Gardening Tips and Tools
How to Prune Your Evergreen Shrubs (Click Here)
Shade Gardening:
Paul Steen has kindly shared his shade gardening spreadsheets with us as below. Enjoy
photos from his gardens in a slideshow on the Gardening Inspiration page .
50 Best Shade Plants (Click Here)
20 White Shade Plants (Click Here)
Plants for Dry Shade (Click Here)
Contains an extensive list of plants with the botanical name, common plant name, soil type,
PH value, annual/biennial/perennial, zone, light needs, bloom time, plant height, plant
spacing, color and comments. Spreadsheet can be sorted as desired.
Planting Formulas (Click Here)
Calculate the amount of needed soil amendments, spacing of plants, or number of plants for
square footage.
Seed Starting Tips (Click Here)
Here are lots of ideas for successfully growing plants from seed.