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How to Start a New Garden

By Marie Iannotti, About.com

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Enjoy! You've Created Your First Garden.

Finally, enjoy your garden!

Finally, enjoy your garden!

Photo: © Marie Iannotti (2008) licensed to About.com, Inc.
You've heard the saying "Stop and smell the roses"? Gardeners can be the worst at taking that advice. We're so busy with our heads down at soil level, pinching, pruning and pulling every weed, that we often don't appreciate what we've created until someone else tells us.

Step back and enjoy what you've accomplished. Then start making plans to expand next year.

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