Gardening Articles: Latest Tips and How-Tos for Gardeners

By: Cheryl Spencer, Certified Gardener

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Are you ready to take your gardening game to the next level?

I cover gardening topics ranging from tips for starting a garden from seed, advice on choosing the right plants for your climate and soil, to interesting ways to save time in your garden.

Whether you want to start your first garden or expand your gardening knowledge, you’ll find helpful articles here!

The latest articles on gardening

Get ready to dig into the latest trends in home gardening with these helpful gardening tips.

Garden Design How To: DIY Garden Design for Beginners

a stack of the best gardening books for beginners sitting on a mantle

24 of The Best Gardening Books for Beginners in 2024

gardener holding red pruners, pruning plants

The 5 Best Pruning Books: Learn to Prune Like a Pro in 2024!

Corn Gluten Meal for Weeds: Is it an Effective Weed Killer?

Soil Preparation: How to Create Healthy Soil

Fall Clean-Up: Get It Done Faster and Easier This Year

celery plants growing in a square foot garden

How to Grow Celery at Home the Easy Way: Top Advice + Tips

Living Mulch: Powerful Organic Weed Control for Your Garden [Examples, Benefits & Tips]

soil test form with pen, trowel, and soil sample on a gold background

How to Test Your Soil Like an Expert

Leggy Seedlings: Why You Have Leggy Seedlings and How to Fix This Problem

a man holding a basket of sweet potatoes, grown in a square foot garden

How to Start Growing Sweet Potatoes at Home – Your Tastebuds Will Thank You

Weeding Bucket DIY: Simple Solution Makes it Easy to Weed

Gardening topics you’ll find on my blog

My goal is to write the best gardening articles that help both beginner and experienced gardeners.

So, whether you’re looking for easy flower garden ideas for beginners or more advanced vegetable gardening tips and tricks, I’ve got you covered!

Here are the most popular gardening topics I cover:

Vegetable garden tips.
Flower gardens.
Garden design ideas.
Square foot gardening tips.
Seed starting.
Spring garden tips.
Fall garden tips.

Vegetable gardening tips

Want more fresh produce? Get helpful advice on how to get started with vegetable gardening, from soil preparation to harvesting your bounty!

Living Mulch: Powerful Organic Weed Control for Your Garden [Examples, Benefits & Tips]

Is there anything more frustrating than spending an entire weekend weeding your garden to watch new weeds sprout up a few days later? Growing a living mulch is a low-maintenance solution that can help keep those pesky weeds at bay. Living mulches cover bare soil and act as a natural, organic weed…

What to Plant in May: Best Vegetables + Flowers to Grow Now

It’s time to get serious about planting! This is the month when heat-loving veggies like tomatoes and peppers can go into the ground unprotected. Cool-season annual flowers can be planted early in the month, but wait until after your last frost to plant tender annuals. Keep reading to get the full list of…

How to Grow Kale in Your Square Foot Garden [Step-by-Step]

I never understood the appeal of kale until a fellow gardener (who I can only describe as a kale whisperer) showed me his kale. He had two varieties growing side by side: one was a crinkly leafed, Siberian kale, the other, a Tuscan kale with elongated, bumpy leaves. He pointed…

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Flower garden ideas and tips

From quick projects for beginners to more advanced gardening techniques, these ideas and tips will have your neighbors oohing and ahhing over your handiwork in no time!

Types of Mulch: How to Choose The Best One

With color choices like red, brown, and black, and materials like wood, stone, and rubber, how can you choose the right mulch for your garden without getting overwhelmed? All you have to do is follow three simple steps. These three steps will help you avoid the kind of devastating mistake…

November Gardening: What You Need to Do This Month

A trusty leaf rake is my constant companion this month. No matter how often I’ve said to myself after raking up an area “This looks great! I’m glad I’m done with that,” I’m never done. The wind will see to that. More leaves blow in from all

Red tulips and crabapple tree in march garden.

March Gardening Tips + To-Dos: How to Grow Your Dream Garden in 2024

Typically, March is a hard month for us gardeners. The longer days always fool me into thinking that spring has arrived. Oh yes! Spring is finally here, I think to myself. Well, it is, and it isn’t. Even though my soil is starting to warm up, March is our snowiest month, and…