Your journal is also a really great place to keep track of your personal thoughts about your gardening. It’s fun to look back and see how you’ve grown as a gardener along with your plants .

The hot, dry days of summer are coming, but you can have vibrant foundation plants and ground covers without fighting against nature.

Start planning your flower gardens and consider reading gardening books for inspiration ... One way to prevent that is to buy clear plastic covers that fit over a flat of seedlings.