Techniques - Page 126 of 198 - Fine Gardening

  • soil recipe for cacti and succulents
    How-To

    Potting Soil Recipe for Cacti and Succulents

    Just as creating a healthy soil environment is crucial for your in-ground plants, providing a suitable growing medium for your container plants is a key factor to success. Most gardeners…

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    Plant a Fall Asian Garden

    Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, experiments with a wide variety of vegetables, and one her favorites is her Asian kitchen garden. These fast-growing and cold hardy greens are a great solution to…

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    Planting Garlic

    We're pretty sure that once you taste homegrown garlic, you'll never again be satisfied with the mass-produced commercial varieties found in supermarkets. And garlic is ridiculously easy to grow. In…

  • picking the perfect planter pot
    Design

    Select the Plants, Then Find a Pot

    In her article "Designing Great Containers," Rita Randolph of Randolph's Greenhouses in Jackson, Tennessee, writes: It doesn’t take long for a fun adventure at the local garden center or greenhouse to…

  • Strawberry Jar filled with plants
    How-To

    How to Plant a Strawberry Jar

    We love strawberry jars. They look great in the garden or along a path, and nothing beats a fresh strawberry. But it can be challenging to keep the soil in…

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    Tips for Growing Seeds Under Artificial Light

    Sowing a packet of seeds in the winter is uplifting, but without a good source of light, seedlings will become weak and spindly. In this video, Barbara Pierson of White…

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    How to Plant Peonies

    Peonies are among the most beloved herbaceous plants, but they can also be one of the most frustrating. It's not unusual for many gardeners to complain about their absence of…

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    Planting Ornamentals (Bare Root)

    Planting the right way can be the difference in a plant's survival. All too often we quickly dig a hole, plop in the plant, then kick dirt around it. No…

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    How to Plant a Balled-and-Burlapped Tree

    Planting the right way can be the difference in a plant's survival. All too often we quickly dig a hole, plop in the plant, then kick dirt around it. No…

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    Planting Ornamentals (Container-Grown)

    Planting the right way can be the difference in a plant's survival. All too often we quickly dig a hole, plop in the plant, then kick dirt around it. No…