Rain pounds down, boots squelch, and your once-proud raised beds now resemble a vegetable-flavored swamp. Seeds vanish, roots ...

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A mound of compost with a hoe sticking out and a gardener's boots in the background - Annick Vanderschelden Photography/Getty Images So you've got your compost ready for the next gardening season.

Make potting mix with free materials and use it for seed starting, raised beds, and more. You can make your own potting mix at home using simple ingredients like compost, sand, and shredded leaves.

A lot of this comes down to a few myths that are passed down by neighbors, family, and well-meaning advice on the internet.

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Learn how to reuse potting soil effectively. One of the major components to see any type of outdoor garden flourish is the potting soil. And as any gardener knows, potting soil is not cheap.

After hundreds of years of development, Philadelphia has lost much of the organic matter, minerals, sand and clay that make up natural soil. Instead, underneath our feet is lots of "rubble, debris and ...