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Gardening for Beginners: Link Up

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I have been away from the computer quite a bit these last few weeks as spring has finally sprung here in Edmonton and I’ve been able to get outside and spend some quality time in my garden. I consider myself very much a beginner gardener, as I only started attempting to do serious gardening last year. My daughter was finally old enough to “help”, and I didn’t have to chase her all over the yard to keep her from hurting herself. This spring is a series of firsts for me: first time I started seeds indoors, first time I am making use of the entire raised bed I put in last year, and first time I am planting seeds outdoors (I was too scared to last year, and just got plants).

So! When you’re a beginner gardener, where do you start? There is so much information out there and so many possibilities for what you can plant! I still have a problem with getting too excited at greenhouses and garden centres and just putting plants on my cart without really thinking about whether I can sustain them. I thought I could compile some of the posts out there that I have found most useful as a beginner gardener in Edmonton (because of course our growing season is much shorter up North!) and ask you to link up to any of your own favourites. Check out the Linky at the bottom of the post!

zucchinionvineregularVegetable Gardening: Great starter guide with links for each vegetable to get a good description on how to grow them.

Strawberries How To Grow Organic Strawberries: Very thorough article on all of the ins and outs of planting strawberries. I have been adding more and more strawberries to our garden because my daughter LOVES them, and they taste amazing straight from the garden!

Follow-This-One-Tip-and-Get-A-Ton-of-Organic-Strawberries-WholeLifestyleNutrition.com_.001Follow This One Tip In Your Garden & Get A Ton Of Organic Strawberries!: Last year I did not know that the term “runner” meant. Now I do!

herbTen Mistakes New Herb Gardeners Make (and How to Avoid Them!): Great little tutorial for beginners planting herbs!

tomato-sucker-1Pruning tomato plants: how and when to do it: Great tips for caring for tomato plants – which are pretty easy to grow in my opinion!

How-to-turn-an-empty-toilet-paper-roll-into-a-seed-starterToilet Paper Roll Seed Starters: I tried doing this however it got all moldy for me. I believe this is because I was a little over-eager with watering. I have heard that this can work really well (if you hold back with the watering and don’t get mold) because then you can just pop your rolls into the soil and not have to worry about trying to get your seedling out of a plastic container (which I also did and lost some of them in the process. What can I say? I’m a total newbie at this!).

garlicHow to Plant Garlic: It may not be the right time to plant garlic – but I’m really excited because I followed the instructions in this post last fall and have very healthy garlic plants that sprouted without me doing anything else! So pin this one for the fall! Note: I used some organic garlic cloves from my Organic Box – I’ve heard other people say to ensure that you use organic garlic when you do this, not cheaper garlic, otherwise you may not get good results.

raisedbedDIY Raised Garden Bed: Easy to follow instructions – I did something very similar to this last year!

mosquitoplanterMosquito Planter: I am a mosquito magnet. My mother always said I must have “sweet blood” because I get ravaged by mosquitoes. So I attempted to help control the situation with some of these plants placed in pots all around my yard last year! Going to do it again this year!

spring-gardening12 Spring Gardening Maintenance Tips You Must Do Now: I follow Anna Hackman’s GreenTalk blog and really love it. She gives very sage advice for us beginner gardeners!

coffegroundsCoffee Grounds in the Garden: Friend or Foe?: If you have a coffee drinker in the house – this one is a great read for how to use coffee grounds in the garden! I put a ton of them on my hydrangeas last year and got beautiful luscious blooms!

celery_chopped16 Foods That’ll Re-Grow from Kitchen Scraps: I tried the celery last year and indeed got a little celery plant out of it! I did it late in the season so this year I’m going to try it ASAP. Fun to do with the kids!

 What gardening tips do you have for beginner gardeners? Share your post here!

  1. Enter the TITLE and LINK to your post about gardening in the Linky below where it says You are next… click here to enter (please link to the actual post and not just your homepage).
  2. Copy the link from this page onto your post with a comment such as Posted at juicy green mom’s Gardening for Beginners link up.
  3. Thanks for sharing your ideas! Be sure to check out the other links too! (I reserve the right to delete posts that are not relevant to the topic, or that do not link back to this page.)



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