How to Plant a Tree without Digging
It’s not easy to plant a tree, a shrub or evergreen in ground where it’s difficult to dig, as inContinue Reading
Category: Planting
For Mass Plantings Among Tree Roots
It’s one thing to want to plant a few plants here and there in a tree’s root zone, but quiteContinue Reading
Plants: Not Good at Multitasking
We all know people who seem capable of multitasking (performing multiple tasks simultaneously): answering the phone while filling in aContinue Reading
Plant Trees without Amending the Soil
Forget the old technique for planting shrubs and trees, the one I learned when I was a kid. We were toldContinue Reading
Garden-Friendly Trees
Here are a few examples of trees that either have deep roots or roots that are at least not tooContinue Reading
The Pot-in-pot Method
How to Switch Out Plants Instantly In general, when you garden, you want to grow plants the most permanent wayContinue Reading
Don’t Let Snow Stop You from Planting!
In my area, and in many areas in Southern Canada and the Northern US, snow has come early this yearContinue Reading
Spring-Flowering Bulbs: So Easy to Plant!
Tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, crocus and other spring-flowering bulbs: garden centers sell them by the shovelful each fall. And their cultureContinue Reading
Plant in Almost Any Season
Beginning gardeners often worry about when to plant the plants they buy, yet the answer is simple: pretty much anyContinue Reading
Planting in Shallow Soil
Not every gardener has deep soil in which to plant. In mountainous areas, your shovel will pretty much alwaysContinue Reading