blessings_times_three asked:


My son and I made our first veggie garden this year. I used old pavers to raise the bed about a foot high. In the raised bed, we have corn, tomatoes, sweet peas, pumpkin and carrots.

I know there are mice and rabbits nearby, and it’s only a matter of time before they find our garden. Any suggestions on how to protect the raised garden bed? Thanks!

Dazzling asked:


I am redoing the garden in the front of my house. I am not good with plants so professional landscaping is out of the question. I just want to do it myself with some plants I can get at home depot or walmart. I need something a little easy to care fot since I am notorious for killing plants

mom2ckcmeme1 asked:


I am wanting to make stepping stones, with my kids hand or foot prints, for my parents for Christmas. I want to be more for garden decoration than for stepping on, but also want them to hold up in weather conditions. Does anyone know of such a way for me to do this?

aguy asked:


Hello
I live In the Bay Area, California. We get plenty of sun now. I would like to grow some tomatoes and other vestables such as peppers and cucumbers and so on.
How do i get started? I have picked a spot for the garden with the most sun, however, the dirt is not very good there, it’s very dry. How much compost should i mix in and is it too late for me to grow a vestable garden??

paul p asked:


I need some information as to which plants and flowers are good for this type of garden. I would like a nice variety of colour and smells with little maintenance if this is possible?

I very mush like the date palm so i want this in the middle of an almost square garden.

Elaine asked:


We recently moved into our first home (lived in apartments before). I have always been sort of a frustrated gardener- I’ve had lots of container plants. Now that I have a HUGE yard, I want to start a vegetable and herb garden. The problem is, we have lots of rabbits that visit our yard every day, and there are mice in the field behind us (they come into our yard sometimes). I am an animal lover and do not want to poison, trap, or otherwise “get rid of” these animals, but I don’t want them to eat all my veggies (or make the mouse problem worse). Is there anything I can do to protect my garden or discourage these animals from coming in my yard (I have a dog and a cat, but they still come in).

Any serious ideas would be appreciated.

Bell asked:


I have wild thistle growing in my garden and every year it comes back….is it possible to remove it permantly from my garden?

Ruby Jane asked:


l am from Queensland Australia.
Can someone please help me get rid of these horrible annoying biting (and boy can they bite) ants from my garden.
l have tried a few things from the nursery,but they keep coming back.
Hope you can help me.Thanks.

stephanie p asked:


I was thinking of starting a garden this year, but im not sure what the best time would be to start?!
-A vegatable garden that is…..
*any information would be help full! Thanks for your time.

here2help asked:


We live in the Mid-West if that makes a difference. We are growing pretty much a wide variety and it is a fairly large garden. We also have to pay for our water, so I don’t want to over water and waste. With living in the mid-west we also have clay soil which does not dry out as quickly as sandy soils do. So can anyone give me a really GOOD AND HONEST ballpark figure? Thanks!