I was diagnosed last year with rheumatoid arthritis, and that severely compromised my garden last year. I hadn't really planned to do anything this year, because we haven't found the right combination of medications to make it Not An Issue for me ( Read more... )

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I want to extend one of my gardens into where there is currently grass.  My father-in-law has a rototiller that he says I can use, though I've been reading conflicting things about rototillers and grass.  Some things say just to rototill the grass and take the grass clumps out afterwards, though I've seen other things that say if the grass isn't ( Read more... )

Since I have nothing to do and I’m so excited about gardening, I’ve been pouring over perennials online to get some ideas for garden planning ( Read more... )

I’m struggling with what to do with the garden.  My boyfriend and I are almost certainly moving out of the country in a couple of years.  We’re currently building an apartment over the garage in the back which we hope to start renting out in the near future and when we leave we would rent out the main house as well.  In the meantime I’d like to do ( Read more... )

I am in the process of moving a huge amount of dirt in place around the foundation of my house. I have had a spontaneous desire to put in a stone retaining wall in the front facing the street. About 12-18 inches high I think. It will meander slightly ( Read more... )

Found this, thought it might help some of you guys.

5 Secrets to a No-Work Garden.

This summer, I have decided to plant an Alice in Wonderland garden in the middle of my front yard ( Read more... )

My garden's slowly coming along, and the vegetable patch has been bordered out into a raised bed with some soil in it (the gardeners are using the soil from the garden as they've said it's very fertile, so I suspect our only issue with it was the stones. This does mean there's a load of grass in it, but also the possibility of weeds; I'm going to ( Read more... )

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