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  • Gardening for beginners: Getting started this spring

    David Maxwell from BBC Radio Ulsterโ€™s Gardenersโ€™ Corner on why everyone can be a gardener this springโ€ฆ You see I think we are all gardeners really – itโ€™s in our DNA. I mean who doesnโ€™t love beautiful flowers, tasty fresh fruit and veg or the cheery birdsong of a spring morning. The fresh green growth…

  • How to Do It and Ideas to Get You Started

    Whether you have a sprawling backyard or a small patio, vertical gardening is an effective way to add height and beauty to your space. This style of gardening utilizes vertical structures, like walls, trellises, fences, and doors, which provide support for plants to grow upward rather than outward. Ahead, we spoke to experts for more…

  • A beginners guide to gardening: How to get started

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  • Gardening for Beginners: 10 Tips for Getting Started

    Home Advice You Can Trust Tips, tricks & ideas for a better home and yard, delivered to your inbox daily. Over the past few years, seed companies and nurseries nationwide have experienced huge spikes in sales due, in large part, to Americans keeping to their homesโ€”that, and finding that their staple foods were either in…

  • โ€” Recommendations are independently chosen by our editors. Purchases you make through our links may earn us and our publishing partners a commission. The birds are chirping, the flowers are blooming and the days are slowly but surely getting longerโ€”spring is officially here. This time of year, you might feel that itch to cultivate a…