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By DR. DIANE RELF Extension Environmental Horticulturist
As you settle down in a favorite chair to plan next year’s garden, there are two things that you can easily incorporate into your plans that will make a world of difference: water quality and water quantity. Planning now to take care of water for the growing season will save time and money later. Marking a calendar with the important action dates for your garden will be a valuable tool.
Keys to protecting
water quality
• Have your soil tested by Virginia Cooperative Extension (for more information visit our web site: http://www.ext.vt.edu) to determine if there is any need to fertilizer of pH change. And, if so, the appropriate amount and type to add.
• Plan to fertilize at the correct time so that the nutrients will be used by the plant instead of leached into the
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