Planting

Planting Bareroot Trees

Fine Gardening — Take these steps to get mail-order trees off to a healthy start I got a look of disbelief when I told a friend I'd planted a tree that had been shipped from a nursery 3,000 miles away. When I explained that the tree had arrived "bareroot," I ...More…

Planting under a Tree

Fine Gardening — You aren't a fool for wanting to put a garden beneath a mature tree. It's natural for a gardener to close his or her eyes and transform this patch of hard earth, sparse weeds, and knobby roots into a shady nook lush with hostas, astilbes, and ...More…

Planting Ground Covers

Fine Gardening — Proper spacing and regular care are the best ways to create a lush, weed-free carpet Nothing fills a vacant space and minimizes garden maintenance like herbaceous ground covers. Steadily gaining ground in the first few seasons, these plants can ...More…

Planting roses

Rose Buddies — Planting roses is not as hard as you may think, but you can give your rose a better chance buy following Bill LeGrice's advise on how to plant, prune and feed a rose. Follow the instructions on how to prepare your plant and ground, keep rose ...More…

Planting Vine Crops

National Gardening Association — You can plant vining crops in rows, hills, or mounds depending on the layout of your garden. A row is seeds planted at regular intervals in a straight line. After preparing the soil and working it one last time on planting day, mark the row by ...More…

Trench & Vertical Tomato Planting Techniques

National Gardening Association — Here are the two main methods for getting your tomato plants in the ground. The trench method is best for tall, leggy seedlings and for cooler climates. The vertical method allows you to put the plant's roots where they can take advantage of a ...More…

Planting Root Crops

National Gardening Association — With the planning and soil preparation taken care of, you're ready to decide whether to plant in raised beds or trenches, and whether to use wide or single rows. The simplest raised beds are nothing more than well-worked garden soil raked into a ...More…

Trench Planting Root Crops

National Gardening Association — If you want to grow terrific root crops in hard clay or compacted soil, and you can get your hands on a lot of organic matter (shredded leaves, grass clippings), give trenching a try. It's another way to create an ideal growing environment for ...More…

Timing The Potato Planting

National Gardening Association — Potatoes can be planted very early in the season -- almost as soon as the frost is out of the ground and you're able to work the soil. In the North, you can plant your first crop of early maturing potatoes in April, usually six to eight weeks ...More…

Planting Potatoes

National Gardening Association — Ever think of growing a few potato plants in bushel baskets to make a potato tower? Well, you can -- it's easy and fun. You can be a potato grower in the smallest yard or just on the back porch or patio. Line a bushel basket with plastic and ...More…

Fall Potato Planting

National Gardening Association — In the spring, there's usually plenty of certified seed available, but in the South good seed potatoes may not be available for fall planting. Your best bet in this case is to provide your own, even though there's some risk of planting diseased .. ...More…

Planting Sweet Potatoes

National Gardening Association — The roots of sweet potatoes need to swell and expand easily; therefore, the slips are usually planted in raised rows ranging from 6 to 10 inches high and from 2 to 3 feet wide. Raising the soil in hills or "ridges" is especially important with . ...More…