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financial investment. Take care of tools so they need not be replaced. Bring all your gardening tools inside. Clean them off. Use a stick to remove soil that is caked on. With a rag apply oil to the metal parts of tools to prevent rust. With proper care quality tools can last you a lifetime.
• If the soil is dry enough before the ground freezes, you can plow. Fall plowing allows earlier planting in the spring and is especially good for heavy soilB since they are exposed to the freezing and thawing action of winter which helps improve soil structure.
a Do not apply quick-acting fertilizers while tilling the soil during the fell. Otherwise, the nitrogen will leach away before spring. Materials which release nutrients slowly into the soil such as bone meal can be worked into the soil in the fall.
• Fall is an excellent time for taking soil samples in the lawn and garden. Soil tests will measure the acidity or alkalinity of the soil and the levels of some of the major elements required for plant growth — phosphorus, magnesium, and potas
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