Beginner Garden Techniques

Gardening Blunder #6

Monday, February 20th, 2006

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 [...]

Gardening Blunder #5

Saturday, February 18th, 2006

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 [...]

Gardening Blunder #4

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

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 [...]

Gardening Blunder #3

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

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 [...]

Gardening Blunder #2

Sunday, February 12th, 2006

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 [...]

Gardening Blunder #1

Saturday, February 11th, 2006

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 [...]

Garden Finance 101

Sunday, February 5th, 2006

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 [...]

Tough Growing Conditions

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

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 [...]

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