See how using the right kinds of plants attracts Beneficial Insects to your garden. A few plant families are particularly good for attracting the good bugs and providing a biological control for the bad bugs. You can avoid needing pesticides this way.
Changing Light Conditions Bring Landscape Change
See how a minor landscape change was made following changing light conditions in the garden. We needed to move plants to a shaded location and buy one that could tolerate sun after removal of a shade tree. Now, we have the right plant in the right place.
Bearded Irises And How To Grow Them
Bearded Irises are beautiful and easy to grow. Irises grow in a variety of climates, but do like their sun and good drainage. Learn a few tips on planting Iris Bulbs or tubers and how to take care of them.
What Are Master Gardeners
Master Gardeners are a wonderful, free resource to the public. They provide Garden Education on How To Garden through plant clinics, school programs, phone lines and more. Programs to become a Master Gardener are held in each state, after which there is a certain number of hours to repay. This is a very worthwhile resource.
Raised Bed Gardening With Wide Garden Beds
See how to get the benefits of Raised Bed Gardening by using Wide Garden Beds with mounded soil. Soil gets as warm as in Raised Beds without having to build them, and the plants still grow quickly.
Favorite Gardening Tools – Pruning Tools
A gardener talks about her Favorite Gardening Tools, her Pruning Tools; and highlights her bypass Pruner, bypass Lopper and her Pruning Shear, all of which are indispensable in her garden. She also discusses a few tips for maintaining these tools in good order.
Integrated Pest Management
Integrated Pest Management is a system of Pest Control that starts with establishing healthy growing conditions for your plants to prevent problems. Then if problems occur, Garden Pests are managed, starting with the least toxic means first before going on to stronger methods.
Container Gardening – Tomatoes In Grow Bags
Container Gardening - Tomatoes In Grow Bags - With little space for a vegetable garden, a gardener is trying some cool new Grow Bags as Plant Containers in her garden to grow some of her tomatoes. Watch the video as she sets up her grow bag and plants one of the tomatoes. Yum!
How To Get Free Plants
How To Get Free Plants. Find out how to save money on gardening . You can get several free plants by dividing only one plant. You can also salvage plants, but ask first. And you can get plants by sharing plants or seeds.
How To Make A Lasagna Garden
How To Make A Lasagna Garden - Lasagna Gardening is an easy no dig, no till method of building an Organic Garden. All you have to do is put down a smother layer of cardboard or paper and start layering carbon materials (like leaves) and nitrogen materials (like grass clippings). Top with some compost and plant.
Home Garden Diggers 