For Love of Gardening


Gardening Tips


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For Love of Gardening was created primarily for myself, as a way to keep track of gardening tips that I found particularly interesting or helpful.
Outside links will open in a new window taking you to the original website.
Hope you find my collection as useful for yourself.

Vegetables

Mother Earth News - All About Growing Asparagus
Getting an early start on Spring Gardening
Garden Management: Keeping Up With Your Summer Garden
These 6 common vegetables are actually all the same plant species
4' x 20' Sample Vegetable garden layout plan
Square Foot Garden Planting Guide
Where to Prune Tomatoes
Vegetable Growing Cheat Sheet
Vegetable Garden Diseases
Vegetables to grow in the shade
Supports for Plants & Vertical Gardens
53 Tomato Trellis Designs (Completely Free)

Companion Planting Charts & Graphics
Vegetable Garden Layout with Companion Planting Combination
Companion Planting - Friends & Enemies
Companion Planting the Old Fashioned Way with a 3 Sisters Garden
Companion Planting Chart 1
Companion Planting Chart 2
Companion Planting Chart 3
Companion Planting Chart 4
A Companion Planting Chart .pdf
Companion planting combinations

Herbs

Ten Mistakes New Herb Gardeners Make (and How to Avoid Them)
How to Prune French Lavender
Herb Growers Cheat Sheet

Flowers

Time to give up the pot: why it’s much better to plant in the ground
Container Gardening: Sarah Raven’s 7 Tips for Perfect Flower Pots
Flowers for easy cutting and home decorating
When & How to Cut Flowers
Giving Flowers a Long Vase Life
How Much Sunlight do your Flowers Need?

Organic

Eco-Friendly Bug Spray
Neem Oil Spray
Keep Pests Away Organically with these Plants

Houseplants

Hanging Plants for your house
22 Hard to Kill Plants
Houseplant Cheat Sheet
Plants to Place by Your Bed to Help You Sleep Better
How to Plant a Succulent Garden
NASA Guide to Air-filtering Houseplants

Garden Design

The Old Farmers Almanac Garden Planner
Beds and Borders: Planning Garden Borders
How to Zone Your Backyard Garden for Efficiency
Gardening quick fixes for summer
Vegetable & Herb garden layout
A Year Round Guide of What to Plant When
Inspiring Greenhouse Plans
Privacy Plants
Top 10 Climbing Plants for a Small Trellis

General (catch-all group)

Mother Earth News - An All Year Solar Greenhouse
Put away the tiller and try earth-friendly sheet mulching for garden beds
Easy Composting: The Dig and Drop Method: Composting Without a Compost Pile
The Symptoms of Over-Fertilizing
15 Weird Gardening Tips that Sound Wacky but Really Work
Calories burned while gardening
Good & Bad Creepy Crawlies
Mulch vs. No Mulch
Tree Pruning
Why Are My Plants Turning Yellow?

Plant Life Cycle Graphics
Life Cycle of a Plant
Life Cycle of a Plant 2
Life Cycle of a Plant 3

















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