The preceding gardening blunder examined the importance of planting at the proper time, today we’ll take a look at mistakes that gardeners make which can lead to problems with excessive weed growth.
Gardening Blunder: Missing the Causes of Weed Woes
Many gardeners view weeds from the perspective that the only way to deal with them is through the ordeal and [...]

The previous Gardening Blunder examined a simple, but important strategy for watering the vegetable garden, today’s blunder covers an important consideration when you’re ready to plant your vegetable seeds.
Gardening Blunder: Planting at the Wrong Time
It’s important that you time your seed sowing so that your plants mature under their optimum growing conditions; otherwise you make [...]

The previous gardening blunder looked at the importance of feeding the soil; today’s blunder examines the watering techniques for supplying moisture to the plants growing in your vegetable garden.
Gardening Blunder: Shallow Watering
A consistent supply of moisture is important to maintaining your plants growth and health. Many beginner gardeners provide frequent but shallow irrigation to their vegetable [...]

The previous gardening blunder examined the importance of protecting beneficial insects; today’s blunder examines the importance of your vegetable garden’s soil for healthy plant growth.
Garden Blunder: Feeding Plants Instead of the Soil
Some gardeners view fertilization as the cure all when it comes to caring for their plants. They grab a bag of fertilizer with the [...]

The first common gardening blunder involved the vegetable garden’s layout, today’s blunder takes a look at the way that you treat the beneficial insects and good bugs that patrol your vegetable garden.
Gardening Blunder: Killing Insects
Yes, the second gardening blunder is an activity that you may consider to be one of the goals of growing a successful vegetable [...]

This is the first post in a series about common gardening problems that focuses on mistakes that vegetable gardeners make without even recognizing that there is a problem. The series was originally published as part of my minicourse entitled Gardening Blunders.
Gardening Blunder: Planting the Garden in Rows
One blunder that many gardeners make is to arrange [...]

Beginner gardeners often wonder; “What’s it all going to cost for me to create and grow my new vegetable garden?” I thought I’d summarize the bare minimum gardening expenses that a new gardener should budget for as they start and plant that first-time vegetable garden.

Tiller Rental… $45 Sure, double digging your new raised beds is an expense [...]

Facing tough growing conditions doesn’t mean that you have to totally give up on gardening, or that you can’t make the situation more hospitable and better suited to growing a productive garden.
Listen to how Carolyn describes her gardening conditions: “We live in the Dallas area where the soil is rocky and dry. Rain has been scarce and snow is [...]