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Food Gardening 101 It's a great treat to go shopping in your own garden to harvest fresh food. A small, well-tended garden can be just as productive as a large one that is ignored, so it is a good idea to start small and expand it as you need more space. |
National Gardening Lynn Ocone |
Planning a Vegetable Garden How to design and build a vegetable garden that really works |
This Old House March 27, 2001 Lynn Ocone |
Growing Perfect Tomatoes Treat yourself to one of the true pleasures of summer: your own homegrown tomatoes fresh from the vine... |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Second Harvest July is the perfect month to start thinking about the fall garden. Many of the vegetables you've enjoyed from the garden this spring and early summer can be grown and harvested this fall as well. |
National Gardening |
Corn: Planting Variations If you like experimenting, there are some variations on the basic planting methods you may want to try. |
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Maintaining a Vegetable Garden Healthy, vigorous vegetable plants produce the most flavorful and bountiful harvests. Give your garden plants the moisture and nutrients they need, and keep them weeded and harvested for tasty and nutritious crops. |
National Gardening Veronica Lorson Fowler |
Amazing Annual Vines These speedy climbers offer old-fashioned charm and quick landscape solutions |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Durable, Delectable Nasturtiums They're charming, easy, and good to eat, too |
National Gardening |
Getting Started with Container Gardening Here's a look at some of the benefits of container gardening and choosing the right containers for your plants. |
Seasoned Cooking June 2010 A.G. Coco |
Planting Flavor Setting up a container herb garden is without doubt a rewarding experience, and it may be something that you have an interest in trying for yourself. |
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Growing Onions As with most vegetables, you can start onions from seed in the garden. But many onions have relatively long growing seasons and onion seeds don't germinate quickly, so it's often better to start the crop another way. You can set out transplants, or you can plant "sets" (half-grown onions). |
National Gardening |
Amazing Annual Vines If you've been growing common vines, like morning glory and sweet peas, consider trying something new this year. Here are a few suggestions. |
National Gardening |
Planting and Care of Annual Flowers When it comes to cut flowers, it's hard to beat annuals for their sheer production and ease of growing. |
This Old House Jeanne Huber |
Succulents: Ideal Plants for Summer Succulents thrive where most plants would shrivel. Here's how their ability to go days without water makes them ideal garden staples for the sweltering days of summer. |
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Container Gardening 101 Today's condominium owners and apartment dwellers do not have to forsake gardening. In fact, they can create their own garden hideaway in small spaces. |
This Old House Jeanne Huber |
Planting in Pots Container gardens are a movable feast for the senses. Here's how to assemble and care for knockout combinations |
National Gardening Scott Millard |
A Chef's Garden At The Pointe Hilton Resort at Tapatio Cliffs in Phoenix, Arizona, the flowers you see along the walls may very well end up in your entree at dinner... Recipes from this premiere resort in Phoenix... |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Grow Space-Saving Tomatoes If you only have a small garden, there are varieties of tomatoes that will fit perfectly into the space. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Sunflower Seeds Can Harm Plants Sclerotinia fungal disease infects nearly 360 different plants, including such favorites as beans, cabbage, tomatoes, lettuce, sunflowers, petunias, zinnias, and poppies. It's not the kind of disease you want to encourage in the garden. |
National Gardening Ann Whitman |
Making a Water Garden in a Tub To the uninitiated, water gardens seem complicated, expensive, and fussy. But many of the principles of gardening in water are the same as those for gardening in soil. If you can grow a tomato, you can grow a water lily. |
National Gardening Patt Kasa |
Putting the Garden to Bed The short warm days and crisp nights of autumn trigger leaf color changes, and remind me it's time to clean up the garden. |
National Gardening Kim Haworth |
Confessions of a Plant Thief Cuttings are an excellent way to propagate most perennials. So if you see a plant that appeals to you, just nip off a 6-inch piece of stem for rooting. And once roots have formed, the little plant will begin to grow and form new leaves. |
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Annuals and Perennials for Containers Learn the differences between annuals and perennials, and use this guide for planting and caring for them in containers. |
National Gardening Robert Smaus |
The Water Garden The serene beauty of a water garden offers opportunities for all kinds of reflections... |
National Gardening Carol Deppe |
Breeding Your Own Squash A guide to plant breeding and seed saving in the squash and pumpkin patch... |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Getting Gardens Ready for Winter While gardeners in warmer climes (USDA zones 8 to 10) relish the cool air because it signals fall planting time, most gardeners across the country know it's time to wrap up the garden. |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
Shrub Roses Many kinds of shrub roses have been introduced in recent years, especially the ground covers, such as "Cliffs of Dover," "Flower Carpet" and "Jeepers Creepers." |
National Gardening Eliot Tozer |
Stars in the Shade: Impatiens America's favorite bedding plant. |
National Gardening |
Gorgeous Gourds In the world of vegetable growing, gourds have earned a secure niche. They can add a sculptural element both indoors and out. |
National Gardening April 2000 Barbara Pleasant |
Balloon Flower Easy to grow, reliable, looks great as a border -- and it's blue |
National Gardening Deborah Wechsler |
Growing Giant Tomatoes All about growing really humongous plants and tomatoes |
National Gardening Don Langevin |
How to Grow a Giant Pumpkin Intrigued by these car-size, half-ton gourds? |
National Gardening Lynn Byczynski |
Organic Flower Farming Growing cut flowers for farmers' markets. |
National Gardening Michael MacCaskey |
Summer Bulbs Consider these for summer color |
National Gardening Skip Richter |
Enlist Help from the Good Guys of the Garden When it comes to the garden, not all bugs are bad. Here are four simple ways to attract beneficial insects to your garden and to make sure they stay around. |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
The National Gardening Greenhouse The season never ends in the home solarium. |
National Gardening Bruce Butterfield |
Gardeners: Start Your Seeds! Our own "professional" home gardener shares his methods |
National Gardening Charlie Nardozzi |
Summer's Bad Guys A guide to some of the most common garden pests and their controls... |
National Gardening Deborah Wechsler |
Ten Steps to Giant Tomatoes If you want to join the ranks of supergrowers in your area, follow these 10 steps. |
National Gardening Diane Bilderback |
All About Dahlias These easy-to-grow plants produce prolific flowers in the summer and the fall. |
National Gardening June 2000 Beth Marie Renaud |
Tomatoes in a Can Growing full-size tomatoes in containers saves space and protects plants from disease |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Murder, Money, and Gardens A garden can help you become a better investor. Gardens and portfolios require attention and maintenance, too. |
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Garden Pests 101 The best defense against garden damage from insects and disease is a long-term program of soil building. Healthy soil will produce healthy, resistant plants. |
National Gardening Conrad Richter |
Growing Herbs Indoors Even just a few indoor pots of herbs can supply you with wonderful flavors and herbal gifts through the rest of the year. |
National Gardening Walter Chandoha |
Picking, Squashing, Fetching... They are three good ways to entice children into the garden. |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
Meadows Come to Town Weary of the lawn routine? Wildscapes are an intriguing alternative |
National Gardening Ben Watson |
Veteran Vegetables While you're planting some of the newest vegetables, don't forget to leave some room for these classics. |
National Gardening Karen Dardick |
Miniature Roses For the Holidays No longer for hobbyists only, these roses are a colorful poinsettias alternative... |
National Gardening National Gardening editors |
The Facts of Life About Melons and Squash What you need to know about crosses and hybrids. |
National Gardening Deborah Wechsler |
Bountiful Basil This essential herb offers a world of scents and flavors |