Gardening Articles with Tips and Advice

• Growing Herbs In Your Square Foot Garden If you haven't picked-up a copy of Mel's book entitled All New Square Foot Gardening, you really shouldn't delay. In it, you will find a wealth of information about growing basil. Along with learning to grow basil, you will find helpful information on growing other herbs like cilantro, mint, and oregano. There are many varieties to choose from.
• Freezing Herbs Learn how freezing herbs like basil, which grow so abundantly, is a good alternative to drying. Basil is easy to grow, freeze and dry.
• Square Foot Gardening-Start Yours This WinterIn this gardening article, learn how start gardening this winter. January is not too early to start thinking about gardening, and if you are considering having raised beds this year, using the concept set forth in Mel Bartholomew's new book, All New Square Foot Gardening is the best plan to adopt.
• Perfect Partial Shade Perennials For Zones 3-8 Northern Sea Oats is an ornamental, herbaceous perennial grass for partial shade, which is mainly grown for its foliage. It's also great to use in fresh arrangements and it is easy to dry for use in dried arrangements by simply hanging a bundle upside down in a dry area for a few days.
• Boost Your Immune System With These Five Easy to Grow Herbs Growing a few herbs to boost you immune system is easy to do and it does not take much space. A planter on the back deck with a few herbs, a traditional potager garden, or herbs mixed among your perennial border are all options available to homeowners. This gardening article will help you get started.
• Deer Resistant Coreopsis is a Real Winner It's easy to see why coreopsis, and especially the 'Moonbeam' cultivar, won the Perennial Plant Association's 'Plant of the Year' award in 1992 and why it remains one of the top ten best-selling perennials for gardeners in zones 3 to 9.
• Shade Gardening Tips-Ten Shade Perennials For the Mid South>All gardens are not created equal. Some gardens have too much shade, and some not enough. You may be thinking that there are not many plants that you can grow in the shade, but there are plenty of shade perennials that are worth trying.
• National Herb Garden Next time you visit Washington D.C., you definitely need to visit the National Herb Garden at the United States National Arboretum. Our family loved it.
• Growing GarlicTo get started growing your garlic, first purchase your garlic of choice. Many people wonder if you can grow garlic purchased at your local grocery store. But can you? Learn more in this gardening article.
• Endless Summer Hydrangea The Endless Summer hydrangea, H. macrophlla, has endless possibilities for your garden. That's why it has become one of the most famous perennial shrubs to come along in a very long time.
• Fast Growing Trees With Great Fall Color Need a fast growing tree with great fall color? Planting an Autumn Blaze Maple is your best choice. It's tried and true and was even voted as the 2004 Urban Tree of the Year and Tree of the Year in 1997 by Iowa's Nursery and Landscape Association.
• Ten Top Trees That Grow Fast There are many benefits for planting trees that grow fast. Some of the top reasons are to provide shade, color, vertical dimension, soundproofing, cooling, beauty, screening, windbreaks, boundary lines and wildlife habitats for birds, animals, and insects.
• Tips for Planting Different Types of Trees We like trees to be permanent if possible. Always plan for the long term benefits of the trees you plant. Choose wisely using these tips. An excellent book I have found The Southern Gardeners Book of Lists, by Lois Trigg Chaplin, has these great ideas for planting landscape trees.
• Harvesting Herbs For Cooking and Crafting A great part of the joy of growing your own herbs is in the harvesting. I love to harvest my flowers and herbs this time of year for use in cooking and crafting. You planted herbs which would produce leaves, flowers, seeds and roots for use during the winter.
• Tomato Basil Soup Recipe When the days start getting shorter and the growing season is coming to an end, it's the perfect time to make this tomato basil soup recipe. Enjoy the bounty of your harvest now and wow your friends and family with this wonderful soup. Add some yummy rolls and maybe a salad and your all set.
• You can almost guarantee that a first time gardener will have success with these annuals in this gardening article.