Safe Vegetable Garden Planting Dates
When is it safe to plant vegetables? Average last frost May 15 to May 25 The table below lists the approximate dates for safe planting of vegetable seeds and pre-started vegetable plants. but on average we will see our last frost somewhere ... [... more]
Denver Plants |
The Undaunted Garden: Planting for Weather-Resilient Beauty
 Great prose, great advice: Lauren Springer is a gifted writer as well as a gifted gardener. She has a knack for passing on her knowledge in a very interesting way, making the book more than just a plant encyclopedia. In part, this book is a novel about [... more]
$34.95
Amazon.com |
Garden Planting by Phases of the Moon
Planting by Phases of the Moon is a commonly followed garden technique. I never paid much attention to planting by the moon until recently. Then, one day I was talking to my neighbor. I mentioned that it seemed to me like he was starting his ... [... more]
The Gardener's Network |
Vegetable Garden Planting Guide
Kentucky Wonder 191, Blue Lake Stringless, Romano, Kentucky Blue Silver Queen, Seneca Chief, Honey 'N Pearl, How Sweet It Is, Bodacious, Merit Dixilee, Mississippi Silver, Colossus, Hercules, Mississippi Purple Hull California Wonder, Yolo ... [... more]
NC State University Coop Extension |
Cottage Garden Planting Plan
Creating a cottage-style, drought-resistant planting design for a cottage front garden. This plan is for the front garden of a 1850 farmworkers cottage. The soil is a sandy loam and the garden faces southwest. This makes it sunny, but exposed to ... [... more]
Suite101 |
3-Step Rain Garden Planting Guide
One way to prevent runoff is to divert water from your gutters to a rain garden-a 6-in.-deep depression filled with water-loving plants. A properly designed garden will absorb standing water within hours, so it won't turn into a mosquito breeding ... [... more]
Popular Mechanics |
THE MIDAS TOUCH
You may recall the story of King Midas, who turned whatever he touched into gold. Well, you can do the same in your flower garden, planting an entire garden or perhaps just a bed or corner in it in gold-leafed and gold-flowered plants. It just ... [... more]
Backyard Gardener |
Reviewing Garden Planting Performances
While the 2002 growing season is a long ways off, it always pays to plan ahead. Analyzing performances of various plantings of this past season can help in planning for 2002. Consider both growing requirements of specific plants and growing ... [... more]
University of Illinois Extension |
The Well Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning ...
More than 200 color photos have been added to this revised edition, showing perennials in various border situations and providing images for each of the entries in the A-Z encyclopedia. It also includes a new 32-page journal section with room for [... more]
$21.74 (Save 38%)
Buy.com |
The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning ...
The most helpful gardening book I've ever seen: The way this book is layed out is great and makes it easy to find the info you are specifically looking for quickly. It uses both common and scientific (Latin?) names, which is a good feature in my book (no [... more]
$34.95
Amazon.com |
The Lunar Garden: Planting by the Moon Phases (Capital ...
Not what I expected: This book was just "alright" I love the idea of the book. It did have some interesting facts, but being a short book to begin with I was disappointed to find that more than half of the book was a lunar planting calender [... more]
$20.00
Amazon.com |
Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniques
Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting & Pruning Techniques [... more]
$6.99
A1 Books |
