The Best of Heirloom Gardener (updated as of March 2009)

I. Trees, Shrubs, and Plants

• Twelve Great Nurseries for Heirloom Plants: Roses, Perennials, Annuals, Bulbs and Seeds
• Two Perfect Flowering Plants for Arbors: Betty Corning Clematis and Dortmund Rose
• 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)
• Hardy Annual and Biennial Self Seeders
• Calendar for Forced Branches: When to Cut Various Flowering Branches for Forcing
• Forced Branches and Bulbs: Forsythia, Hyacinth, Tulips, Muscari, and Crocus
• Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day
• Index of Rose Photos

II. Pruning

• How to Prune Caryopteris, Spirea, Butterfly Bush, Pee Gee Hydrangea, Annabelle Hydrangea, Smokebush, Elderberry
• How to Prune Pee Gee Hydrangeas and Wisteria
• Hydrangeas: Why and How to Prune
• 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?

III. Hardscaping

• Path Makeover: Replacing the Terra Cotta Stepping Stones with Pebbles
• Maintaining the Pebble Path
• Creating Space for a Garden: the Cutting Garden
• Four Year Makeover of the Front Garden: How to Improve Boring Suburban Landscaping

IV. 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
• Five Tips for Growing Edibles with Children
• How to Make a Crown and Boutonniere with Fresh Flowers

V. Vegetables and Herbs

• How to Build Raised Beds (on a Slope/Hill)
• Organically Preparing the Soil for Planting
• Farmer’s Almanac Spring Planting Schedule (March/April) and Heirloom Seed Sources
• Farmer’s Almanac Spring Planting Schedule (May)
• How to Make the Perfect Soil Mix for Seed Sowing
• Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds – the best heirloom seed offerings
• How to Build a Planting Grid for Square Foot Gardening
• How to Make a Planting Square to Uniformly Space Your Seeds
• How to Plant Corn the Way Squanto Taught the Pilgrims
• How to Plant Potatoes and Harvesting Asparagus

VI. 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
• Organic Pest and Fungus Control: Garlic Barrier – Yes, It Really Works
• Organic Rose Gardening: Dormant Oil Application for Pest Control
• Organic Pest Control: Colorado Potato, Threelined Potato, and Japanese Beetles