Good Gardening Archives https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/good-talks/good-gardening/ A Daily Dose of Positive News to Enthuse Fri, 19 May 2023 14:16:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-GNN-Logo-Circles-2017-1-32x32.png Good Gardening Archives https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/good-talks/good-gardening/ 32 32 120051390 Good Gardening Week 15: All About Spring Flowers—Plus Last Week’s Early Growing Images https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-15-all-about-spring-flowers-plus-last-weeks-early-growing-images/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-15-all-about-spring-flowers-plus-last-weeks-early-growing-images/#comments Fri, 19 May 2023 14:16:10 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=193855 Welcome back to Good Gardening! Last week, we received our first updates from our current gardening experts, the Sharing Gardens, and Monica Richards! We wanted to know how was the early season going for our good gardeners and if any early challenges were being overcome. We received emails from our friends on the west coast […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-15-all-about-spring-flowers-plus-last-weeks-early-growing-images/feed/ 1 193855 Good Gardening—A New Year: What Have You Got in the Ground? https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-a-new-year-what-have-you-got-in-the-ground/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-a-new-year-what-have-you-got-in-the-ground/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2023 16:00:43 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=193110 Welcome back to Good Gardening! Last week most of our Good Gardeners were lying dormant still, and didn’t have anything so far to share. Perhaps on the cusp of May, there will be news and pictures—or at least we can start with mine. Since our last post, my garden has sprung to life thanks to […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-a-new-year-what-have-you-got-in-the-ground/feed/ 1 193110 Good Gardening—A New Year: How Do You Prepare, When Do You Start Seeds? https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-a-new-year-how-do-you-prepare-when-do-you-start-seeds/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-a-new-year-how-do-you-prepare-when-do-you-start-seeds/#respond Fri, 10 Mar 2023 18:00:36 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=191359 Welcome back to Good Gardening! It is my great joy to restart this community and our discussions for the year 2023. After a mild winter, Italy is moving rapidly into an early spring, yet no doubt some of you are already seeding or starting in warmer climes. For those in America’s northern reaches which proved […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-a-new-year-how-do-you-prepare-when-do-you-start-seeds/feed/ 0 191359 Good Gardening The Final Week: What We Learned After a Long Year, Plus Must-Have Gardening Tools https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-the-final-week-what-we-learned-after-a-long-year-plus-must-have-gardening-tools/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-the-final-week-what-we-learned-after-a-long-year-plus-must-have-gardening-tools/#respond Fri, 14 Oct 2022 19:14:29 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=186052 Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 11 discussion, we wanted to know what the absolute must-have gardening tool is for our Good Gardeners. We got a lot of submissions. Here are some we liked… Esther Colwell must have read my mind when, on the Sunday following Friday’s post, I began clearing the molding remains […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-the-final-week-what-we-learned-after-a-long-year-plus-must-have-gardening-tools/feed/ 0 186052 Good Gardening Week 11: Your Absolute Must-Have Gardening Tool – Plus Amazing Photos Sent In For Last Week https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-11-your-absolute-must-have-gardening-tool-plus-amazing-photos-sent-in-for-last-week/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-11-your-absolute-must-have-gardening-tool-plus-amazing-photos-sent-in-for-last-week/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2022 13:51:28 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=185781 Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 10 discussion, we wanted to know how our Good Gardeners tidy up after a busy harvest season or prepare for the next spring. As always we took the conversation to social media to see what the response was like… Verna Korkie from Alberta takes the cake this year, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-11-your-absolute-must-have-gardening-tool-plus-amazing-photos-sent-in-for-last-week/feed/ 1 185781 Good Gardening Week 10: Fall Cleanup; Plus Hot Autumn Tips https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-10-fall-cleanup-plus-hot-autumn-tips/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-10-fall-cleanup-plus-hot-autumn-tips/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:03:29 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=185524 Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 9 discussion, we wanted to know how many of our Good Gardeners had a big fall harvest coming up. As always we took the conversation to social media to see what the response was like… This week’s discussion represented my own autumn experience: barren. Evidently the droughts […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-10-fall-cleanup-plus-hot-autumn-tips/feed/ 2 185524 Good Gardening Week 9: Fall Jubilee — Plus Last Week’s Tips for Seed Saving https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-9-fall-jubilee-plus-last-weeks-tips-for-seed-saving/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-9-fall-jubilee-plus-last-weeks-tips-for-seed-saving/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:03:45 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=185273 Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 8 discussion, we wanted to know how many readers and gardeners saved their own seed for the following season. As always we took the conversation to social media to see what the response was like… Tima Priess wrote in, literally on the way to a seed-savers exchange in […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-9-fall-jubilee-plus-last-weeks-tips-for-seed-saving/feed/ 0 185273 Good Gardening Week 8: Seed Saving – and Best Tips Sent By Our Viewers Last Week