Gardening Tips

• Vegetable Planting Guide to Santa Cruz County - similar climate to Carmel Valley 

• Building Healthy Soil

• Growing Great Irises - American Meadow

• Understanding Tomato Abbreviations - Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
  
  
• Beginning Home Gardening Guide - Angie's List - a simple set of steps to get started gardening

• From Seed to Table - Michelle Hamerslough's great blog on gardening in Carmel Valley

• Air Propagation of Plants - Mike's Backyard Nursery video shows  you how to use a simple clam shell air propagator

• Pruning Fig Trees - Basics of Fig Tree Pruning for winter prep
  
  
• Pruning Hydrangeas - Basics of pruning both summer blooming and fall blooming hydrangeas

• Pond Informer - Chris has great advice on the caring for ponds of all types

• Protecting Succulents from Frost - wonderful video from Debra Baldwin - see her gorgeous garden

• Repotting Cymbidiums - video from Australia on how to divide overgrown potted cymbidium

• American Rose Society - website with lots of information on growing and caring and displaying roses
  

• How your home might be killing your plants - helpful hints on how things like dryer vents or gutters cause

problems

• Home Gardening Guide for your Family - nice guide from Home Advisor with comprehensive advice 

• Home Gardening Guide for the Family - a  guide for families with lots of links to helpful articles, submitted by our local Girl Scout Troop

• Organic Alternatives to Round-Up - handy information for those who want to avoid this controversial product

• How/When to Divide Perrenials - solid, easy-to-follow, and plant specific guidance on this topic