Gardening

Gardening in general, ideas, tips, gardening in the different seasons

Getting Ready for Spring Gardening

Spring revives our spirits & we in turn need to revive our gardens in spring. You might worry about the odd gust of cold wave that might still harm your garden which you have so religiously worked on for the spring. Do you follow? The best thing in such a scenario is to start some seeds inside your home. A soil less mixture is best to start the seeds & you would not have any problems finding it in any nursery close to you.

The important thing to be actually considered here is the space that each seed gets to grow. More >

Gardening Basics For Every Gardener

When you start a garden & want to make certain the garden stays in good shape, you will need a basic understanding of what to do.

In the beginning, you will have the rules of Mother Nature to guide you, working with the simple, natural requirements to nurture & give each plant in your garden the best chance to grow abundantly.

To learn all about the basics, “Gardening Made Easy”, available at our web site, is a comprehensive guide to help you be easily able to make a gorgeous, highly productive garden.

Here is a look at some of the gardening basics covered:

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Gardening – Where To Start – Choosing The Right Seeds For Your Garden

Seed selection can make or break your garden. If you select the wrong seeds you can end up with a very pitiful looking garden. What goes into choosing the right seeds?

If you are saving your seeds from you own plants you have a little more control over what plants the seeds come from. You will want to select plants that are hardy & contain a good number of blooms. Choosing seeds from a plant that is a little puny looking but with one or two very lovely blooms is not likely going to give you a plant that is hardy More >

A Gardeners Nightmare

Some people are blessed with green fingers. Others are blessed with a talent for murdering plants in cold blood, no matter how hard they attempt to nurture & tend. I fall into the second category, as if you had not already guessed.

You would think that, being a person of some limited capability with regard to gardening, I would live in a place consisting mostly of concrete with the occasional indestructible tree defying all my attempts at slaughter. Instead, I live in a garden which stretches the entire length of my house & is at least four times the width.

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