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Have a Gardening Itch? Hereโ€™s What you Can Plant before Spring

Pre-Spring-Seed-Planting-for-Gardens
Good news! If you canโ€™t wait until spring to start your gardening in earnest, there are plenty of plants that are hearty enough to be planted in the winter months. This, of course, also depends on where exactly youโ€™re located in Utah. Itโ€™s critical to know which zone youโ€™re in (Zones 1 โ€“ 9) because [โ€ฆ]
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Keep Young, Vulnerable Trees from Freezing this Winter

Small tree winter protection
Whether you planted a young tree in the past few months or youโ€™re just worried about particularly vulnerable trees freezing this winter, there are things you should do right now to protect them. Count on The Dirt Bag to be your go-to resource for all things gardening year-round, and that includes during the coldest months. [โ€ฆ]
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Flowers that Bloom in Winter

Pink Christmas Rose Flowers Blooming in Winter
Already looking forward to your spring garden? You donโ€™t have to wait to enjoy pops of color in your yard because there are plenty of gorgeous flowers and plants that blossom in the winter months. Yes, itโ€™s important to transition your gardenโ€”and that includes proper mulch placementโ€”but these months donโ€™t have to be all prep [โ€ฆ]
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Prepare Your Garden for Winter

Winter Garden Preparation
A little preparation goes a long way, especially when it comes to transitioning your garden for the winter. Everybody needs a plan for this transition. Keep in mind that the winter months are really about cleaning out any beds and removing the last of summer crops and plants that arenโ€™t going to survive the winter [โ€ฆ]
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Terrifying Plants for the Haunting Season

Terrifying Plants for the Haunting Season
When we think about plants, we usually think about beautiful blossoms that bring pops of color and joy into our yard and lifeโ€”not scary carnivores that are better suited to horror movies. However, in the spirit of the haunting season, letโ€™s take a look at some of the more insidious plants from around the world. [โ€ฆ]
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Using Leaves for Mulch

Fall Leaves for Mulch
Fall is in the air and with it comes new seasonal tasks, such as raking up leaves and collecting fallen fruit from the summer harvest. Leaves can be a fantastic form of mulch, but itโ€™s not quite as easy as simply letting them sit where they fall. A lot of people think of raking leaves [โ€ฆ]
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Soil vs. Sand

Soil and Sand in Landscaping
Is your landscaping project better suited for sand, soil, or a combination of both? Ultimately, sand is a type of soil, as is peat, silt, loam, and clay. All of these soils are created when rocks are broken up, usually by natural forces like salts, wind, or water. Soil is actually a pretty broad definition, [โ€ฆ]
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Sod Myths Debunked

Learn About Sod
If youโ€™ve ever admired a neighborโ€™s flawless, lush, green yard, itโ€™s a good chance itโ€™s made of sod. Itโ€™s nearly impossible to achieve a perfect lawn with anything except sodโ€”which is why golf courses almost exclusively use sod. Sod can be a great way to get the yard of your dreams, but unfortunately, thereโ€™s a [โ€ฆ]
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Why Rocks are a Must-Have Landscape Design

Landscaping Rocks from The Dirt Bag
Itโ€™s rare that such a stunning landscape material is both completely natural andโ€”relatively speakingโ€”affordable. Rocks as a landscaping design are far from a short-lived trend, and they fit with any style of home, existing landscape design, or region. For those who prefer their yards to look a little more natural and serve as an oasis [โ€ฆ]
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What Should You Compostโ€”and What Should You Avoid?

Compost Supplier West Jordan, Utah
If you really want to decrease your carbon footprint, a great way to do so is by creating your own compost from food and yard scraps. However, itโ€™s virtually impossible for home-based compost to have the right makeup and quantity for all your composting needsโ€”instead, think of home composting as a supplement to the high-quality [โ€ฆ]
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