Gardening knowledge comes with experience and from the generous sharing of fellow gardeners. There’s no reason to suffer the same garden dilemmas year after year. Surely some other gardener has had the same problem before you and you know how much gardeners like to talk about gardening. Don’t ever be afraid to ask. Just be sure to pass your own knowledge along. Here is a growing list of Garden Quick Tips from garden enthusiasts around the world. If you have a gem of knowledge you’d like to share, please take a moment to send me a note.
- Baking Soda Recipe for Controlling Powdery Mildew on Plants
- Garden Design: What Does Full Sun, Partial Shade, Etc.. Really Mean?
- Transplanting Garden Plants - Watering
End of Season - Last Minute Tips
There’s never enough time to get everything done in the garden that you planned to do. Gardeners in warmer climates take their break during the hot season. Gardeners racing the first frost have their break imposed upon them. Here are some tips to help you get ready - fast.
- Getting Green Tomatoes to Ripen on the Vine
- Hardy Mums - How to Over Winter Mums in the Garden
- Let Winter Freezes Amend Your Garden Soil
- Sink Your Still Potted Plants in the Ground for Winter
Flowers
Some flowers flourish without fuss and sometimes nothing you do seems to please them. Then there are those clever gardeners who have found the little secrets that work like magic in the flower garden.
- Hardy Mums - How to Over Winter Mums in the Garden
- Label Plants for Dividing, While They Are In Bloom
- Tulips as Cut Flowers
- Planting Tulips Where Deer Won't Eat Them
Garden Design
Great garden design may be subjective, but there are still some universal truths that form a good basis for any design. It’s when gardeners add their own personality to this foundation that garden design becomes arresting. Hopefully these tips will tweak your imagination and help you bring your garden alive.
- Garden Design - The Principles of Good Garden Design
- Design Your Garden with Inspiration From Open Days Garden Tours
- Garden Design - Garden Structure in Black & White
- Staking Plants in the Garden - An Unusual and Colorful Approach
Gardening with Kids
It’s wonderful to see kids enjoying a garden, but it can be difficult to hold there attention there very long. If ever there was a need for gardening quick tips, it is when gardening with kids. All suggestions are welcome.
Houseplants
More than any other type of plant, houseplants are too often relegated to decoration. Many people only notice there houseplants when something goes wrong. Making a plant a part of the interior of your home is a wonderful opportunity to appreciate it close up. But indoors is a harsh atmosphere for plants, so here are some tips to make them feel more at home.
- Avoid Exposure to Sources of Direct Heat
- Controlling Humidity for Indoor Plants
- Determining Lighting for Houseplants
- Houseplant Insect Pest Problems
- Pot Bound Houseplants
- Prevent Exposure to Drafts
- Watering Houseplants and Salt Buildup
- Watering Houseplants - Too Much of a Good Thing?
Pests & Disease
As sure as night follows day, insect will follow plants. It would be nice if every pest or disease could be taken care of with a quick tip, but since that’s never going to happen, the best we gardeners can do is pick our battles.
- Baking Soda Recipe for Controlling Powdery Mildew on Plants
- Pest Control in the Vegetable Garden Using Worm Compost
- Using Cornmeal as a Garden Fungicide
- Learn to Recognize Lady Beetle (Ladybug) Nymphs - One of the Good Bugs
- Bagworms - Let a Natural Predator Get Rid of Bagworms For You
- Dealing with Leaf Galls. What Are Those Bumps on Your Tree’s Leaves?
