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proves drainage and gives an earlier start in areas with cold, wet soil.
• If your asparagus bed’s pH is too low, you can apply lime or wood ashes. To find out how much, test your soil through the Extension Service. The ideal pH for asparagus is 6.0 to 6.8.
• If you want to raise fruit in your garden, try grapes, raspberries, or strawberries. It is much less difficult to succeed with them than with tree fruits, and you’ll get much faster results.
• Ever wonder why apricots don’t set much fruit in Virginia? It is because of the warm days in February or March that encourage the apricot' to break dormancy and bloom — only to be followed by more freezing weather that kills the developing fruit.
• Native chestnuts cannot be grown because of their susceptibility to blight. If you would like to have chestnuts, plant the grafted Chinese varieties such as Crane, Nanking, or Orrin. These are fine trees for the landscape and will produce nuts within 3 to 4 years after they are planted.
• Don’t overexert those underworked winter muscles as you begin spring gardening. Bend at the knees and lift with your legs, not your back.
• A good salt substitute for anyone who wants to restrict sodium intake is a blending of equal parts of dried basil, dill, lemon balm, marjoram, mint, parsley, rosemary, and thyme, with a few dashes of Hungarian paprika.
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