Starting a Garden Basics

Conversations About Starting a Garden Basics

• CG's starting over

  OK, I am going to try this journal out. Now don't make fun of me for getting such a late start. I am waiting on Sears to replace the motor on my tiller so I will be way behind for summer gardening. The compression is so high on the tiller… More

• Starting my seeds

  Just got my seedlings to come up .Planted them last weekend .Cucumber,Corn,beans,Sunflowers ,Garlic chives and basil.Just want a small garden to start with this year,Can't wait till I plant them outside.I also found a potatoes bag you grow in .Said it yields 13 lbs per bag. I think i might… More

• Starting Tomatoes Outside.

  I am posting this on other sites toget different opinions also. Thanks! I know it's late season, but I have a question. Is it possible to plant a tomato seed in a small pot OUTSIDE. Then when it is tall enough to just put it in the garden without having… More

• Fireworks are starting...

  In my garden! I have about 150 hybrid daylilies in my garden and this time of year my garden starts exploding. Sharing a few pics of my early bloomers. Not the best pics, but here they are nonetheless! :D More

• Starting new beds

  GeorgiaGirl - send pics! what I'm envisioning will have a woodsy background, so some bushes, rocks and lower-growing color come to mind - I don't know what is tolerated in your climate. As for ridding yourself of the weeds - my backyard was 3-4' high in weeds in one location… More

• Just starting with Asaparagus HELP!

  I got my asparagus roots in the mail yesterday! YAY!! Sooo excited!! There was an established "crop" of it where I now am - until about 2 weeks before I went to look at the place. ARGH. Dug it all up. Nothing coming up anywhere. I was heartbroken, I LOVE… More

• Starting a tree from seed

  With all the rain we had a couple of months ago several "seeds" from my tree have planted themselves in the garden. I decided to save a couple of these trees. They are doing well but I was wondering if I should when they get a certain height start pruning… More

• I am starting a compost pile and need HELP!

  I have a 20' x 30' garden in Long Beach, California and just acquired a composter. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice for a "beginner composter"?? Many thx, Terry More

• My Veggies are finally starting to show!

  Thought I would share a couple of pictures from my veggie garden that I took today. So happy to see little baby cucumbers showing up! Lots of tomatoe's and green peppers too! More

• Starting a garden next year

  Ok, I will say that I've tried to look on the web for this, maybe I didn't look good enough. I want to start a garden next year, for fruit and vegetables. I'm thinking Tomatoes, potatoes, onions, rhubarb, etc. (I also want to grow chives, mint, strawberries, raspberries an blueberries,… More

• Starting my shade garden today!

  We have this large area on the east side of our house that was overgrown with invasive weeds and non native vines that were killing some of the small trees trying to grow. So my husband took a machete to them and cleared out a large space. He had built… More

• Help! I am starting my first garden!

  My grandma used to garden all the time and I loved helping her and eating the home grown fruit and veggies. Now my family and I live out in the country and I would like them to have the same experience I had growing up! I do not know how… More

• Starting Garden

  I am starting a small garden this year. I am looking to plant assorted tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, cucumbers, peas, stringbeans and parsley. I have a few questions....what is the proper soil ph balance for each of these veggies? What is the best plant food or fertilizer for each? What is… More

• starting a garden

  HI everyone, This might be too big of a question but here it is....just about to start a garden and only want the following: tomatoes (small and medium), radishes, lemon cucumber, zucchini, squash, and 4 pumpkins. Can I do all of this in a 4x12x8 raised garden?? or does it… More

• Starting fresh with lawns and gardening

  Hi All, I'm new to this forum and lawn/gardening. I'm a 1st time home owner and I have some basic question related to lawn care as I see my lawn in a very bad shape after winter (tookover the house with a snow covered lawn). Can someone point me to… More

• Just starting first container garden

  I am just starting my first container garden. You can follow a long at my blog thecontainerveggie.blogspot.com it should be a fun rewarding hobby. More

• Newbie here... starting a garden from scratch...

  I grew up spending summers at my grandma's house, where we enjoyed the incredible bounty of her vegetable garden. I can still taste the incredibly sweet peas and corn that she grew. We recently moved to a rural area in Connecticut and I'm determined to have a vegetable garden. I've… More

• Starting a veggie garden?

  Hey, Im really new to gardening all Ive done is pulled weeds. So I really want to turn my back yard into a garden haven. I would like to plant almost EVERYTHING I can :D I live in the seattle area. But what plants can be year round? How do… More

• starting my first vegtable garden need some help

  Hi all i am starting my first garden.Well second rilly i tryed once befor only got potatos to grow this time i would like more.We are going to plant peppers,lettuse,tomatoes,peas,potatoes,radishes and a few other things i wont to be able to putter with my kids.Any help or suggestons would be… More

• Starting a garden

  I want to start a vegetable garden, but I read that it can be a handful. I thought maybe I could start with the easy-to-grow vegetables, any suggestions? More

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