Bee Smith asked: April showers will bring out the slugs who just love to chomp through those tender young seedlings that you have sown.They are real nighthawks but I have yet to meet a gardener who really does patrol their patch with a torch and picking the slugs up by hand as they begin midnight [...]

James Youell asked: Spending some quality time with your child or children is invaluable when they are young, although it is not always easy to come up with fresh ideas on activities to keep both you and them occupied. We have tried to provide some ideas below on activities to do inside and outside the [...]

Will Randolph asked: Out of the thousands of gardening books, magazines, articles, and websites out there, very few even mention the fundamental elements of growing food. Once you find out what these steps are, you’ll realize gardening is easier than you first thought.There are only a handful of essential things you need to know to [...]

Monica Resinger asked: This is the time of year when the seed and plant catalogs come pouring in and we can browse through them and start dreaming up our gardens for the current year. A little planning will help you get what you want out of your garden and save you some time, money and [...]

Mark Leyton asked: Gardening books come in entirely different shapes and sizes and provide a lot of information about gardening than could be found anywhere else. Anything anybody ever wished to know about gardening may be obtained in a gardening book. Gardening books are not costly, and will finish up being worth a great deal [...]

Phil Nauta asked: These organic gardening books are those that have had the most profound effect on me, and I have read a lot of gardening books. But these books are the best of the best, in my opinion.Botany / Plants BookThe Secret Life of Plants. The authors of Secrets Of The Soil put out [...]

Jim Kennard asked: What Can I do to Grow In My Heavy Clay Soil?You do NOT have to replace your heavy clay soil with something better, nor do you need to add tons and tons of sand and/or compost.To start off you simply eliminate all weeds, dig or till the soil, measure and stake your [...]

Inez Calender asked: A small house with a small yard can become a showplace when you turn that tiny yard into a garden. Landscaping with plants with not only increase the value of your home but will make your home a great place to live in.A beautiful garden has nothing to don with size and [...]

Alice C. Serrano asked: You can easily gather the gardening advice that you need. There are plenty of sources that can give you good gardening suggestion. You can turn to a fellow gardener, a gardening catalog, gardening magazines gardening books and the ever present internet. The advice may vary for particular plant, but most of [...]

Mark Leyton asked: Garden advice isn’t that tough to come by. As a matter of fact, you can acquire gardening advice from other nurserymen, in a horticulture catalogue, gardening books, gardening mags, and also on the Net. Although you’ll get variations on each plant, there’s a lot of gardening advice that’s general and applies any [...]