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Grow

Tips and tutorials for growing vegetables, annuals, perennials (lots of flowers), vines, trees, and shrubs.

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Outdoor Gardening Tips by Season

Spring

How to Prepare Indoor Seedlings for Transplanting

How to Grow Bee Balm (Monarda) and Attract Pollinators

Hydrangeas Blooms: How to Change From Pink to Blue (or Vice Versa)

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Summer

How to Grow Clematis from Cuttings

How to Deadhead Flowers for More Blooms

5 Best Tomato Growing Tips for Beginners

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Fall & Winter

January Garden Tasks (What to Make and Grow)

25 Fruits That Ripen After Picking (and Those That Don't)

4 Easy Ways to Overwinter Geraniums

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Indoor Gardening Tips

Houseplants

Orchids for Beginners

How to Regrow Sprouted Onion Bulbs

How to Grow an Avocado Tree

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Indoor Food Growing

How to Grow Salad Greens that Regrow

Grow Vegetables Indoors (Easy Beginner’s Guide)

Growing Salads Indoors—Year-Round

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Make

Make unique garden art from repurposed items plus DIY raised beds, ponds, and more.

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Unique DIY Projects

Spilling Watering Can Garden Art Tutorial

Fast & Creative Pumpkin Decorating Tips (No Carving)

25 Creative Garden Projects Without Power Tools

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Ideas

Explore the galleries to grab ideas for your home and garden.

16 Creative Succulent Garden Ideas

22 Creative Wagon Planter Ideas + Whiskey Barrels and Wheels

Create a Garden Art Birdbath Planter

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Books

Available for instant download.

12 Top Garden Tip Sheets & Checklists

Fabric Dyeing 101: Simple Instructions for Beautiful Fabrics

How to Make Beeswax Food Wraps (Tutorial)

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Enjoy!

~Melissa the Empress of Dirt ♛

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