With 2007 behind us it appears that a quick summary of gardening tips that were posted last year is definitely in order. So, I thought that finding the Top 12 posts from ’07 might not be a bad place to start.
But…limiting it to only 12 is almost completely impossible, so rather I have listed them by the top few in each month.
January
- How to create cheap newspaper seed pots
- How to grow your own tea
- How to build a compost screen
- How to grow palms successfully
February
- 15 Best Vegetables for the Beginner
- Buying garden tools on a tight budget
- Creating a garden that’s a meditation refuge
- How to completely recycle a milk bottle for garden use
March
April
- How to build a cheap greenhouse
- Tips on selecting Garden Shears
- 7 jobs to avoid when designing your garden
- Successful plant propagation for beginners
May
- Straw bale gardening
- 10 simple soil tests to get your garden in shape
- 7 reasons why plants wilt …and how to fix them
- How to build a herb spiral
June
- 5 reasons why it’s bad to covet your neighbours garden
- How to clean your gardening fingernails
- How to grow veggies in shopping bags
- How to make a butterfly container garden
July
- Ideas to visually increase the size of your garden
- Create a 5 senses garden
- How to grow an Herb Wine Barrel Planter
August
- Designing a Japanese garden using Australian natives
- Grow your own Popcorn
- DIY Rubbermaid worm farm
- How to buy plants online
September
- Basic Gardening Tools: The Garden Fork
- How garden snails can tell you which plants are sick
- How to make compost tea
October
- Why TV Garden Makeovers fail
- How to grow an apple from seeds
- Morning vs Evening Watering: Does it Matter?
November
- How to grow Mother-in-law Tongues
- Road-testing Backyard Poultry
- Mashed spuds require the right potatoes
December
Stuart thanks for this. As a fledgling gardener I am sure that I will be making use of many of these great articles. In particular the paper jiffy pots that I have also seen published elsewhere.