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

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Garden Tips & Ideas

Do you love gardening? 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.

Gardening | Browse all of the gardening tips on this site. There’s a lot!

New to Gardening | Here’s a dictionary of common terms and expressions. There’s lots of jargon to learn!

Outdoor Gardening | See all the tips here

Outdoor Gardening | Tips for outdoor growing, including annuals and perennials.
- Bulb Growing Tips | Getting started with flowering bulbs (fall is planting time).
- Fruit Growing Tips | Creative and practical ideas for strawberries, apples, raspberries, and more.
- Flower Growing Tips | Annuals and perennials.
- Herb Growing Tips | Growing tips and creative crafting with herbs.
  - Growing Herbs | Annuals and perennials, indoors and outdoors.
  - Growing Herbs Indoors | Best plant choices and growing tips.
- Hostas | Growing tips and list of sun-tolerant hostas.
- Vegetable Growing Tips | Creative and practical ideas for growing vegetables.
  - Growing Vegetables in Containers | Tips for a continuous harvest from spring to fall.
  - Fall & Winter Vegetable Growing Outdoors | Yes, you can. Even in a cold climate.
- Raised Garden Beds | Free plans, advantages, creative ideas.
- Greenhouses, Polytunnels, Cold Frames | Give yourself more growing time.
- Compost, Soil, and Mulch | Garden essentials!
- Garden Ponds | Tips for ponds, water features, and sparkling, clean water.
- Succulents & Air Plants | Creative and practical ideas.
- Pruning & Deadheading | How to snip and clip at the right time.
- Vertical Gardening | Don’t just grow out, grow up!
Watering | Self-Watering Garden and Flower Pot Options

Money-Saving

10 Money-Wasting Garden Mistakes | Avoid the mistakes gardeners ahead of you have made!
How to Take Softwood Cuttings | Spring and summer
How to Take Hardwood Cuttings | Fall and winter

Seasonal Guides

The Gardening Year | An overview of garden tasks through the seasons.
- Monthly Gardening Tips | Things to grow and make every month of the year.

Seed Company Listings | United States and Canada | Find the right seeds for your region.
Plant Databases & Fact Resources | Reliable, fact-based garden information.
Tours of My Garden | I try to post a tour each year to show how the garden has changed and improved (I hope).
Garden Influences | Some of my favourite (famous) gardeners.

Seed Starting and Propagation | See all the tips here

Indoor Gardening | See all the tips here

Indoor Gardening Tips | Includes indoor seed starting, indoor food growing, and houseplants.
- Indoor Seed Starting | Everything you need to know to grow from seed to harvest, fruit, or flower.
- Indoor Vegetable & Herb Growing | Yes, you can.
- Grow Herbs Indoors | Annuals and perennials.
- Houseplants | My best tips for happy houseplants including how to water just right.
- How to Grow Salads Indoors | Any time of year!
Miniature Gardens | Ideas for tiny, small, fairy, and miniature gardens.
- Plants for Miniature Gardens | How to Choose the Best (Small-Scale) Living Plants