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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Bulbs

Growing in Containers

Square Foot Gardening

Annuals & Perennials

Gardening with Kids

Rock Gardening & Alpine Plants

A Free Thanksgiving Centerpiece from the Garden

Vegetable Gardening

Soil-less Potting Mix Recipe

Window Boxes

Fox, Bird and Insect Repellants

Conclusion

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INTRODUCTION

Gardening is the very essence of sharing. Whether you’re chatting over

the fence with your neighbor or consulting the Internet for the answer to a

problem, gardeners are there to reach out and help.

Here are some of my favorite questions and answers to help if you’re new

to gardening or even if you’ve been around a while.

BULBS

I’ve never planted bulbs before. What do I do?

Bulbs are a wonderful way to have glorious spring color year after year.

What kinds of bulbs are there? Daffodils, tulips, snowdrops, crocus and iris just to

name a few.

For a bountiful spring garden, you'll want to plant bulbs in the fall. That's

why you'll see all of the catalogs get mailed over the summer so that people can

make their selections and plant before first frost.

Now, there are a lot of people who avoid this kind of gardening because of

the way they're planted. Bulbs want to be planted eight to 10 inches deep and

that's why the hand planters you buy in home centers stand so tall. These hand

planters aren’t t he easiest devices in the world because you must be on your

hands and knees and able to push down with some force.

Last season, I found a great planter that allows me to plant without having

to bend over: it's called a Ground Hog. It's a three to four foot high planter with a

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gripping mechanism so I can replace the soil after planting with one, swift motion.

No crouching down to pack soil back over the bulb. I tamp down the soil with my

foot and move on to the next victim.

One of the nicest ways to utilize a container is to plant bulbs and spring

flowers and in the fall. Spring bulbs are most effective in gardens that have winter

temperatures that dip below freezing.

This is what I do with bulbs in my containers. In the fall, I'll take a variety of

bulbs like daffodils and tulips and muscari (both white and purple) and I'll plant

them deep in the container. Check your bulb packet to see how deeply you

should be planting them.

Then, to top off the container, I plant pansies. Pansies are a kind of flower

that can easily go from fall to spring without having to re-plant. When the bulbs

shoot up in spring they’re ringed with a carpet of flowering pansies.

How do I have flowering bulbs inside in winter and early spring and what

do I do with the bulbs after the flowers have gone by?

One of the neat things to do in the late fall is doing something called

forcing. You take daffodils, paper whites (a type of narcissi with a heavenly

fragrance), tulips and amaryllis, put them in the pots that you intend to have them

bloom in, and store them in a dark, cold place (like a basement or garage

refrigerator) for about 12-16 weeks. Start forcing in November just before

Thanksgiving and then pull them out sometime in February.

When you put them in that dark, cold place, they'll think it's winter. When

you yank them out and give them some warm water, sunlight and warmth, they'll

start to grow.

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