https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-8-seed-saving/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-8-seed-saving/#respond Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:39:38 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=185005 Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 7 discussion, we wanted to know the best garden hacks our Good Gardeners know. As always we took the conversation to social media and shared pictures and anecdotes. We had all kinds of different topical tricks. M. Hanson wrote in with a surprising fail-safe to use for direct […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-8-seed-saving/feed/ 0 185005 Good Gardening Week 7: What Are Your Best Gardening Hacks? Check Out Last Week’s Answers https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-7-what-are-your-best-gardening-hacks/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-7-what-are-your-best-gardening-hacks/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2022 10:59:57 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=184759 Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 6 discussion, we wanted to know how our Good Gardeners manage the forces of chaos and order in their garden, particularly with wild things like animals and weeds. As always we took the conversation to social media and shared pictures and anecdotes. Our Good Gardeners handle chaos […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-7-what-are-your-best-gardening-hacks/feed/ 2 184759 Good Gardening Week 6: How Do You Handle Chaos in Your Garden? https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-6-how-do-you-handle-chaos-in-your-garden/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-6-how-do-you-handle-chaos-in-your-garden/#respond Sun, 04 Sep 2022 09:20:50 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=184594 Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 5 discussion, we wanted to know how our Good Gardeners manage a drought, seeing as most of the world is in one. We took the conversation to social media and shared anecdotes. Lucy Becker shared the Al-Baydh project in Saudi Arabia where permaculturalists are restoring dead streams to […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-6-how-do-you-handle-chaos-in-your-garden/feed/ 0 184594 Good Gardening Week 5: How do You Protect From Drought? Is it Bad Where You Are? https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-5-how-do-you-protect-from-drought-and-environmental-risks-share-your-tips-and-pics/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-5-how-do-you-protect-from-drought-and-environmental-risks-share-your-tips-and-pics/#comments Fri, 19 Aug 2022 16:49:32 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=184047 Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 4 discussion, we wanted to know which zone our Good Gardeners were working from, and what were the risks and benefits associated with it. We took the conversation to social media and shared anecdotes. Annie Chung posted all the way from Hong Kong! She told the group that there’s a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-5-how-do-you-protect-from-drought-and-environmental-risks-share-your-tips-and-pics/feed/ 5 184047 Good Gardening Week 4: What Are Your Zone, Climate Risks, and Weather Conditions? – Share Tips and Photos https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-4-what-are-you-zone-climate-risks-and-weather-conditions-share-tips-and-photos/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-4-what-are-you-zone-climate-risks-and-weather-conditions-share-tips-and-photos/#respond Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:05:02 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=183348 Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 3 discussion, we wanted to know what people’s go-to flowers or vegetables were—the kind they can’t get through a season without growing. We took it to social media and shared photos… ELIZA CAIN was the first to chime in, writing about a variety of species we had never heard of before, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-4-what-are-you-zone-climate-risks-and-weather-conditions-share-tips-and-photos/feed/ 0 183348 Good Gardening Week 3: Which Are Your Go-To Plants or Flowers? — Share Tips and Photos https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-3-which-are-your-go-to-plants-or-flowers/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-3-which-are-your-go-to-plants-or-flowers/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2022 09:06:23 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=183128 Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 2 discussion thread, we wanted to find out what people were growing at this very moment. We took it to social media and shared photos… Brandi Lanai took the plunge into fruit growing and bought the Dwarf lemon tree of her dreams. Managing Editor Andy shared an old Italian […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-3-which-are-your-go-to-plants-or-flowers/feed/ 1 183128 Good Gardening Week 2: What Are You Growing This Year — Share Photos and Tips https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-2-what-are-you-growing-this-year/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-2-what-are-you-growing-this-year/#respond Fri, 15 Jul 2022 18:05:44 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=182866 Welcome back to Good Gardening! In our Week 1 discussion thread we discovered what readers are using in their soil to boost production in the garden. They joined us on Facebook and sent in emails to share their secrets: Smith Edward Bruce makes compost to fertilize and amend his soil and offered a suggestion if […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-2-what-are-you-growing-this-year/feed/ 0 182866 Our New GNN Community Project: Good Gardening – Share Your Photos and Tips https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-1-lets-talk-soil-amendments/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/good-gardening-week-1-lets-talk-soil-amendments/#respond Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:00:11 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=182550 GNN’s new managing editor Andy Corbley (pictured above in his garden in Vergiate, Italy) is starting a new discussion group around one of the most popular and healthful hobbies of all–gardening. Every Friday, he will pose a new topic so that everyone can share tips, best practices and photos. This week, Andy wants to hear […]

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