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Move vegetable seedlings outside after they have grown strong and all danger of frost has passed. They are now ready to compete with weeds and start producing.

Is it warm enough yet? Wait until after the last spring frost to plant those annuals! Get your frost date and learn how to harden off your annual flowers.

Having a tomato crop this season is easy. Just follow these steps for growing and transplanting seedlings into the garden for an abundant and successful crop.

Cool season annual flowers bloom into late fall and earliest spring and sometimes flower all winter. Ideal in pots or planters by the door, walk or mailbox.

Many types of vegetables, herbs and flowers are very easy to grow from seed. You can save money and find a larger variety to choose from when you start your own.

Children enjoy watching things grow. Even if garden space is limited, everyone can grow and share a few plants.

It’s spring! But is it time to plant perennials yet? Can container grown hardy perennials be planted before the last spring frost? Maybe yes, maybe no. Find out why.

Slow-release fertilizer may be the best way to provide plants with a balance of nutrients.

Treat friends and family with a bountiful crop of unique, colorful and flavor-packed heritage tomatoes this gardening season.

Nothing tastes better than a ripe heirloom tomato plucked from the vine and eaten on the spot. That's why millions of backyard gardeners grow tomatoes every year.

Planting vegetables in desert areas needs to be timed with climate, date of last frosts, and other factors.

Understanding the needs of seeds leads to greater success in the garden.

Understanding what all those how-to books are talking about makes gardening easier for the novice. Below, often heard garden terms are explained for the new gardener.

You can start your own plants from seed without buying a bunch of lights, cell packs, or pricey seed-heating mats. It's called Winter Sowing, and it couldn't be easier.

Making the right choices for your garden in the spring can help simplify maintenance later on and ensure a bountiful, carefree garden season.

Late winter/early spring sowing of celeriac seed will deliver mature vegetables to eat in winter. Here's a guide to setting seed, planting out and cultivating celeriac.

How to grow perennial plants from seed. Is it cost effective? Is it different from growing veggies and annuals from Seed?

A small scale staple carbohydrate crop easy to grow in a garden, delicious and nutritious home grown alternative to rice.

While traveling in Massachusetts, gardeners should visit the Margaret C. Ferguson Greenhouses at Wellesley College. Gardeners will soak up this educational experience.

Cold frames can provide fresh vegetables all year depending on one's hardiness zone. They are easy to build for those with basic construction skills.

Featured in Fine Gardening, House and Garden, Horticulture and Sunset magazines, Annie Hayes, owner of Annie's Annuals Nursery is a self-described flower floozy!

With a mini 'greenhouse' for your new grape vine expect a bigger, healthier vine that bears fruit sooner.

Before the ground thaws cultivate garden vegetables indoors using kitchen scraps. Common vegetables can be turned into a garden delight.

Three or four tomato plants will produce a generous harvest of tasty fruit from even a small garden or patio. Follow these simple guidelines and it's easy.

I've added gardening tips that turn a simple article on "How to Plant Tomato" into an article on building better root systems and support systems to increase yield...

One of the most enjoyable processes for vegetable gardeners is growing vegetables from seed. Proper maintenance of seedlings includes potting them up into larger pots.

Turn kitchen scraps into a bountiful garden. Many common vegetables and herbs produce seeds or root stock that can be turned into next summers crops.

Living Christmas trees are a good choice for those families that want a real Christmas tree, but don't want to cut a live tree down every year.

How-to article for growing garlic, from preparing soil to planting, harvest and preserving. Uses of garlic for pest control, cold and flu remedy, insect repellant, etc.

Butterfly populations appear to be falling so why not give them a helping hand by rearing and releasing native butterfly species.

Late summer is a good time to remove suckers sprouting at the base of landscape trees as well as unwanted growth spurred by pruning cuts.

Seedlings need light. To grow healthy seedlings or transplants indoors, grow them under lights, not on the windowsill. Fluorescent or gro lite? Here's how.

Tomatoes are extremely popular with home gardeners because they are easy to grow, tasty and nutritious. Sprout your own tomato seedlings.

Eggplant's recent popularity may be due to claims of its anti-cancer properties. People familiar with its use in the kitchen don't need another reason to grow eggplants.

Seeds are nature's surprise packages. If you want to start your plants from seed this year, here are some tips that you should keep in mind.

How to start summer annuals outside in time to enjoy them in the height of the summer.

Grapes propagated from cuttings have a high rate of success for the grape growing enthusiast.

Using home grown plants in magic spells and other magical uses enhances the potency of the ritual. The practitioner is more closely bound to the herbal magick.

Organic gardeners can experiment with winter sowing methods to start seeds of hardy vegetables, flowers, and cover crops outdoors; no greenhouse is required.

Fleuroselect 2010 winners belong to three native North American flowering plants. They display qualities like compactness, long flowering seasons, and vivacious colors.

Learn the basics of caring for the Rose bushes you planted.

Whether you need a holiday gift or a birthday gift or a thinking of you gift, here are ideas for the perfect gardening present for the special gardener on your list.

Successfully growing roses in a cold climate starts with choosing hardy types of rose bushes. Northern winter care for roses means developing a plant maintenance plan.

The pungent flavor of garlic is often used to enhance various meals, but many are astonished to learn how simple it is to grow this particular culinary bulb.

Growing tomatoes is easy and fun, and you do not need to have a large garden to make it worth the effort.

Even in the coldest of climates, it's still possible to extend the growing season well into the winter months with the use of a number of low-tech gardening techniques.

With proper overwintering techniques, which are made much easier with the use of a greenhouse, many plants can be preserved only to be more vigorous beautiful producers.

It's easy to preserve the flavors of herbs from your garden now, so that you can savor them in your cooking once the winter frosts set in.

Tarragon, the indispensable classic culinary herb with a delicate, warm flavor used in many French recipes.