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Gardening for Beginners

Welcome to the Gardening for Beginners page.

Here, you’ll find everything you need to take your first steps into the world of growing your own food. Learn how to start seeds indoors, plan your garden layout, and make the most of your budget without skimping on quality. Discover practical tips for improving your soil, watering wisely, and steering clear of the most common beginner blunders.

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How to Plant Tomatoes: A Step-by-Step Guide

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How to Start a Garden on a Budget

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Gardening With Kids: 10 Tips for Growing Together

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Daily Garden Checklist

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Gardening for Beginners: How to Start a Garden in 8 Simple Steps

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10 Reasons to Start a Garden Today

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Gardening for Beginners: 10 Easy to Grow Vegetables and Herbs

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6 Habits of Highly Successful Gardeners

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Container Gardening for Beginners: 10 Steps for Success

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Vegetable Gardening in Arizona

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How to Harden Off Seedlings: Complete Guide & Tips featured image

How to Harden Off Seedlings: Complete Guide & Tips

Seeds or Transplants? Which Crops Have Sensitive Roots featured image

Seeds or Transplants? Which Crops Have Sensitive Roots

How to Treat and Prevent Fungus Gnats Indoors featured image

How to Treat and Prevent Fungus Gnats Indoors

Beginner’s Guide: How to Start Seeds Indoors featured image

Beginner’s Guide: How to Start Seeds Indoors

How to Chit Potatoes: A Guide to Greensprouting Seed Potatoes featured image

How to Chit Potatoes: A Guide to Greensprouting Seed Potatoes

How to Sanitize Seed Starting Supplies featured image

How to Sanitize Seed Starting Supplies

When & How to Pot Up Seedlings featured image

When & How to Pot Up Seedlings

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How to Plant Seeds Outside

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How to Plant Transplants

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Cucumber Companion Plants: Enhance Growth and Repel Pests featured image

Cucumber Companion Plants: Enhance Growth and Repel Pests

Seed Storage: The Best Way to Store and Organize Seeds featured image

Seed Storage: The Best Way to Store and Organize Seeds

Mastering Succession Planting in the Low Desert featured image

Mastering Succession Planting in the Low Desert

Winter Garden Planning in Mild Climates featured image

Winter Garden Planning in Mild Climates

Best Companion Plants for Cool-Season Gardens featured image

Best Companion Plants for Cool-Season Gardens

10 Easy Cool-Season Vegetables to Plant from Seed featured image

10 Easy Cool-Season Vegetables to Plant from Seed

Order Bulbs for Fall Planting: Plan Your Fall Garden Now featured image

Order Bulbs for Fall Planting: Plan Your Fall Garden Now

Plants that Attract Beneficial Insects & Pollinators featured image

Plants that Attract Beneficial Insects & Pollinators

Plant Spacing in Square Foot Gardens featured image

Plant Spacing in Square Foot Gardens

When to Plant Your Garden: How to Find a Planting Calendar for Your Area featured image

When to Plant Your Garden: How to Find a Planting Calendar for Your Area

Guide to Container Sizes: Which Size Container Should I Use? featured image

Guide to Container Sizes: Which Size Container Should I Use?

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Container Gardening for Beginners: 10 Steps for Success

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10 Easy Cool-Season Flowers to Plant From Seed featured image

10 Easy Cool-Season Flowers to Plant From Seed

Best Companion Plants for Cool-Season Gardens featured image

Best Companion Plants for Cool-Season Gardens

How to Start a Garden on a Budget featured image

How to Start a Garden on a Budget

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Gardening With Kids: 10 Tips for Growing Together

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Gardening in Grow Bags: 5 Tips for Success

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Amending Soil: Preparing Your Garden Before Planting featured image

Amending Soil: Preparing Your Garden Before Planting

How to Water Your Garden featured image

How to Water Your Garden

The Best Way to Water Raised Bed Gardens featured image

The Best Way to Water Raised Bed Gardens

What to Feed Worms in Worm Bins featured image

What to Feed Worms in Worm Bins

Choosing the Best Soil for Raised Bed Gardening featured image

Choosing the Best Soil for Raised Bed Gardening

How to Refresh Old Potting Soil and Save Money featured image

How to Refresh Old Potting Soil and Save Money

10 Water-Saving Tips for Desert Gardening featured image

10 Water-Saving Tips for Desert Gardening

Soil Testing: When & How to Test Your Soil featured image

Soil Testing: When & How to Test Your Soil

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Citrus Growing Mistakes: How to Avoid Them featured image

Citrus Growing Mistakes: How to Avoid Them

Invasive Mint: How to Prevent Mint from Spreading featured image

Invasive Mint: How to Prevent Mint from Spreading

Prevent Blossom End Rot: Tips for Healthy Tomatoes featured image

Prevent Blossom End Rot: Tips for Healthy Tomatoes

The Pros & Cons of Container Gardening featured image

The Pros & Cons of Container Gardening

How to Prevent & Fix Bitter Cucumbers featured image

How to Prevent & Fix Bitter Cucumbers

Witches Broom Garlic: What’s Wrong with My Garlic? featured image

Witches Broom Garlic: What’s Wrong with My Garlic?

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10 New Gardener Mistakes: What To Do Instead

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10 Biggest Vegetable Gardening Mistakes

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