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National Gardening
Robert Smaus |
The Water Garden The serene beauty of a water garden offers opportunities for all kinds of reflections...   |
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Making a Water Garden Bring an exotic touch to your patio, deck, or yard by making a small water garden in a tub. |
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 |
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. |
National Gardening
Michael MacCaskey |
Summer Bulbs Consider these for summer color |
| National Gardening |
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 |
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. |
National Gardening
Rick Darke |
Grasses in Containers Grow grasses in ornamental pots to create combinations that would be impossible in open soil. |
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. |
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. |
| National Gardening |
Planting a Window Box Combine flowering plants and those with attractive foliage in window boxes to add color to decks, window sashes, and porch rails. |
This Old House
Doug Mackay |
Going to Pots Use containers to create a glorious garden anywhere |
National Gardening
Barbara Pleasant |
Caladiums Colorful tropical foliage stars in garden beds and indoors. |
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. |
This Old House
Ashley Womble |
Planters With Punch Gone are the days when terra-cotta ruled -- try these stylish containers for indoor and outdoor gardens. |
National Gardening
June 2000
Beth Marie Renaud |
Tomatoes in a Can Growing full-size tomatoes in containers saves space and protects plants from disease |
| National Gardening |
Fall Garden Cleanup Q and A Here are some questions we've received about fall cleanup in the garden, along with the answers given by our regional horticulture staff. |
This Old House
C. J. Hughes |
Splendor in the Grass With showy plumes and leaves that rustle and sway, ornamental grasses can add surprising texture to your yard. Also, here is a step by step guide to split an overgrown grass plant. |
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. |
| National Gardening |
Maintaining Container Gardens These simple maintenance tasks will keep keep your patio planters and window boxes looking their best throughout the growing season and help cold-climate gardeners prepare for winter. |
| National Gardening |
Perennials 101 Owing to a fairly recent revival of the casual "cottage garden" look, perennials are more popular with today's home gardeners than they ever have been. |
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 |
Annuals and Perennials for Containers Learn the differences between annuals and perennials, and use this guide for planting and caring for them in containers. |
| Garden Gate |
Summer Escape: Planting Beneath Shade Trees If you've ever tried to grow a garden under a tree, you know that your plants have to compete with the tree's roots for space, water and nutrients. Here are some tips that can make growing a garden under a tree easier. |
| National Gardening |
Corn: Planting Variations If you like experimenting, there are some variations on the basic planting methods you may want to try. |
National Gardening
Cathy White |
Building a Pond Garden Reap the pleasures of water by adding a pond to your garden. |
| National Gardening |
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). |
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
Jack Ruttle |
Fast-Growing Salad Greens These Asian specialties sprint from seed to salad bowl in two months or less... |
| National Gardening |
Tools for Planting Using the right tools and the proper techniques will not only make planting less of a chore, but also a greater success. |
National Gardening
Jack Ruttle |
Winter Salad Bowl No matter where you live a cold frame or tunnel greenhouse can put just-picked salads on the table through the coldest months. |
National Gardening
April 2000
Barbara Pleasant |
Balloon Flower Easy to grow, reliable, looks great as a border -- and it's blue |
| National Gardening |
Building a Water Garden Here are instructions for planning, building and planting a water garden. |
National Gardening
Bruce Butterfield |
Gardeners: Start Your Seeds! Our own "professional" home gardener shares his methods |
This Old House
Lynn Ocone |
Houseplants for People Who Can't Grow Houseplants No matter the color of your thumb, this guide will help you select and care for plants that will thrive. |
This Old House
February 2, 2001
Warren Schultz |
Getting the Best Deal on Plants Your guide to buying plants for the upcoming growing season... |
National Gardening
Barbara Pleasant |
Marvelous Mums Plant these hardy fall-bloomers now or in spring |
National Gardening
Diane Bilderback |
All About Dahlias These easy-to-grow plants produce prolific flowers in the summer and the fall. |
| National Gardening |
Cultivating Greens Weeds are green and while some, like lamb's quarters and purslane, can be eaten as greens, you really don't want them growing in among your salad crops. They steal moisture, fertilizer and sunlight. |
| 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. |
| National Gardening |
Oriental Poppy Sporting huge, cup-shaped blooms in early summer, the Oriental poppy is the most striking of the perennial poppies, and the delicate, papery flowers belie the plant's hardiness and durability. But you should still heed these tips. |
National Gardening
Charlie Nardozzi |
Durable, Delectable Nasturtiums They're charming, easy, and good to eat, too |
| National Gardening |
Planting Groundcover Use low-growing perennial plants and shrubs as groundcovers to cover slopes and rough ground or to replace high-maintenance lawns. Choose plants that thrive in your particular soil and climate. |
| This Old House |
Winter Plant Tip: Buy Ugly Dormant bare-root plants make for a wise cold-weather purchase. |
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
Lynn Ocone |
Planning a Vegetable Garden How to design and build a vegetable garden that really works |
| National Gardening |
Growing Endive & Chicory In recent years gourmet European and Asian greens have gained popularity in this country. They add a spicy taste and an interesting texture to regular salads. |
National Gardening
April 2000
Steven A. Frowine |
On Goldfish Pond These colorful fish are an easy-to-care-for addition to any water garden |
National Gardening
David & Tina Silber |
Meet Babaco Imagine yourself in the cool and misty mountain valleys of Ecuador. It was there--no one knows exactly when--that a horticultural miracle occurred. A new type of papaya appeared, one perfectly suited to home-garden growing: The six-foot-high plant is completely adaptable to container growing, and it fruits prolifically. |
National Gardening
Karen Dardick |
Meadows Come to Town Weary of the lawn routine? Wildscapes are an intriguing alternative |
