The Gardening Technique
The Gardening Technique loves the basics of gardening, and admires the wisdom that comes from years of tilling the soil--or just watering the backyard.
Herbs in Winter: Taking Them In and Drying Them Out
We're clearing out our herb boxes as well as our gardens--but we also know that we have plenty of herbs that'll survive this winter....
Fertilizing Indoor Plants–If You Should At All…
We're heading into the official start of the Fall season this weekend. That means a lot of plants are coming inside--and some of them...
How to Prepare a Cold Frame for Fall
A cold frame is a means to give tender plants a gentler dormancy through the winter months. It will extend the life of a...
Beautiful Fall Bulbs: What We’ll Be Planting This September [Part Two...
We've covered the best way to get your bulbs planted in autumn for a spring crop, and taken our first look at our planned...
Beautiful Fall Bulbs: What We’ll Be Planting This September [Part One...
We've covered the best way to get your bulbs planted in autumn for a spring crop. Now we consider what to actually plant. Fortunately,...
Planting Fall Bulbs: When To Do It (and How To Do...
Already anxious to see some new blooms? We know that feeling, so we're already making our plans to put in our fall bulbs. We...
Prepping Fruit Trees in Late Summer and Early Fall
We've been looking at how our fruit-bearing plants fare at the end of summer. We shouldn't, however, neglect all the necessary care for our...
Pruning Raspberries for Early Fall
There's a lot more debate to pruning raspberries than is really necessary--especially when we talk about pruning them in the fall. A lot of...
September is Lawn Season: Choosing Seeds [One in a Series]
We're still working on our new lawn for September, and glad to be looking back at the challenge of choosing our seeds. It seems...
Making Room for Winter Gardening
You don't have to quit gardening just because winter is coming. In fact, some of us really like the challenge. We also like calling...
Yellow Jackets and Other Wasps: Luring and Trapping the Smart Way
Over at Reddit.com, a lot of hipsters are showing off their amazing yellow jacket traps--all of them brimming over with hundreds of dead wasps....
Gardening Irrigation: What We Learned This Summer
As always, we learned a few things about our irrigation systems over the summer. There were times when we had to learn things the...
September is Lawn Season: Planting Seeds [One in a Series]
We're still excited about concentrating on our lawn for September--and we're going to proceed as if we've settled the seeds vs. sodding debate. We're...
September is Lawn Season: Sodding vs. Seeding! [One in a Series]
September is kind of like Christmas for gardening folks who also have big suburban dreams. That's because September is the ideal time for working...
Pruning in Late Summer–And Why You Shouldn’t
Hey, it sure is comfortable out working in the garden right about now. There's some harvesting to be done while the weather gets a...
Spotted Wing Drosophila Fly: Watch Out For Them–And Manage Them
You may not remember all the way back to the start of this growing season, but the warning was put out early to watch...
Spring Blooming Bulbs–When to Plant, and How to Plant Late!
Want to know the best time to plant your Spring blooming bulbs? Well, that depends--but we're certainly heading into the time when everyone should...
Late Blight in Tomatoes & Potatoes–Watching Out for the Worst
Are you ready for some cool, wet weather? Well, we know that the spores that cause late blight are sure ready. They're probably already...
How to Attract Hummingbirds (and Keep Them Healthy)
It's late August, and the hummingbirds will be starting their migration. Some of us will be sad to see them going, and others will...
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