Ken asks…
I recently asked about ordering bedding plants online and got some great answers. Now I want to know:
If you see something in a magazine (like “Fine Gardening“) you’d like to duplicate, where do you start? I used to live in Illinois – and the nurseries there had all kinds of interesting and fairly exotic (I mean, not native to Illinois) plants. For example – “Cigar Flower” and papyrus –
Now, in NC, the nurseries near me have only, like, marigolds and begonias. Pansies. I have a gardening magazine and the arrangement looks fairly easy to duplicate – but they don’t sell the “interesting” flowers around here.
When I asked my earlier question, it didn’t seem like people responded very favorably to the idea of ordering plants over the internet. Like it was a last resort, or they preferred not to or something. What, then, is the best way to procure these plants they show in magazines?
Can you order them from nurseries? Do I wait until next year and start them myself from seed?
I am open to anything, I honestly just don’t know.
First place, you need to do your research to ensure that the plants you want will thrive in the planting zone where you live. Eg, An orange tree isn’t going to produce in zone 5….
Secondly, local nurseries usually stock plants at the time of year it is appropriate to plant. So you are not going to see tomatoes in March and Mums in June.
Once you’ve done your homework then feel free to order from a catalog. You will indeed need some knowledge of plants and planting conditions because the plants sometimes come bareroot or need a bit of TLC to transfer from an ideal growing environment (nursery) to the outdoors.
Ruth asks…
Sunset is a staple in the West but not quite so relevant elsewhere. Garden Gate has good but basic, not particularly innovative, content. Horticulture magazine is written for a more involved gardener/collector, with more details as well as terrific resources (e.g. Nurseries) for the plants mentioned. Fine Gardening is comparable, but with a broader scope including more design ideas. Finally, the American Horticulture Society’s publication, The American Gardener, is well worth the price of AHS membership for its thoughtful essays and beautiful photos.
Daniel asks…
I believe it was Monday, April 9 that a review was done of the 12 organic foods favored by Organic Gardening magazine founder J. Rodale. What were the foods again?
Are you looking for the Dirty Dozen – the top 12 fruits and veggies containing pesticides and other toxic chemicals?
Dirty Dozen
Buy these organic
1Apples
2Celery
3Strawberries
4Peaches
5Spinach
6Nectarines
7Grapes
8Sweet bell peppers
9Potatoes
10Blueberries
11Lettuce
12Kale/collard greens
Every few years, the Environmental Working Group puts out this list.
Http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary/
There is also a Clean 15 – those fruits and veggies that tend to carry the least pesticide residue:
Clean 15
Lowest in Pesticide
1Onions
2Sweet Corn
3Pineapples
4Avocado
5Asparagus
6Peas
7Mangoes
8Eggplant
9Canteloupe
10Kiwi
11Cabbage
12Watermelon
13Sweet potatoes
14Grapefruit
15Mushrooms
Publishers of healthy periodicals and articles like Rodale often reference these lists.
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Print out the grids and fill them in with pictures from Gardening Magazines according to your garden plans?
Yes, you can do that, or buy graph paper. It is fun to play around and see what you come up with.
It is possible to make astounding patterns using square-foot gardening and different colors and leaf patterns. Think of quilt blocks and different lettuces. One season i grew 23 different kinds of lettuce and planted them in all sorts of diagonal and criss-cross arrangements! It was a blast!
Ken asks…
Is it available online?
I need to do some research on magazines.
Thank you
Fine Gardening is your best bet for tips and tricks. If you are looking for garden examples and ideas then Garden Design is pretty decent.
There are a ton to choose from – see link below.
Lizzie asks…
I need to find different non-internet sources for these:
What are microgreens
What blue lake beans are
What dwarf cherry roses are
What outredgeous lettuce is
How greenhouses work
What soils can grow plants, where to get soil
I am allowed to read magazines off of the internet as long as it was published (since magazine articles are exactly the same online). And anything else, any of these would be a help even if it’s only one. ( i need at least 4 non-internet sources)
Please this is urgent, i really need help. this is so frustrating, i have untill Monday thanx
I’d type in “horticulture magazines” in a search engine and start there. Then try vegetable garden magazines, trees and shrubs magazines and greenhouse construction and maintenance magazines. And then get to the specific questions you ask.
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