Step-by-Step Instructional Gardening Articles

These step-by-step articles give you easy-to-follow instructions to complete some of the more complex gardening challenges. Articles courtesy of Horticulture magazine.

A Perfect Planter

(May 1998) – Alice Aho McBride

Building a Raspberry Trellis

(May 1997) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Drying herbs

(July/August 1998) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Edging a Bed

(May/June 2002) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Forcing Rhubarb

(November/December 2000) – Lon J. Rombough, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Frost- What Causes it and how you can Protect

(October/November 2009) – Dr. Ed Brotak

Growing Mesclun in a Cold Frame

(October 1997) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Planting a Climbing Rose

(May 2001) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Planting an Asparagus Bed

(April 2000) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Planting Deep

(May 2009) – Ed Bowen

Planting Strawberries

(April 1999) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Preparing a New Bed

(August/September 1997) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Propagating a Shrub by Layering

(May 2000) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Propagating Lilies

(July/August 2000) – Brian Mathew, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Protecting Citrus from Frost

(December 1997) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Raising a Giant Pumpkin

(May 1998) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Rejuvenating a Lilac

(April 1998) – Janet H. Sanchez, illustrations by Elayne Sears

Starting Off Right - Creating a Layered Bulb Display

(November/December 2003) – Becky Heath

Starting off Right: Taking Root Cuttings of Perennials

(September/October 2004) – Tom Fischer

Starting off Right: Training a Standard

(May/June 2003) – Byron Martin

Try This: Speed Mulching

(February/March 2008) – Pam Baggett

When and Why to Prune

(April 2008) – Alice McGowan

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