Gardening Gardening Basics: What to Plant (and What to Avoid) You can enjoy gardening success your very first year with our expert tips and tricks. We’ll guide you through common gardening tasks with ease, plus share shopping tips, advice from fellow gardeners and so much more. Gardening Do’s and Don’ts »

GARDENING BASICS

	• Gardening Chores • Repotting Cactus, Staking Tomatoes and More • Going "Green" in the Garden • Tips for Growing Plants From Seed • Ideal Soil and Compost Temperatures • Getting to Know Your Landscape • Time for Inspection • Gardening Q & A: How Big a Deal Is Soil pH and more • Garden Trivia • What Works (and What Doesn't) in Gardening • Garden Wisdom • Gardening Tips and Tricks • Bed Preparation • Q & A: Manure, Lime, Seed Storage and More • Easier Gardening • Dispelling Common Myths • Plants Didn't Grow • Think About It • Plant Markers for Kids • Calling All Gardeners • Sneeze-Free Garden • Water Drains • Q&A: Snags, Money Tree and More • Garden Chores • Gardening Video Tips • Gardening Q & A: Summer Snowflake plant and more • Mulching No-Nos • Gardening Q & A: Evergreens, Outdoor Light and more • Save Time on Garden Chores • Planting and Growing Annuals and Perennials • Setting Out Seedlings • Getting a Jump on Spring • Garden Maintenance • Gardening Solutions • Common Gardening Errors • Ugly Duckling Viburnum • Gardening in NY • Brother Stefan's Clematis • Choosing the Best Nursery • Getting the Garden Ready • Maturity Dates • Sizing Up Plants • Gardener's Math • Good (and Bad) Ideas • Starting a New Garden • Necessary Garden Chores • Catalog Shopping • Plant-Buying Tips • Unpacking Mail-Order Plan • Gardening by Mail • Summer Gardening Answers • Gardening on a Budget • Questions and Answers • Plant-Buying Boo-Boos • Organic Gardening • Pizza Garden		• Gardening Q&A: Sprinkler Heads, Tomato Suckers and More • Create a Buzz in Your Garden: Bring in the Bees • Garden Observations • Wood Ashes • Hydroponics and Other Soil-Less Gardening • Gardening Q & A: Shrubs for Shade and more • Common Plant Name Misconceptions • Hardiness Zones Q&A • Gardening Q & A: Seedless Watermelons and more • 8 Steps to Smart Gardening • Outfitted for Gardening • Spring Gardening Q&A • Gardening Q & A: Winter Bonsai Care and more • Gardening Q & A: Beneficial Insects and more • Why Garden? • Raiding Rodents • Gardening 101 • Gardeners' Q & A: Early Spring Freezes and More • Summer Garden Maintenance • Simple Organic Gardening Techniques • No-Excuses-Not-to-Garden Gift Basket • Leaves: Nature's Gold • Gardening Q & A: Watering Newly Seeded Lawns and more • Glossary: Cladoptosis, Samara and Drupe • From Blunder to Bloom • Plant Care Basics • Ways to Learn More about Gardening • Gardening on the Cheap • Gardening With Children Projects • Manipulating Growth Rates • Gardening Don'ts • Fertilizer Facts • Gardening Tips • Garden Folklore • Thatch and More • Transplant Shock • Gardening Pitfalls • Just You and the Seeds • Beginner's Garden • Spacing in a Small Garden • The Gardener's Kit • Plants for Mom • Purchasing a Healthy Rose • Fertilizer Revisited • Horticultural Trivia • Gardening Improvisations • Late-Winter Planting • Q&A: Perennials in Bloom • Savvy Plant Shopping • Low-Maintenance Gardening • Plant Genus and Species Latin Lesson • Starting a Garden • Q&A • Buying Healthy Plants • Q&A: Ground Leaves • Indoor Gardening for Kids