The Best of Heirloom Gardener (So Far)

I. Trees, Shrubs, and Plants

• Two Perfect Flowering Plants for Arbors: Betty Corning Clematis and Dortmund Rose
• How to Prune Pee Gee Hydrangeas and Wisteria
• Hydrangeas: Why and How to Prune
• Growing Tulips in New Jersey: Squirrels, Deer, and Clay Soil
• Container Plantings: Variety, Soil, and Care
• Twelve Months of Garden Color in New Jersey (Zone 6b)
• How to Prune Roses, Part I: An Introduction
• How to Prune Roses, Part II: Old Rose Pruning Secrets
• How to Prune Roses, Part III: Why Prune?
• Hardy Annual and Biennial Self Seeders
• Forced Branches and Bulbs: Forsythia, Hyacinth, Tulips, Muscari, and Crocus

II. Hardscaping

• Path Makeover: Replacing the Terra Cotta Stepping Stones with Pebbles
• Maintaining the Pebble Path
• Creating Space for a Garden: the Cutting Garden

III. Gardening With Children

• How to Build a Children’s Playhouse (the Fort)
• How to Build a Sandbox
• Ten Tips for Planning a Children’s Garden

IV. Vegetables and Herbs

• How to Build Raised Beds (on a Slope/Hill)
• Farmer’s Almanac Spring Planting Schedule and Heirloom Seed Sources
• Organically Preparing the Soil for Planting
• How to Make the Perfect Soil Mix for Seed Sowing

V. Pest Control

• Advice Wanted: How to Keep Rabbits Out of the Garden
• Keeping the Deer Out of the Backyard: the Deer Fence
• Keeping the Groundhog Out of the Cutting Garden