The hardest part of starting gardening is getting over the fear that your first attempt might be a total disaster. I won’t lie, it might be.
But if you start small and follow a few basic gardening rules, you should have good results in your first season. And as you learn, you’ll get better at gardening quickly.
Below we’ve included links to our posts that discuss the basics of gardening to get you ahead of the game and out of the gate fast. Use these resources and in no time at all you’ll be planting, growing, and harvesting delicious vegetables and beautiful flowers.
Gardening Basics:
See these post for gardening tips and techniques:
How To Grow Peas: Growing Tips, Harvesting, Planting, and Pests
Unlock the secrets to growing delicious peas in your garden, from tackling weather challenges to ensuring a successful harvest.
How To Protect Your Back, Neck, and Knees When Gardening
Tips on how gardeners can protect their bodies and backs from injury when stretching and bending for long periods early in the season in their garden.
A 3-Minute Composting Primer
Composting is an essential part of organic gardening. It’s the ultimate recycling of all those grass clippings, food waste, and yard waste. It also adds organic matter to your soil…
Why Wood Chips Make the Best Organic Mulch
Wood chips are a long lasting organic mulch for trees, shrubs, and perennials which in many cases can be had for free.
6 Tips for Growing Gardens In Urban Landscapes
Growing a garden in an urban landscape is possible — you just need to know what planting zone you’re in. and which plants are best suited for your area.
How To Grow Tomatoes And Other Vegetables In Containers
No space for a garden? You can enjoy fresh tomatoes and other veggies by growing them in containers on your patio, apartment balcony, porch, deck, or even in containers placed…
What’s the Difference Between Annual and Perennial Plants?
Annual or perennial refers to how long your plant’s lifecycle is. Yet, some plants can be grown as perennials in warm areas and only as annuals in cold areas.
How To Read Seed Catalogs
Seed catalogs are full of abbreviations and symbols. Dr Leonard Perry explains what it all means.
Crop Rotation Basics For Your Vegetable Garden
Crop rotation is key to successful home gardening to avoid pests and disease. Includes a sample plan for crop rotation and a chart of plant families.
Vegetable Garden Fertilizer 101: How Much Should You Add?
How much fertilizer you should add to your vegetable garden depends on a variety of factors and it should never be added unless needed.
The Difference Between Native, Non-Native, and Invasive Plants
Knowing the difference between native, non-native, and invasive plant species can be tough., We have the answers.
Rototilling Your Organic Garden: More Harm Than Good?
Rototilling doesn’t benefit a garden. It creates more weeds and damages soil structure and organisms that takes months to reverse.