Basics

Whether you're new to gardening or experienced, everyone needs some gardening basics to get going!

In this category, you'll find a wealth of information that spans a wide number of topics. From seed starting to grow bag gardening, pruning tips to raised bed tricks, you'll find the fundamentals of gardening awaiting you here.

While it's optimized towards new gardeners, even a pro can find useful tips in our Basics category. We all need to get back to basics sometimes, and there are always useful tools and tips that other gardeners have developed along the way to add to your own practices.

Our Basics category can inspire you to new gardening heights, too. Those who have experience with in-ground planting can learn about other techniques such as raised beds or vertical gardening.

A large wheelbarrow filled with garden debris, branches, weeds, leaves from an early garden cleanup, which can have a negative effect on pollinators.

Gardening Tips

Does Cleaning Up the Garden Too Early Harm Pollinators?

Don’t harm the pollinators! Though you may feel a strong urge to clear the yard, consider cleaning it gradually throughout the seasons. Nesting pollinators and predatory insects hide underground, in stems, and under leaves. Native plant gardener Jerad Bryant explores whether cleaning up the garden harms pollinators.

A gardener in yellow gloves with a green hoe is doing one of the April garden tasks - removing weeds from a flower bed.

Gardening Tips

13 Garden Tasks to Tackle in April

The days lengthen and warm this month, inviting gardeners back outside to tend to the yard! Perennials wake up, the soil warms, and insects appear. Seasoned grower Jerad Bryant shares 13 April garden tasks that create a healthy, beautiful, and bountiful space for the rest of the growing season.

A small white and brown rabbit sits on green grass next to bright yellow Taraxacum officinale flowers, its ears perked up.

Gardening Inspiration

How to Grow a Bunny Garden in 9 Simple Steps

If you have a pet bunny, creating a garden with their preferred foods in mind is a fun and valuable endeavor. It offers them enrichment while providing favorite crops for their humans, too. From simple container setups to interactive sites, bunny gardens offer a rewarding space for all involved.