Cultivate a Salad Garden

Six steps to growing your own dinner salad. Very easy to follow.
Click here to read: Cultivate a Salad Garden

Beauty and the Garden: Growing Veggies in Pots

This is one of the most simple guides I’ve read about container gardening.

Go HERE to read full article.

Herb gardens for beginners

Another great P. Allen Smith garden video.  This one is on growing herbs.

This video features expert advice such as

• type of soil
• how much sun
• fertilizing
• when to harvest

If you’re interested in planting your own herbs, watch this short but info-packed herb gardening vid.

Herb gardens for beginners

Another great P. Allen Smith garden vid.  This one is on growing herbs.

In this video, he’s giving some expert advice on growing herbs, such as

• type of soil
• how much sun
• fertilizing
• when to harvest

If you’re interested in planting your own herbs, watch this short but info-packed herb gardening vid.

Container garden video + plant gender

I love watching P. Allen Smith and his garden activities.

In this video, he’s putting together a late summer container garden. I like this vid because he explains how to match colors, how to pick soil and container size, and how to arrange the plants.

I’m not planning on putting together this specific container garden, but I use these vids to learn from.

If you notice, you’ll hear Smith calls plants “her” or “him”. Yes, plants do have genders. I learned this when talking to a Mexican co-worker one time. Let’s call her Maria (cuz that’s her name).

Maria loved gardening. She was telling me about her tomato plants, and miniature fig and lemon trees. During the conversation Maria kept say “Oh, he is jus so cute . . . blah, blah, blah, . . . and she really liiiika de suun.” I was so confused. I thought she switched the convo to talking about other co-workers instead of plants.

Finally I just had to ask her: “Who are you talking about?”

Her reply: “Miy fiih trree ju silly girl!”

Me: “O”

Maria: Big burst of laughter.

Me: “O” smile. blink-blink.

Anyway, hope this gardening vid is helpful.

Creative containers for plants

You have to see this cute container gardening idea. I wish I was creative in this way to come up with something like this.

Go HERE to see what I am talking about. Then let me know what you think.

June gardening check list

P. Allen Smith makes gardening look so easy.

He has come up with a list of garden things to do in June.

Check it out HERE.

Beyond Pesticides

Did you know there is an organization dedicated to rid the world of pesticides? There certainly is!

Beyond Pesticides helps find alternatives to pesticides. The organization also help shape local, state, and national pesticide policy too. They are watching out for our safety.

If you follow this link HERE, it will lead you to a page containing a map of the US. Click on your home state within the map to be directed to news stories, local organizations, school pesticide policies and more. This site is loaded with useful information. I hope you like it.

Home Depot Garden Home Club

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Become a member of Home Depot’s gardening club for some great members-only perks.

Get

• Coupons by email
• Gardening tips based on your geographical locations
• Access to gardening experts for all those gardening questions

Cost? Free!

Plant care guides

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Home Depot’s Plant Care Guide should be a beginner gardener’s BFF.

The guide has instructions on how to plant, grow, care for, and harvest many types of plants, including vegetables and herbs.

Go here, PLANT CARE GUIDES.

Kitchen Garden International: Best way to transplant veggie starts

Here is a very detailed explanation on how to get those veggie starts outdoors in the wild where they should be.

• expose it to the outside little by little over several days time
• transplant on a cloudy day if possible
• water it well on the day you plan to put it in the ground
• dig holes a little bit larger than the size of the plant and all the dirt that comes with it
• shore up the dirt around the plant
• make a shallow indentation around the plant so water will pool there
• water each plant after you put it in the ground

You will want to protect plants from too much sun until they adjust to it.

Click HERE to get a more detailed explanation.

The Little Garden That Could

This article, The Little Garden that Could, was written by Roger Doiron, the man who convinced the Obamas to plant a White House garden.

Reading the article may be inspirational as well as informative.

Mr. Doiron founded a non-profit Kitchen Gardeners International.
His website is a true asset to any gardener, beginner or seasoned.

You can even submit your photos and tips to his site to share with other gardeners.

Beauty & the Garden: Pillowpack Container Garden

This is a wonderful idea for container gardening. It’s super frugal!

You will need this:

You will also need some bubble wrap, a mylar emergency blanket (or heavy aluminum foil), and waterproof tape.

Plants are planted inside the bag of potting soil!

Get How-To instructions HERE.
A few drainage holes help too. Go HERE to read about that part.
 

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