Deadheading
Deadhead your flowers What is deadheading ? Deadheading is removing dead or spent flowers off your plants. This keeps your flower bed fresh looking and well manicured throughout the…
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Category: GARDENING BASICS
Starting Seeds
Why start seeds indoors -Starting seeds indoors will extend the growing season in cooler climates. Some plants for example tomatoes, eggplant, basil and parsley require a longer growing…
Saving seeds
Saving seeds In growing a garden year after year, I find that I have accumulated many packages of garden seeds. Going through the inventory. Knowing that seeds don’t last forever, (well at…
Hanging Basket care
Hanging Basket care In spring many of us buy beautiful, blooming hanging baskets. They look great for a few weeks and then slowly start to fade; no longer looking like the ones we bought a…
HOW TO MAKE A PEBBLE TRAY
Most houseplants are tropical plants and require a humid environment to grow well indoors. A pebble tray is used during the winter to counter the dry indoor air and increase the much…
Plant grow lights
I have a grow light to start plants. I don’t remember how close the light should be to the plants. How close should the pots be to start seedlings and held over geraniums? Once the…
Container gardening
Container gardening offers a wide range of gardening possibilities especially for those enthusiastic gardeners with limited space. Any container can serve as a planter as long as it can…
Weeding the Garden
Weeding the garden In maintaining a garden, everyone knows that the real work is weeding. Why is it that “weeds” seem to grow faster, proliferate easier and not require any fertilizer or…
Growing seedlings
Each year I grow my own seedlings for my garden. I patiently wait for the time to arrive and promise myself that this year I will not plant as many varieties, just the right amount I need…