gardening, what would it be? Like that one thing your discovered or learned that to your results to the next level.

Mine: Mulch your fruit trees well. This will help retain moisture and also keep grass and weeds from popping up which could compete with the tree for nutrients.

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[โ€“] ValenThyme@reddthat.com 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

they make 'dirt knives' that work way better than a spade for me most of the time. Especially if you got rocks. I have bent and broken a dozen spades but the dirt knife is like a spade+crowbar you can be rough as you like with it it cuts the dirt!

[โ€“] ThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Love a solid hori-hori, but I've also broken a handful doing dumb stuff. My current daily driver hooks to the left a bit