Garden & Yard

Grass worth mowing, food worth growing and a yard you actually want to sit in.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

GuideWes Dunbar5 Oct 20266 min

Buy the Skinny Fruit Tree and Pick Off the First Apples

The bare-root stick beats the big potted tree with fruit on it. Here's how to choose, space and raise fruit trees through the first three years.

Skip the Bucket and Grow Your Potatoes in a Bag

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Put Drip Irrigation in Your Vegetable Garden This Weekend

GuideRay Okonkwo23 Sept 20266 min

What Actually Adds Value to a Front Yard

GuideSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Fast Crops That Keep a Kid in the Garden

GuideNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Grow These Five Herbs on Your Windowsill, Skip the Rest

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Build a 4x8 Raised Bed for Under Two Hundred Dollars

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Why Your Tomatoes Taste Like Water and How to Fix It

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SimonSaysDIY24 Apr

How To Build Raised Garden Beds

DIY with Dave19 May

The Best Raised Garden Bed Option for you!

Urban Farmstead21 Apr

Creating a Garden Space That Will Last - Before building your raised garden beds

Beginner's Garden - Journey with Jill20 Apr

Beginner Gardening Raised Bed Do's & Don'ts

Gardenary21 Mar

Vegetable Gardening for Beginners

Scott Head19 Mar

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Starting a Vegetable Garden || Black Gumbo

GrowVeg29 Jan

Planning a Vegetable Garden for Beginners: The 5 Golden Rules 🏆

Next Level Gardening14 Apr

7 Beginner Raised Bed Garden Mistakes to Avoid

Jerra's Garden14 Feb

Top 10 Easy Vegetables to Grow for Beginner Gardeners

The Ripe Tomato Farms28 Feb

The 15 Easiest Vegetables To Grow For Beginners

The Ripe Tomato Farms5 May

Top 7 Container Veggies For Beginners - Garden Quickie Episode 142

GrowVeg12 Mar

New Vegetable Garden: How To Get Started

Dig, Plant, Water, Repeat6 Dec

Gardening for Beginners Series: Gardening Basics for Beginners

Epic Gardening7 Jun

9 Plants You Should ALWAYS Grow

Huw Richards19 Feb

Vegetable Gardening | Straight Talk for People Starting to Grow Food

Epic Gardening27 Apr

9 Beginner Raised Bed Garden Mistakes to Avoid

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GuideWes Dunbar5 Oct 20267 min

Peppers Want Warm Feet, So Plant Them Later Than You Think

Most pepper plants fail before they're two weeks in the ground. The fix costs about ten dollars and a little patience.

GuideWes Dunbar5 Oct 20267 min

Plant Paste Tomatoes If You Actually Want Sauce

Most homemade sauce fails in March, when you buy the wrong seeds. Pick the right variety and the timing, and one August afternoon fills your freezer.

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GuideWes Dunbar5 Oct 20266 min

Plant by Your Frost Date, Not Your Zone

Your zone tells you what survives winter. Your frost date tells you when to plant. Most first-year gardeners mix them up and lose a flat of tomatoes.

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Your Soil Needs a Test and Compost, Not Another Bag of Fertilizer

Most yellow leaves aren't hungry plants. They're a soil problem nobody tested for. A cheap lab test and an inch of compost fix more than any bag will.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideWes Dunbar5 Oct 20267 min

Your First Raised Bed Costs More in Dirt Than in Wood

A 4x8 bed holds over a cubic yard of soil. Size it right, fill it with the right mix and plant things that'll actually win you a first season.

GuideWes Dunbar5 Oct 20267 min

Start Your Seeds Later Than You Think and Closer to the Light

Most homegrown seedlings fail for two reasons: planted too early and grown too far from the bulb. Fix both and you'll beat the garden center.

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GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

How to Pick Between a Push Mower, a Rider and a Zero Turn

Lot size, slope and your gate width decide this, not horsepower. Run the numbers before you spend $4,000 on the wrong machine.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Put the Lawn to Bed Right Before the Ground Freezes

The last fertilizer run of the year does more for your grass than everything you did in June, if you time it to the soil and not the calendar.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Start Seeds Indoors and Skip the Garden Center Six-Pack

The calendar math, the gear that actually matters, and the reason your tomato seedlings keep flopping over like wet spaghetti.

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GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Light Your Yard So It Looks Good and Nobody Tries the Door

Low-voltage lighting done right costs less than a decent grill, makes the house look twice as expensive, and quietly tells a stranger to keep walking.

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GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Gardening After Sixty Without Wrecking Your Back

Build the bed at the right height, buy one kneeler that won't fold, and stop hauling water. The rest is just showing up.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Canning Season Without the Guesswork

Acid level, altitude and a tested recipe decide whether your pantry is food or a hazard. Everything else is preference.

GuideWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Your Zucchini Rots Because Nothing Visited the Flower

Half your vegetable garden depends on insects you never planted for. Fix that with a four-foot strip, a few dollars of seed, and better timing.

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GuideDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Garden Tools Worth Buying Once and the Ones That Aren't

A snapped shovel handle in frozen clay costs more than the shovel did. Which tools earn a lifetime purchase, and which ones you should buy cheap on purpose.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.