Gardening Tools: Using What You've Got

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• Going Green gardening and otherwise

  ...lks here are "going green" in more ways than just gardening. A new member prompted me to inquire more seriously, so I'm posting this poll and asking for comments. Hopefully we can learn more… More

• half barrels for container gardening

  ... wind half barrels for planting. I am planning on using several and I need solid long lasting containers. Most of what I have seen in the garden stores seem… More

• Compost Tea for Vegetable Gardening

  ...end a ton of money on feeding our plants. We have got our soil tested from a lab and need to make years worth of amendments. Thus we are looking to go… More

• Easy Gardening: creating new beds

  ...inches of soil on top of that and plant this year using plants… More

• Indoor container gardening with grow lights?

  ... plants to be very productive. So I'm considering using grow lights in my basement. 1) What kind of lights would I need? 2) Should I go with some type of hydroponic system or just regular… More

• some gardening hilarity

  ...ghing but still smiling I had no idea that simple gardening could provide such story material. Has anybody else read this? What did you think? More

• Anyone else doing square foot gardening?

  ...lanning stage, but I'm looking for others who are using the SFG methods to find out what's worked, what you've done differently, what resources you've found to be valuable, etc. Anyone else? More

• must have gardening tool

  ...wheelbarrow, hose etc" what tool do you just love using? Hoe? garden weasel? pitch fork? what I like my little hand rake great for weeding digging loosening soil whatever More

• Square Foot Gardening? pro's and cons

  I picked up the "New" Square Foot gardening Book this weekend. WoW it looks like a real good idea, but I have my doubts even after visiting the website, The soil mix and depth was really puzzling to me, I deep dig my garden mix several items and layer tiller… More

• Starting fresh with lawns and gardening

  ... in a very bad shape after winter (tookover the house with a snow covered lawn). Can someone point me to… More

• August Gardening Report

  ...y eased and the soil is slowly, slowly drying somewhat. Plum and apple trees started blooming this week, so beautiful to… More

• About snow and gardening

  ...not, please remove it. :) (Everyone read fast!!)I got it as an email from Burpee. Snow Cover Bad News for Travelers but Good News for Gardeners Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:59pm EST WARMINSTER, Pa., Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Near record snowfalls here… More

• Gardening in small spaces

  ... gardening. Oh, I am no stranger to gardening, I just used to be a really good serial plant killer. I told you I was new to "Successful" gardening. :0 Anyway, I would love to expand my gardening horizons. Some of you probably have… More

• container gardening and adding material for drainage bad idea!

  I was perusing the internet yesterday and happened upon an article that I found interesting. It talks about NOT using shards etc., to encourage draining in the bottom of containers. If you are interested check out this site: http://yardener.com/YardenersPlantHelper/YardCareTechniques/GrowingPlantsInContainers/NoShardsInContainerBottom. I am definitely going to follow the suggestion. I never even… More

• Gardening music?

  ...g different types of music to listen to while I'm gardening, fun stuff that will keep my energy up and make the time fly. Just a couple days ago my coworker… More

• just started gardening

  hi everone I just got my backyard cleared the other day and 4inches of top soil down. I wanted to plant some roses but don't know how far apart I should plant between each rose bush. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The rose plants I wanna get are about… More

• Tier based gardening

  ...t I'm considering making a raised bed, tier-based garden. I have some friends who did stacked up railroad ties on top of each other in an "L" shape, then another level on top making a square. I like the… More

• Winter gardening?

  .... Can you gros anything in winter? or better yet, What do YOU do, garden wise, during winter. More

• Organic gardening

  Hi, I want to use organic manure for my garden. How do I make that at home?:confused: More

• Hi! New to gardening...

  ...ompletely, utterly brand new to gardening and can use all the help I can get! We just bought our first house and I've inherited a beautiful perennial bed. However, because of the timing of our move and the really weird cold spring we've had (I'm in the… More

• Please help! I'm new to gardening.

  ...hat kind of flowers can I purchase now that I can use for centerpieces at a wedding reception in late july or early August? I would like to use perennials that are also suitable for cut flowers. All ideas appreciated. More

• new to gardening

  Hello, Everybody! I live in South Florida and I have grown violets for quite a while, always indoors. I have been very lucky with my plants, getting many compliments for the beautiful flowers. However, three months ago I decided to start planting out in my backyard; since then, I am… More

• New to Gardening

  I'm new to gardening but looking forward to learning :banana-wa More

• Gardening with Disabilities

  ...t this for a while. Any physical disability makes gardening more of a challenge. I know we have a variety here on GG. I thought we could share some of the ways we have learned to cope with this. This is an ingenious bunch and… More

• The right tools, who knew!

  ...id not realize how much this loss had impacted my gardening. I found it much… More

• need help new to gardening

  ...e. i'm REALLY excited for this coming spring, because i'm not working and i'll have tons of time on my hands. well as much time as you can get with a 2 year… More

• New to Gardening

  ... the space to grow a garden, now, and that's just what i'm hoping to do. i'm here to get ideas on how to keep my garden naturally. i have composted manure...and an endless supply of manure, for… More

• Gardening above Buried cable in front yard

  I have a handkerchief-sized front yard. I wish to plant some colorful annauls around the foot of the mail post (which is the only vertical structure in an otherwise flat and plain lawnscape). But, only now I learnt that there is buried cable running smack under the mail post. I… More

• Anyone ever try Lasagna Gardening?

  I recently read a snippet about it, and it sounded rather interesting. More

• I'm new at this gardening thing

  ... good at it. I'm from Kitchener, Canada. Not sure what zone I'm in because I don't know how to find out this info. If anyone can tell me how to obtain this information, it would… More

• Gardening Calendar?

  ...w a program (or calendar) regarding when to plant what and how. I was wondering if anyone knew about this and where it would be. I was CERTAIN it was here, but I can't find it. More

• Gardening books?

  ...ner like me to start and do know the basics about gardening? More

• Halloween Gardening

  Scary Shrooms! More

• Hi, I'm new at gardening and this site!!!

  ... gardening, I have no idea what I'm doing, and I just thought I'd say hello to everyone on this site.:) More

• Gardening Cat

  Motley likes to see what's going on: More

• Gardening tools

  ...nd place to find my answer. Well guys i need some Gardening tools for my New House Garden. First i need a wheelbarrow and then i will recommend some more tools too for purchase. Yesterday i stumbled upon http://www.quickvouchercodes.co.uk/blogcomments/add/9 and got some good snaps of… More

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