What are some good gardening ideas for beginners?

Vegetable Gardening for Beginners: Learn the basics of planting a garden, from planning out and designing the garden space to choosing the best vegetables to grow in your area. Gardening advice from The Old Farmer's Almanac. read more

No matter what you choose, a good gardening tip for beginners is to start small and slowly create your garden oasis. read more

Do some very rough sketches of the yard with thoughts of where you want to place things; it's a great organizing principle for landscape design for beginners. "These aren't master plans, just ideas," says Marianne Lipanovich, author of the Big Book of Garden Designs (Oxmoor House, 2008). read more