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  • Kitchen Gardening

    Composting Made Easy

    Jodie Colon, compost educator at Bronx Green-Up, demonstrates how to mix dead, dry leaves and stems; fresh, moist green plant materials; and food scraps in a heap for easy composting.…

  • How-To

    How to Plant Blueberries

    Welcome to Homegrown/Homemade, a video series from FineGardening.com. We’ll be following a gardener (Fine Gardening executive editor Danielle Sherry) and a cook (Sarah Breckenridge) as they plant, maintain, harvest, store, and…

  • How-To

    How to Plant Potatoes

    Welcome to Homegrown/Homemade, a video series from FineGardening.com. We’ll be following a gardener (Fine Gardening executive editor Danielle Sherry) and a cook (Sarah Breckenridge) as they plant, maintain, harvest, store, and prepare…

  • How-To

    How to Care for Peas

    Welcome to Homegrown/Homemade, a video series from FineGardening.com. We’ll be following a gardener (Fine Gardening executive editor Danielle Sherry) and a cook (Sarah Breckenridge) as they plant, maintain, harvest, store, and prepare…

  • How-To

    Dividing Plants with Taproots

    Plants that have taproots can be divided by using a sharp knife to slice down the length of the root. Every piece that has at least one eye, some of…

  • How-To

    Dividing Plants with Woody Roots

    Woody perennials often form roots when stems rest on the ground or are buried by gradually accumulating mulch. Make a new plant by simply cutting between the rooted stem and…

  • How-To

    A Classic Approach to Pruning Tomatoes

    The rapid growth of a healthy tomato plant can sometimes lead to problems. Often you'll end up with a plant full of leaves but no fruit. Or your plant will…

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    How-To

    Deadheading Flowering Shrubs

    Deadheading—the practice of removing a plant's spent blooms—refreshes a plant's appearance, controls seed dispersal, and redirects a plant's energy from seed production to root and vegetative growth. In this video,…

  • How-To

    The Basics of Fertilizing

    Knowing how to apply fertilizers effectively is as crucial to vigorous plant growth as knowing a plant's hardiness zone. In this video, Lee Reich, author of Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden,…

  • How-To

    Trim a Hedge With Straight Edges

    The straight edge that is the hallmark of the formal hedge depends most on what you do before you cut. Accurate measurements and well-placed stakes are key when you are…