Category: Gardening for Beginners
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Flowering shrubs are a great anchor for your landscaping, providing a backdrop for smaller, showy plants in the front—and filling in with the flowers when other parts of your landscaping go dormant. But some shrubs can be pretty particular about their growing conditions, or need a lot of pruning and fussing to keep them looking…
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Take a step towards growing your own food on World Plant A Vegetable Garden Day (Getty Images) It’s May 19th, which in addition to being a fine summer day is also World Plant a Vegetable Garden Day. If you’ve never heard of this momentous occasion, don’t worry. The holiday is relatively young, sprouting as recently…
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Heard about hydroponic strawberries but thought they might be too much hassle? Strawberries are quick and easy—and really fun. Plus, the juicy, sweet taste is so much better than store-bought! Here’s a beginner’s guide to growing at home. It’s a joy to grow strawberries in the garden. Bright, red, flavorful strawberries were a fleeting and ephemeral…
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Subtitled A Blueprint for Continuous Color, Lee Schneller sets out her simple five-step system to create a vibrant flower garden which will provide spectacular displays from early spring to late autumn. Packed full of handy gardening tips, the author guides her reader through the entire process, from the initial planning stage to the practicalities involved in…
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If you’d like to make your garden look better but you’re not sure how, an expert claims there’s one thing you can do. Managing a garden can be overwhelming and it might seem like a never ending job you’re constantly battling against. By following the right advice, anyone can create their dream outdoor space and it…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I have complained on gardeners’ behalf since early March about the British weather and its effects at ground level. It is a joy at last to record the opposite, albeit briefly. Sunday June 8 was…
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Jutta Klee/Getty Images Lots of folks love the idea of growing their own fruit. The allure of foraging from your own backyard instead of driving to the grocery store can be too good to pass up. But where do you even begin? And how do you know…
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In this episode of House of Lou, Veronica digs into the topic of gardening for beginners. Joining her this month are Lee Cagle and Megan Clinton, two women with varied and extensive experience in the garden. Cagle is a manager of the Central West End Farm, and Clinton, a master gardener, is the owner of…
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Monsoon season is nature’s way of replenishing the earth with much-needed water and cooling down the relentless summer heat. The soft drizzle, the earthy scent of wet soil, and the greenery make it feel like the world is breathing again. Imagine stepping out barefoot onto a damp terrace, rain clouds overhead, your fingers deep in…
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When you don’t have a backyard or a balcony to grow edible plants like vegetables and herbs, having an indoor garden in your home is a great way to not give up your gardening dream and still reap the benefits of fresh veggies, fruits, and herbs. They are mostly affordable plus offer the advantage of…