yard and garden

Planning a garden? Here are my 50 favorite tips and ideas from across the web.

Herbs:

• Make a tiered back door herb garden with The Vintage Wren (above).
• Tips for growing basil from Tipnut.
• Make a one-pot indoor herb garden with Apartment Therapy.
• Givers Log has 13 tips for planting an herb garden.
• Learn a better way to grow cilantro from Sunset Magazine.

Veggies:

• The Vegetable Gardener shares advice for Cut-And-Come-Again Lettuce (above).
• Tons of tips for Growing the Best Green Beans.
• Organic Gardening shares 7 Ways to Plant Potatoes.
• Urban Farmer makes potato towers.
• Grow cucumbers with Your Gardening Info.
• Tips for the best green pepper yield from the Baltimore Sun.
• “Recycle” your green onion end and grow a crop of your own.
• Grow tomatoes indoors with the help of Mother Earth News.
• Grow your own celery with Garden Ally.
• Tips for growing your own lettuce indoors.
• Grow carrots in a container with the Vegetable Garden Guide.
• Trick for big tomato plants from Love Apple Farms.
• Seed Starting Transplanting and Troubleshooting Tomatoes with Common Sense Home.
• Urban Garden Casual grows her tomatoes upside-down in 5 gallon buckets.
• Grow carrots in a 2L soda bottle.
• Garden Advice tells us how to grow zucchini.
• The Daily Green shares 8 perennial vegetables anyone can grow.
• Grow your lettuce in a hanging basket with Rainyside.  Love this!

Seed Starting:

• Sherry’s Greenhouse shares 13 Tips For Healthy Seedlings.
• Seed Starting Made Simple with Organic Gardening.
• DIY Heat Mat for Seed Starting from Vegetable Gardener.
• Make your own seed pots out of newspaper.
• Garden Therapy creates seed pots out of toilet paper rolls.

Pest & Weed Control:

• Simple Organic shows companion planting and pest control plants.
• A Garden For The House uses vinegar as an effective herbicide.
• 35 pest & disease remedies from Fine Gardening.
• TLC shares 15 homemade organic gardening sprays that work.

Planning:

• The Art of Food encourages us to start small with home gardening.
• Create a garden journal with Sunset Magazine.
• Free garden planning tool from Gardeners Supply.
• Plant a compact veggie garden with tips from Boys Life.
• This Old House has a step by step article for making the ultimate garden.
• Martha Stewart has a list of 13 easy to grow veggies.
• Vegetable Garden Plans aplenty from Better Homes & Gardens.
• Learn how to build a no-dig vegetable garden.

Misc:

• Keeper of the Home shares 7 Gardening Lessons From a Novice.
• Blackberry growing with USA Gardens.
• Grow blueberries in a pot with Tipnut.
• Grow your own ginger with Learn2Grow.
• Tips for successful window boxes and pots from Make It Do.
• Measured by the Heart shares a few tips for bigger better veggies.
• Build a compost pile with organic gardening.
• Learn how to plant garlic with The Art of Doing Stuff.
• Build a Perfect Raised Garden Bed with Sunset Magazine.
• Backyard Garden Tutorial from Earth Easy.

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Paper Bag Lanterns from Design Sponge.

Once Wed has a tutorial for making Paper Pennant Banner lighting.

Garden Mama shows us how to make lovely Watercolor Lanterns.

Purchase ordinary lanterns and fancy them up with this tutorial from Decor8!

Coffee Can Lanterns via Design Sponge.  I don’t know about you, but my coffee doesn’t come in a can anymore.  I’m thinking I might try this with large soup cans.  Whaddya think?

Mason Jar Lanterns via Chez Beeper Bebe.

Casa Sugar makes outdoor lamps using wine glasses and vellum!

Back to Design Sponge for a DIY Tiki Torch Tute!

Make your own party lights with paper mache and a tute from Reese Dixon!

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Silly Simple Living used Ice Cube Trays to start her seeds!

Cottage Hill used newspaper and a campbell’s soup can to make her own seed starting pots.

Thrifty 101 has a tute for making your own Garden Planter Box.  I think I could actually do this!

Make your own Seed Starting Light using the ideas from Brown Thumb Mama and Homestead Revival.

More ideas:

• Square Foot Gardening 101 with Frugal Dad
• Make a No-Dig Raised Garden
• Plan your garden space
• Use Martha’s Seed Starting Worksheet

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