Garden ideas for my new yard?
I just moved to Louisiana, zone 8b. My fiance and I bought a house that has just been built and is in desperate need of gardening and landscaping. I’m a beginner and need some easy, pretty, layout ideas. What are some websites and/or books that would help a beginner like me in this particular area? For example, I heard there are TWO growing seasons. Okay, I’m from northern Indiana, and we barely had one full growing season! Heh! What is the second growing season for? I also want to have a vegetable garden. Can anyone offer me any advice?? Thanks!!
Contact your local County Extention Agency and ask about the local Master Gardening club. They can tell you what works best for where you live, from what varieties to plant to the best time- and location- to plant, prune etc. They can also offer book titles, websites, the best nurseries etc. If no MG club, the agent should be able to point you in the right direction. By the way, the second growing season is to grow a second crop. It’s wonderful to live in Southern USA!
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September 14 2009 04:30 pm | vegetable garden layout
September 14th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
try growing lots of different flowers, butterflies will visit u!
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September 14th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Contact your local County Extention Agency and ask about the local Master Gardening club. They can tell you what works best for where you live, from what varieties to plant to the best time- and location- to plant, prune etc. They can also offer book titles, websites, the best nurseries etc. If no MG club, the agent should be able to point you in the right direction. By the way, the second growing season is to grow a second crop. It’s wonderful to live in Southern USA!
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New Mexico Master Gardeners Club
September 14th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Usually your local counties extension office will have a Master Gardener program you can consult…they usually have a ‘hot-line’ you can call. I’m now working on my volunteer hours for my counties MG program and they are a wealth of information. Another thing I do during the spring….if I see a yard / garden I like, it is usually being tended by a good gardener. If I see the gardener out when I’m driving by, I will stop and inquire and ask any questions I may have….believe me, gardeners love to talk plants and if you find an established garden, the owner will be a good source for what grows well where u are…good luck
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April 26th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Great stuff. Perhaps a little off topic, but would you mind if I write something about this on my tomato plant blog? I will of course, cite original source and link back to your page.
April 26th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
No, I don’t mind at all.
June 1st, 2011 at 9:23 am
Sooo…what have YOU done this summer so far? I’m pretty sure nobody can match my ideas for front yard landscaping when it comes to “curb appeal” – I have the best front yard hands down!! All the neighbors envy me LOL. They ask “How did you come up with this? that? oOoOo?!” – What’s my response? The internet!!
June 11th, 2011 at 12:43 am
Herbaceous perennial and biennial crops have stems which die at the end with the growing season, but parts of the plant endure under or near the ground from year to year (for biennials, until the subsequent growing season, when they flower and perish). New growth develops from living tissues remaining on or perhaps under the ground, which includes roots, a caudex (the thickened portion of the stem at ground level) or even various types of underground comes, such as bulbs, corms, stolons, rhizomes and tubers. Examples of herbaceous biennials include carrot, parsnip and common ragwort; herbaceous perennials include peony, hosta, mint, most ferns and most grasses. By contrast, non-herbaceous perennial vegetation is woody plants which may have stems above soil that remain still living during the dormant period and grow limbs the next year from the above-ground parts – included in this are trees, shrubs as well as vines.