Q & A + Lessons Learned
Questions answered, mistakes examined, and lessons worth sharing.
Gardening is a continual learning process, and some of the most valuable lessons come from questions, challenges, failures, and unexpected results. These articles bring together gardening questions and answers, practical troubleshooting, observations, and lessons learned through real-world experience. The goal is not simply to provide answers, but to share the knowledge and understanding gained along the way.
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GARDEN : Q&A – August 6th, 2026
Questions are one of the best ways to learn. That’s the idea behind this Garden Q&A series. Readers send in their gardening questions, and I’ll do my best to answer them honestly. I don’t claim…
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Q & A : Growing Onions
How do you start and grow onions? I found that onion variety is really sensitive based on the area of the country you are in. For us I found Wala Wala does really well. That…
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Q & A : Seedlings
I got a couple of questions from my latest “glamstead” article… < click here to read that article > What do you use for potting soil? I’ve used different versions. I’ve also…
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Garden: Q & A – Why in the he$$ are you preparing a 6k square foot garden?
Why in the he$$ are you preparing a 6k square foot garden? First off…the total area I worked on was 10,000sq’, only about 6,000sq’ is going to be usable for a potential garden area. I…
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Garden: Q & A – Tomato Soil
From: floidb RE: Garden Tip: Potting Soil Greetings and thanks for the helpful article. Do you think this mixture would work well for planting the tomatoes in a raised container, once they are large enough to…