For the past handful of summers, I’ve been extremely proud of my yard and garden, because it’s been looking better than ever! I finally feel like I’ve hit my stride as a gardener, but it didn’t happen overnight. Far from it, in fact—my garden successes in recent years are the direct result of over three decades of trial-and-error gardening.
While I never had a natural “green thumb” like some of my sisters, I’m persistent enough (or stubborn enough, depending on who you ask) that I haven’t let that stop me from trying. I’m sure I’ve made every gardening mistake in the book over the years, but you know what they say: experience is the best teacher!
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So today I thought I’d share some of the most common gardening mistakes that people tend to make. My hope is that by sharing these tips with you, you can skip over those 30 years of mediocre gardening and get right to the good stuff! :-)
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When the weather starts warming up in the spring, I’m usually itching to get out and start planting. But if you put plants in prematurely, there’s always a chance they could get wiped out by a late frost! What a waste of your planting efforts, not to mention a waste of the money you spent on your seedlings or bulbs!
Most plants should be planted in soft, thawed out soil after the projected “last frost date” for your area. If you’re not sure what your last frost date is, it’s easy to look up! The Farmer’s Almanac has a simple frost date lookup tool on their website.
Much like humans, plants need a certain amount of “personal space.” Plants that are too close to each other can get suffocated by
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