Garden season preparation: Ready tools for the growing season
One of the purposes of Gardening On A Dime is to give you economical tips and hints to get you started down the gardening path. Tools are bought, plants are pla...
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Veggin out is so in: Tips for starting your own veggie garden
Are those packs of vegetables at the nursery saying to you… “buy me, grow me”? Is the high price of red peppers at your grocery making you wi...
Sunday Morning Quote: Flowers Are Medicine For The Soul
“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful: they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.” -Luther Burbank A simple quote tha...
Growing Italian Delights
If you are new to gardening and have never tried to raise your own Italian foods, give this a try. It’s pretty cool when you get to mix up your harvest in...
Homemade Organic Rose Food
“I don’t know whether nice people tend to grow roses or growing roses makes people nice.” – Roland A. Browne I have been searching ...
Secrets of suet: Why serving up suet helps birds weather winter
We’re big into wild birds at Gardening on A Dime. The sounds and sights of birds singing and feeding is one of nature’s natural gifts to all garden...
Top 2011 gardening trends: gardening with a purpose takes root
A lot of gardeners have been doing the following for years. It’s good to see more folks re-thinking their approach to managing their little pieces of ear...
The Real Meaning of Plant Catalog Terminology:
After spending Saturday digging a french drain to keep dirt from flooding into a bed covered with river rock, I thought about all of the “laboring” we have been...