Gardening Basics
If you feel clueless about gardening, our Beginner Gardening Primer will help you unearth the mystery behind the home garden. First we assemble our cast of characters, the seven elements of a successful garden. Next we explore the mystique of the home garden as we examine a successful garden plot.
Pruning is a way to keep the plant in your garden in their proper place, but also necessary to prevent our cultivars from growing wild again. A good Annual or Seasonal Pruning a measure we have to take.
Here are the basics of Raised Bed Gardening with links to our articles about Lasagna and Layered Gardening
Finally, we raise the curtain to introduce our crew of basic gardening tools.
Biological sound gardening is important not only for the environment but for the garden as a whole. Think about a good Composting process or the Control over your vegetable garden
We spends some time discussing Seedlings and Tree Seedlings. It's great to see an Annual Grow from seed into a plant. But its overwhelming and nostalgic to see a tree seedling grow from seed to a beautiful full grown tree.
To illustrate in my parents garden there grows a big Chesnutt tree. It has grown from a chestnut I picked up the last time I was at my grandfathers house, about 1 week before he passed away. As a little boy of 9 I tended and defended the tree with my life. Now I'm 50, both my parents are alive as well as the tree. It may sound silly for a man of 50 to say but I always have the feeling that the tree is l taking care of things. That tree is very important to me.
And in fall Lawn Aeration is what keeps us busy.
Nutrients and Sunlight and Water is what keep your plants healthy. Nature supplies enough organic "waste" products to keep all growing plants, bushes and trees happy. In our garden the situation is different therefore we use Fertilizers, Organic or Inorganic
In fact, we think you'll find our Beginner Gardening Primer so helpful that its worth a repeat performance so we've added it to our free pdf library for you to download and save or print as a handy reference.
Another gardening basic is choosing the right plants. Along with finding varieties that are right for your climate, putting them in the right spot is crucial to growing a successful garden.
Once you've chosen plants, you'll want to know the best methods to plant them. Learn how to find the best resources for flower seed packets, seed mats, bulk flower seeds, and catalogue sales and the differences between planting seeds, bulbs, and transplants.
When you have a handle on gardening basics, be sure to stop by Gardening-Guides How to Grow section to pick up the fine points on growing annual and perennial flowers, fruits, vegetables, and herbs.
John Erskine said, "I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden." Start your gardening ideas growing by using the links below or see plants Plants A to Z to find specific information on your favorite plants and solve the mystery of growing your garden!
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