Kathleen “Kathy” Love is an accomplished attorney in Albuquerque, New Mexico who practices with McGinn, Carpenter, Montoya & Love, PA, mainly in civil litigation cases. Outside of her professional responsibilities as an attorney, Kathy Love enjoys gardening in her leisure time. Gardening can be a relaxing and fulfilling outdoor leisure activity. For beginners, however, it can sometimes be difficult to know where to begin. Here are two quick and easy tips to help the novice gardener get off to a good start. Before planting, test the soil to determine its pH levels. This can often be done at a nearby nursery cooperative extension if your area has one. Home improvement stores often have kits you can use yourself if necessary. Once you know the content of your soil, be it alkaline or acidic, it’s time to make some decisions. If you’re set on certain plants that don’t favor your soil type, there are treatments available to make the area more receptive. If you don’t want to treat the soil, you can choose plants that tend to thrive in the type of dirt you have. Label your plants. If you aren’t familiar with how plants should look, they can often be hard to distinguish as they first begin to grow. Labeling your plants is an easy and effective way to differentiate them. This is especially important if certain plants require more specific care than others.
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Prior to beginning her successful law career, Albuquerque, New Mexico, attorney Kathleen "Kathy" Love earned her juris doctor at the DePaul University College of Law in 1995. In her law practice she litigates a broad range of civil and criminal cases. Outside of work, attorney Kathy Love enjoys traveling, music, camping, and gardening. Gardening can be a very relaxing hobby. However, growing flowers or vegetables may be a bit intimidating sometimes if you've only been gardening for a little while. There are a number of tips for novices that, once learned, will make gardening easier and increase your chances of success. The first tip is to create your own no-stick shovel. All you need to do is spray your favorite garden shovel with a Teflon or silicone lubricant. This will make shoveling easier and any type of soil will slip off the shovel, making clean up a snap. To achieve blemish-free roses, it's important after planting roses to prune them properly. This will keep the center of the flower open, which will allow the sunshine to penetrate deep between the petals. By carefully pruning your roses, you will be able to prevent black spots, and keep moisture out and keep other blights from occurring. It's also essential to protect your bulbs once they've been planted from bugs and other creatures from feasting on them. You can keep the pests out by putting a fine netting made just for this purpose over your bed of bulbs after fall planting. In the spring remove the netting, or you can simply cut holes in the material, letting the plants grow through. |
AuthorKathy Love, a partner at the civil practice McGinn, Carpenter, Montoya & Love, PA, defends individuals and families who have lost a loved one, or who have suffered a serious injury at the hands of large corporations, government, or hospitals. Archives
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