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Getting Started with Gardening

With the increasing awareness of healthy living, people are turning to growing their own organic vegetables in their backyards. Backyard gardening has many advantages. Not only does it save money and provide a constant flow of fresh vegetables, but it’s also a source of recreation and physical exercise in relaxing environment and fresh air.

I found three specific elements essential to the perfect garden design. You need a focal point, hardscaping is important, and you need a color scheme.
Every garden is as unique as the person who plants it. If you want to try something new, do it! If you want to plant a hundred of this and none of that, go for it!
I'm an outdoor garden person. It's where my thumb shines the greenest. These five tips have helped me keep my houseplants happy and healthy.
Most of North America's soil has been damaged by poor agriculture and construction practices. Thankfully repairing damaged soil is not incredibly hard or expensive to accomplish.
Foraging has become quite trendy in the last few years. It is as old as life itself and not nearly as overwhelming as it can seem by the current trend.
Before you start digging, there are two key things you need to know to make sure your plants are successful in the garden - hardening off and transplanting.
There’s nothing like vegetables fresh from the garden, but not all of us have the time or energy it takes to stay on top of garden upkeep.
Hugelkultur involves building a raised bed that is filled with rotted wood. This wood acts as a sponge to hold moisture and it provides a home to beneficial insects.
Succession planting is basically growing one crop after another. It's easy in warm climates, but even those of us up in Maine can do it.
More people are turning to growing their own organic vegetables in their backyards. Setting up a veggie garden in your backyard has many advantages.
Learn neat tricks to improve your garden with items found at the grocery store. Grocery gardening is an inexpensive way to transform your garden.
There is often some confusion about what gardening zones and frost dates are. Also, things these tools don't tell you that are important to the gardener.
Galvanized bins make handy planters and they are pretty cool looking too. Best of all, this DIY project is one you can easily complete over a weekend.
Discover ways to vegetable garden in a small space. With a little creativity and ingenuity, you can provide food for your family even in the smallest of small spaces.
Not everyone has a full open area to grow their produce, but there are actually a lot of garden vegetables to grow in your shaded areas. Here are just a few.
Making your yard eco-friendly is a process, not an all-or-nothing imperative. Every improvement brings a benefit to the environment.
The human footprint on planet Earth continues to grow, but you can make a difference in your very own backyard. Create an eco-friendly yard and garden.
Tulips are also one of the easiest flowers to grow in your garden. Plant the bulb in fall and leave it alone to find great flowers in the spring.
Our Home & Garden Show is so much fun and now it the time of year they are popping up. Be successful at your next home and garden show with these 7 tips.
Sun Mapping is important so you know where to put your plants. This is critical for flowers as well as vegetables and other produce. Map out your sun.
Swales are an amazing permaculture implementation for your homestead - It's a designing system that work harder than you do.
There is much debate on whether or double digging is a good idea. May big-time gardening experts say you should, other say "no way! It destroys the soil!"
Trellises serve an important function in the garden. They can be completely utilitarian or they can be a work of art. A trellis for any price range.
It's time to think beyond nursery pots on the front porch. Container gardening can offer so much more. Make a statement with your containers.

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