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71Planning Your Shady Garden
Shade can vary from light to dense shade. If shade is dappled from shadows cast by deciduous trees, you can plant a colorful spring garden of sun-loving flowers. (Such as early spring bulbs, crocus, early...
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7910 Tips on Growing Dwarf Fruit Trees
A dwarf fruit tree is a small tree that bears regular-sized fruit. There are various sizes of dwarf trees, from some small enough to grow in box planters, up to "semi-dwarfs" about two-thirds as tall as...
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71Planning Small Gardens
Within our homes we economize space and insist upon convenience of arrangement. The same rules should apply to our gardens, especially small ones. Each plant must count in the over-all effect, whether it is a...
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75Advice On Planning Your Organic Flower Garden
an exposed site on a north or east hill slope. You will have shade most of the day. poor, stony or very sandy soil. ground that is subject to water logging. thin soil over hard rock. a lot of tall trees...
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68Pest-Free Garden
To cultivate a pest-free garden you need to get the soil right, choose plants that fit your site, and choose resistant flower varieties. The best defense is to strike before any problem appears. The plan...
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70How to Grow Four Berry Fruits
These four "bramble fruits" (meaning they are more or less prickly), are particularly appropriate to today's home food gardens because they are widely adapted and reliable. They are relatively free of...
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