GARDENING TECHNIQUES

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How To Apply Mulch

Using the right mulch can help to conserve water , shield your plants' roots from temperature extremes, improve the soil, and discourage the ...more

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How To Compost

Good composting isn't only about building a good bin and correctly mixing the compost. It's also about what you add to the compost. This ...more

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How To Create a Rain Garden

There are lots of ways you can reduce water pollution , but rain gardens may be the most beautiful of them. A rain garden is like a bowl or ...more

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How To Create a Zen Garden

Making a beautiful Zen garden can be just as peaceful and fulfilling as having one. Such a refuge can be placed in nearly any space, ranging ...more

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How To Fell a Tree

When you cut a tree you need to watch out. Cutting down a tree is not an easy decision to make but often necessary for safety reasons ...more

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How To Grow a Cactus

Would you like to have a good desert home? If so, buy seeds from the store instead of buying them already grown . Make sure that the pod is ...more

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How To Grow a Garden in a Bottle

A bottle can be recycled to function as a miniature greenhouse. This is a great project for class or a home craft during vacation time. It ...more

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How To Grow a Tomato Plant

Are you yearning to grow your own sweet, juicy tomatoes? Luckily for you, tomato plants can grow almost anywhere. But as with most ...more

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How To Grow Beans and Peas

You can grow your own peas or beans, whether in a garden or a pot. They're both legumes, which means that their symbiotic relationship with ...more

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How To Grow Your Own Food

For all of human history, people have managed to feed themselves, either by fishing , hunting , gathering and/or subsistence farming. Now ...more

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How To Husk Corn

Before you eat that freshly picked ear of corn, you need to know how to get that hairy green layer off. It may seem easy if you only have a ...more

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How to plant a ceanothis flower

Monty Don plants up a ceonuthus, sharing his tips for good drainage and adding extra energy for the plant roots. Follow these Gardeners' ...more

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How to plant a rose in the flower garden

Learn how to plant a rose with Monty Don's video advice on how to avoid problems with suckers and root rock. Follow these Gardeners' ...more

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How to plant a rose to avoid root rock and sucker growth

Sarah Raven demonstrates the best method for planting a rose to avoid ...more

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How to plant alpines in flower gardens

Rachel de Thame explains the secrets of the soil conditions in which alpine plants thrive, with recipes for the perfect growing medium. ...more

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How to plant broccoli in a vegetable garden

Follow Monty Don's video advice on using the principals of crop rotation to benefit brassicas. Monty clears away broad beans to plant out ...more

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How to plant cabbage in a vegetable garden

Follow Monty Don's video advice on planting summer cabbages, with advice on avoiding cabbage root fly. Follow these Gardeners' World ...more

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How to plant clematis in a flower garden

Join Joe Swift as he plants a clematis at the base of a viburnum in the Berryfields garden, and offers planting and mulching tips. Follow ...more

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How to plant clematis in a flower garden

Discover how to add midsummer colour and interest by growing a clematis against a teepee. Sarah Raven explains how to encourage budding ...more

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How to plant dahlia tubers in tray gardens

Sarah Raven demonstrates how to plant up dahlia tubers in trays indoors, to ensure a greater number of cuttings in summer. Follow these ...more

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How to plant herbs into a window box

Carol Klein demonstrates how to plant culinary herbs in a window box, with tips on what to plant, drainage, and companion plants to keep ...more

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How to plant irises in a flower garden

Follow Rachel de Thame's video advice on planting irises, with tips on drainage, positioning and when to divide them. Follow these ...more

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How to plant out leeks in a container garden

Monty Don demonstrates how to plant out leeks without damaging their roots, offering advice on planting depths and watering frequency. ...more

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How to plant rambling roses beneath trees

Chris Beardshaw demonstrates how to plant a rambling rose, offering tips on how to select the perfect rose, pruning and training. Follow ...more

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How to plant shallots in a container garden

Monty Don demonstrates how to plant heritage variety shallots in a container, offering advice on drainage and planting depths. Follow ...more

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How to plant summer flowering bulbs in pots

Follow Rachel de Thame's video advice on planting up a container of summer-flowering bulbs, with advice on choosing healthy bulbs, planting ...more

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How to plant train and prune passion flowers in a garden

Follow Joe Swift's video guide to planting, training and pruning ...more

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How to plant tree ferns

Follow Monty and Joe's simple step-by-step video advice to planting up the tree fern, Dicksonia Antarctica. Follow these Gardeners' World ...more

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How to plant up a traditional hanging basket

Create impact with your hanging baskets by following Rachel de Thame's comprehensive guide to planting up a traditional hanging basket, with ...more

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How to plant up hanging baskets of flowers

Learn how to plant up a traditional hanging basket, with Sarah Raven's advice on choosing a basket and plants, as well as tips on retaining ...more

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How To Start Guerilla Gardening

Guerilla gardening is a term used to describe the unauthorized cultivation of plants or crops on vacant public or private land. For some ...more

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How To Use Up Basil Bounty from the Garden

In a good year, basil plants can grow wildly, giving you a greater supply of fresh basil than you can possibly plan uses for in a short ...more

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How to plant yew hedge

Watch Monty Don's video demonstration of how to plant a yew hedge, with advice on drainage, planting distances and mulching. Follow these ...more

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How to prune a shrub roses

Follow Monty Don's video advice on pruning shrub roses, including techniques that will keep fungal infection and viruses at bay, while ...more

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How to prune a viburnum plant, remove sideshoots

Chris Beardshaw demonstrates how to prune an old viburnum, removing sideshoots and woody growth to reinvigorate the plant and encourage ...more

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How to prune and propogate dogwood trees

Joe Swift demonstrates how to prune and take hardwood cuttings from dogwoods. Follow these Gardeners' World step-by-step guides to ...more

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How to prune honeysuckle plants in the garden

Joe Swift demonstrates how to prune back honeysuckle, in the cottage garden at Berryfields. Follow these Gardeners' World step-by-step ...more

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How to rejuvenate primula plants

Carol Klein demonstrates how to rejuvenate primula vulgaris by separating newly rooted growth and replanting it. Follow these Gardeners' ...more

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How to renovate a lawn and turn the soil of your yard

Discover how to renovate a lawn with Monty Don's video project on ...more

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How to repot a jasmine plant

Monty Don offers video guidance on repotting a star jasmine, with advice on retaining moisture and limiting root disturbance. Follow ...more

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How to rotate vegetable crops in your garden

Discover the theory behind crop rotation, with Monty's back-to-basics video advice to giving optimum growing conditions for vegetable groups ...more

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How to sow sweet peas from seed

Learn how to grow sweet pea plants from seed with Monty Don's step-by-step video advice. Follow these Gardeners' World step-by-step ...more

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How to sow tomato seeds in coir pellets

Sarah Raven offers advice on which tomato varieties to grow, and demonstrates how to sow tomato seeds in coir pellets. Follow these ...more

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