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These are my top garden tips and ideas for growing annual and perennial fruits, veggies, herbs, flowers, shrubs, and trees in a healthy, organic home garden.

Jump in and get growing in any size space.

Garden Tips & Ideas

Do you love gardening? Plants? Nature? Being outdoors?

You’ve come to the right place. I share my best indoor and outdoor gardening tips including everything I wish I knew when I was getting started.

Empress of Dirt Creative Gardening Videos

Topics

1 Gardening 101

Start here if you are new to gardening or getting back into it (yay!)

Basic Resources | Excellent for new gardeners
Propagation | Tips to get started
Seasonal Guides | Dive in and grow

2 Outdoor Gardening

Plants | Growing tips for plant favorites
Structures | Greenhouses, trellis, raised beds

3 Indoor Gardening | Houseplants

Seed starting | Start inside any time of year
Plant care | Top houseplant tips
Indoor food growing | Veggies and herbs

4 Pets | Wildlife

Hens | Chicken-keeping tips
Birds | Wild bird tips
Pollinators | For a healthy eco-system

5 Garden Ebooks

Top tips and tutorials

1 Gardening 101

Basic Resources

Compost, Soil, and Mulch | Garden essentials!
Fertilizers | Using organic fertilizers in the home garden.
Garden Dictionary | Common terms, odd expressions, and other jargon.
Garden Influences | Some of my favourite (famous) gardeners.
Money-Saving Tips | Avoid the mistakes gardeners ahead of you have made!
Plant Databases & Fact Resources | Reliable, fact-based garden information.
Plant Hardiness Zone | Find yours and know what it means
Pruning & Deadheading | How to snip and clip at the right time.
Seed Company Listings | United States and Canada | Find the right seeds for your region.
Watering | Self-watering garden and flower pot options

Propagation

Propagation Methods | Seed starting, division, layering, cuttings, grafting
How to Take Softwood Cuttings | Spring and summer
How to Take Hardwood Cuttings | Fall and winter
Seed Starting for Beginners | Sow indoors grow outdoors
How to Grow New Plants from Grocery Store Foods | Avocado, mango, ginger….

Seasonal Guides

Things to grow and make every month of the year:

January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
Fall Gardening Guide | Tons of helpful tips and checklists.

2 Outdoor Gardening

Plants

Bulbs | Getting started with flowering bulbs (fall is planting time for most).
Containers | Plant lists, project ideas, creative planters.
Fruit | Creative and practical ideas for strawberries, apples, raspberries, and more.
Herbs | Growing tips and creative crafting with herbs.
Outdoor Herbs | Tips for annual and perennial herb growing.
Indoor Herbs | What works, what doesn’t.
Flowers | Annuals and perennials.
Hostas | Growing tips and list of sun-tolerant hostas.
Miniature Gardening | Ideas for tiny, small, fairy, and miniature gardens.
Vegetables | Creative and practical ideas for growing vegetables.
Winter Vegetable Growing | Yes, you can grow veggies year-round. Even in a cold climate.

Structures

Greenhouses, Polytunnels, Cold Frames | Give yourself more growing time.
Garden Ponds | Tips for ponds, water features, and sparkling, clean water.
Raised Garden Beds | Free plans, advantages, creative ideas.
Vertical Gardening | Don’t just grow out, grow up!

3 Indoor Gardening | Houseplants

Houseplants | My best tips for happy houseplants including how to water just right.
Indoor Seed Starting | Everything you need to know to grow from seed to harvest, fruit, or flower.
Indoor Food Growing | Veggies and herbs and salad greens..
Succulents & Air Plants | Creative and practical ideas.