http://www.beginner-gardening.com/beginner-gardening-blog.html Hi - this is the place to get all the latest gardening blog articles, gardening questions and answers and notices of photography posted on this site. en-us beginner gardening Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:46:09 GMT Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:46:09 GMT beginner-gardening.com http://www.beginner-gardening.com/composting-dog-feces.html How do I accelerate dog poop into good compost? I add dirt with worms to it now. I know not to put food scraps in that bin so I added an additional bin Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:46:04 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/favorite-perennials.html This video shows my favorite pereannials from the range of Perennial Plants of the Year winners Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:21:10 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/astilbe.html I have just purchased a Gloria Purpurea which is starting to sprout in the bag and likely cannot go outside for another 2 months. Can I plant it inside Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:27:08 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/need-flowering-plant-id-please.html I have a large yard with lots of trees, and a creek at the back of the property. I was picking up broken branches near the far edge of the property and Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:08:17 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/light-purple-violet-spring-flower.html The leaves stand approx 6-9 tall and are blade like Flowers bloom a bit later than a crocus and about the same time as daffodils Light purple, violet Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:10:48 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/winter-squash.html Growing winter squash for storage is easy but this is one of the vegetables I’ve never managed to like. I used to grow all kinds of them... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:18:57 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/pond-fountains.html Pond fountains are one of the delights of the backyard water garden. There are a few important tips... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:18:56 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/winterizing-evergreen-shrubs.html Winterizing evergreen shrubs is one of those hot buttons with me as a gardener. I believe that evergreen shrubs are planted in... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:18:55 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/did-not-protect-knock-out-rose-bushes-this-winter.html I have knockout roses (many) set in flower beds around house. I live in NE Texas above Tyler. I did not protect roses as I though would be mild winter Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:04:43 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/buybeddingplants.html Here’s a short primer on how to buy bedding plants. As we all wander the aisles this spring at our favourite plant store, dreaming and... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:30:10 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/planting-bulbs.html Planting bulbs is a traditional fall gardening activity and there’s only a few important bits of information you really need to know. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:50 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/iris-bulbs.html Iris bulbs are some of the loveliest of spring flowering bulbs. The trick to growing them however is to follow a... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:49 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/daffodils.html Daffodils are flowering like mad in my garden so in keeping with the season, let me tell you of some research I’ve found about that wonderful... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:48 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/crocus.html Every spring, it seems I write and say that my Crocus have started blooming and they are the earliest flower in the garden. The bright yellow... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:47 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/calla-lillies.html Calla lillies are one of the most exotic of the semi-hardy perennial bulbs. While there are six species found in the wild, most of us... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:45 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/worm-casting-compost.html A question about Worm Casting Compost. I’ve looked through all of your files on composting, raised beds, lazy... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:45 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/making-compost.html Making compost using the hot method means creating a large enough mass of organic matter at one time... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:44 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/composting.html There are two routes to good composting – the cool route (as in temperature – not fashion) and the... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:42 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/compost-tea.html The quickest way to improve your soil is to use compost tea on a regular basis. Many of those in the bioremedial... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:41 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/compost-accelerator.html Compost accelerator is sometimes sold to help speed up the rate of composting. This is advertised as a great blend of... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:40 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/city-compost.html Our city sells city compost and we were ready to have a load or 2 dumped when another garden centre warned against it because it is not screened, and we put weeds in our green waste containers here. Is it unwise for our condition? For anyone's condition? Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:26:39 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/raisedbedgardening.html Raised bed gardening offers several advantages over normal ground-level gardens. It also offers several disadvantages that have... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:35:16 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/raised-bed-vegetable-gardening.html Raised bed vegetable gardening brings a few advantages (and disadvantages) from traditional in-ground vegetable... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:35:15 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/gardeningonanapartmentbalcony.html There are several important points to be considered when gardening on an apartment balcony: Weight: The weight of the pots, soil, water... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:35:14 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/container-herbs.html A question about Container Herbs. I am very new to gardening and am trying to plant a herb garden... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:35:13 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/containervegetablegardening.html Container vegetable gardening is simple if you give the plants regular care and commitment. The first thing is to... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:35:13 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/container-gardening.html You might want to take a few minutes this week to look at your container gardening plants through the eyes of a gardener. At this time of year... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:35:12 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/container-gardening-pictures.html I love container gardening and I really like container gardening pictures. For several years while I was living in rented apartments and condominiums Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:35:10 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/whydoesmyplantnotflower.html Why does my plant not flower? This is like the question why is the sky blue... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:45:03 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/underblackwalnut.html Under black walnut trees: These are some of the plants that have been reported as growing under black walnut trees. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:45:01 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/threesistersgardening.html Three sisters gardening is a North American native concept. It's part spiritual, part gardening, part cultural... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:45:00 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/prune-petunias.html This video of how to prune petunias is a very simple garden technique and once you see it done, you'll wonder how you ever missed this little secret Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:44:59 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/organic-fertilizer.html Organic fertilizer is a bit of a funny concept - well, it's funny if you've been hanging around chemical farmers for a while - but here's... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:44:58 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/mushroomsonthelawn.html Help! I’ve got lots of mushrooms on the lawn. What do I do? Let’s understand the... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:44:56 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/mulching-groundcovers.html A question about Mulching Groundcovers. Do I mulch vinca and ivy? Do they both cover by sending out runners... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:44:55 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/mulching-clay-soil.html A question about Mulching Clay Soil. I have butterfly garden with all native MN plants in my back yard. It is along... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:44:54 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/kill-grass.html Kill Grass: a question about how to kill grass. Last week I smothered a long strip of boring lawn with newspaper followed by... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:44:52 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/howtokillplants.html How to kill plants is something I get asked all the time in the context of - This plant is eating my garden - or... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:44:51 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/deadheading.html Deadheading is a term we use to describe the removal of spent or dying flowers. The only trick... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:44:50 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/cutflowers.html Here's how you can keep Valentine's Day cut flowers alive even if the relationship doesn't last longer than the weekend. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:44:48 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/claysoilgardening.html Many gardeners look at clay soil gardening and decide that they’d much rather garden on more open, organic soils. Then they try... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:44:47 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/catsinthegarden.html Cats in the garden. First of all, you can't win - if you want to get rid of them in the garden, the feline lovers hate you. If you want to... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:44:45 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/pruning-apple-trees.html There are several steps to pruning apple trees and the easiest is with a central leader system to produce a scaffold system Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:18:57 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/growing-strawberries.html Growing strawberries in the home garden is a great way to get your own supplies for strawberry shortcake. (well, at least the topping half of those supplies – growing cake is a little past our home fruit garden). : Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:18:56 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/growing-rhubarb.html Growing rhubarb is high on my gardening agenda because I love rhubarb pie and luckily for me – this is one of the easiest dessert plants to grow in the home garden. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:18:55 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/growing-raspberries.html Growing raspberries is a subject near and dear to my heart. This fruit – when added to good vanilla ice cream – is my all-time... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:18:53 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/growing-apples.html Growing apples in your backyard is fairly easy fruit growing and is something the average family can do with a little preparation and understanding. Here are the basics Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:18:52 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/sick-plants.html Sick plants! How come you have sick plants? The bottom line (without mincing words) is that you're stressing them somehow. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:18:51 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/pruning-shrubs.html There are really two kinds of pruning cuts for pruning shrubs you absolutely need to be able to do and figure out. When you master these two cuts (easily done by the way) you'll find yourself able to grow and shape shrubs, trees, annuals and just about any plant you grow into any shape you desire. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:18:49 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/parsley.html I love fresh parsley and if this were a media forum that allowed me to break into song, I'd do my best Simon and Garfunkel imitation right about... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:03:40 GMT