Home and Garden

jamiesm2481 asked:


I am planning on starting a 4 foot by 4 foot garden. i would like some pretty flowers and plants but don’t know where to start. What are some easy plants and flowers to grow?

Darold

Katbot asked:


I want to plant fruits and veggies, and I wanna to do it without chemicals. How do I do this? Please share your own garden tips too!

Cathy

Rob F asked:


I’d like to start a small, backyard vegetable garden. What’s the best way to get started?

Gerardo

ludymae asked:


I am determined to have a garden this year without the bugs or diseases getting through to them first (hasn’t worked in the past). I also am trying to keep it organic since I have 2 small children. Any thoughts?
Cover them? How? Isn’t there any other way?

Sherman

dazed asked:


I have a medium sized typical English garden with Forsythia, Hydrangea, a few clipped Box bushes, Redcurrant bushes, Roses and a huge Cordyline palm. The grass is overlong but too wet to cut and also full of fallen leaves from next door’s tree. I’d like to do a final clean up before retiring till spring. Does anyone have any tips for getting the best out of my garden over winter. Also, are there any good bedding plants to add a splash of colour.

Regina

pawt72 asked:


I just bought my first house, and I have no idea where to begin in planting and designing a flower garden. If it helps I live in Virginia where it’s a little warmer.

Cecile

Jer I asked:


Alright, so i just got some peas and pumkins to plant in my garden. However, this garden hasnt been used in a while, lets say about 2 years. It had once very rich soil, but now, grass, and weeds have taken over! How can i get my garden ready again? If you do not know very well how to do it, some instructional videos or just plain old links on how to do it would also be very appreaciated. Best answer for the most infromation.!!! Ty!

Bennie

suziQ asked:


What plants do you put in it, is it too late in the year to plant a flower garden in Missouri? I think its called a rain garden…

Agnes

sideways asked:


I had a young man dig a 10′x10′ area in the sun, he roltatilled good earth in. I bought some haystraw and started making furrows. I have lots of squash, carrots, beets, radishes, corn, watermellon and so on. I have never worked with such clay earth before (red clay). I did have a 75′x25′ garden in the high desert in Ca but the south is so different I was hoping for any suggestions. I am blending the haystraw into the furrows as the rain has been less than average and was told this was best. Any help is appreciated. Thanks. oh, anything else that grows well here?
edit. I am wondering as I have been told that fake snakes will keep out the rodents and squirrles thus keeping snakes away. I had heard that sulfur and limestone worked too but that the best way is to keep the rodents out and the snakes will stay away that way.

Eloise

Ryan S asked:


I am looking for a garden vegetable that is commonly used in food and doesn’t take up large amounts of room. I don’t have a lot of space cleared for gardening at this point, but I am working to expand it. Also, I’d like a vegetable that is known for being abundant so maybe I could share with the family/neighbors.

For the last 3 years or so, I have done pumpkins, zuchinni( I have no idea how to spell that) and melons. But, this was a huge mistake in my case because the vines crawled all over the place- and cleaning up all that in the fall wasn’t exactly a trip to the beach, either.

I have grown tomatoes in recent years, also- and have had a good turnout every time. I realize they don’t take up a lot of room, but I’m looking for something different. And I am thinking to stay away from herbs, too- knowing the way I am I wouldn’t be able to tell them apart form weeds!

What kind of vegetables do you recommend?

Fidel