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Spring Gardening Guide

By iVillage Staff - January 17, 2012

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Black thumb or botanist, city dweller or country farmer, this is the year you grow the garden of your dreams. From starting seeds to creating an outdoor sanctuary, here is your complete guide to spring gardening.

Starting Seeds
-- Start Seeds Indoors in 3 Easy Steps
-- When to Start Vegetable Seeds Indoors
-- Harden Seedlings Successfully
-- Thinning Seedlings

Prepare Your Soil
-- 4 Steps to Fabulous Soil
-- Control Weeds

Improve Your Lawn
-- How to Green Your Lawn
-- The Best Backyards Ever
-- Lawn-Care Myths Uncovered

Plan Your Garden
-- How to Get Your Garden Ready for Spring
-- Create a Sanctuary Garden in 6 Steps
-- Plant a Butterfly Garden
-- The 35 Best Garden Designs
-- Essential Gardening Tools
-- DIY Gardening Ideas

Choose Plants
-- 5 Easy-to-Grow Perennials
-- 12 Shade-Loving Perennials
-- Our Favorite Perennials
-- 10 of Our Favorite Bulbs
-- 10 Easy to Handle Orchids
-- Orchid Care Tips
-- Flower Picks for Your Cutting Garden
-- Create an Impossible to Kill Herb Garden

Go Organic
-- Getting Rid of Weeds Organically
-- Great Plants for the Green Gardener
-- Organic Backyard Gardening
-- Fighting Pests in the Garden

Raise Vegetables
-- Plant a Vegetable Garden
-- Stake or Cage Tomatoes?
-- 10 Easy-to-Grow Vegetables
-- Favorite Vegetables for the Garden
-- Make Your Edible Garden a Reality
-- Pico de Gallo Window Box Garden

Plant a Container
-- Colorful Fall Container Gardens
-- Grow Vegetables in a Container
-- Container Gardening with Kids
-- 3 Vegetables You Can Grow in Containers
-- Easy DIY Containers

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