Recent content by lisasGarden

Thanks everyone for your advice. I am off to Home depot to revise my seed starting system, just to make sure it works for next year. I am going to direct plant the seeds too. Will let you know how it works out.

I am having a terrible time starting plants from seeds. This is my first year trying to start from seeds and I really wish I had a someone to show me how to do this. I have tried to read books and how tos on the internet. However, I have made a complete disaster of it so far. Now I am afraid...

Yep- I am from Montana, and my husband is from Idaho (Boise). Once he is done in with his commitment in the Army our dream is to start an estate winery and Vineyard near Boise. Hopefully it wont be too long away, there are so many vineyards opening up now. I have never grown anything in the...

Steve- I will save your post and it will be a guide for me to follow next year. I guess all I can really do this year now that we are settled in our new house is to plant garlic. Not to sound, disappointed, I love garlic- just wish we had moved earlier in the growing season. You have an...

Thanks for your comments. I thought I could use companion planting for pest control. I guess some plants deter certain pests, if planted next to one another. Help your buddy out sort of thing. A garden interplanted seems like it would be more like real nature rather than the monoculture of...

Wow-Thank you so much. It's so nice to have it all in one integrated graphic, instead of flipping through pages. I have been working on this for a couple weeks. I suppose it doesnt help that I am fairly new to gardening, so I have a big learning curve. I really appreciate it, I am trying to...

Can anyone help me with a garden plan. I am trying to put together a base plan for my garden to grow on year to year that takes plant rotation, companion and succession planting in to consideration. I am just looking for something to start off of and to adapt to my area (Georgia). I have...