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Reader Reviews : What I Wish I'd Known, When I Started Gardening

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Gardeners share their tips and wisdom about what they wish they'd known when they started and what they've learned and want to share.

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It Takes Patience

A lot of my plants did not grow and/or died. I have been experimenting with different plants to fill my garden. I am an the type of person that wants everything done right now. I don't want to have t…More

Indoors is Always in Season

Staying with nature becomes the buzz of the day. Indoor garden becomes a great option in this instance. Growing an indoor herb garden gives the scope to enjoy at any time of the day no matter whateve…More

Spread the Love

I wish I had started making berms, using rocks and making curves in my early years of creating flower beds. I feel like I wasted some valuable summers re-creating. I hesitated too many years to plant…More

It's the Maintenance that's Tough

Designing and landscaping a garden is easy but maintenance is pain in the neck in the tropic where I am based. Simplicity, less maintenance trees and choosing the rights plants/flowers for uniqueness…More

Gardening Changes

Gardening changes as much and as frequently as people themselves.A perceived value today is "waste" tomorrow. ie: hanging tomatoes.Potatoes are cheaper to buy than to grow!Home grown tastes better be…More

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