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Growing Superb Plants In Your Home Garden in 2021

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In Search of Seeds! By this time of the garden season, you have planted your garden, and anxiously await the seedlings to sprout. You may have just a little room left to plant something. But what will it be? Just for the fun of it, why not try something you've never tried before? It will be fun to take up the challenge, and try your hand at growing a new veggie that you have never grown before. Now, all you need, is the seeds. Head out and get the seeds, before they run out of stock for the season. While, you're at it, think ahead and buy seeds for your succession planting and second season plantings. 

• Find seeds online now
• About Livingston Seed Company
• Garden Seeds - find seeds, learn about the different types.

Strawberry season is here and now. Strawberries are one of America's favorite fruits. They're easy to grow, and popular in the home garden. You love 'em. So do a number of garden pests.  

• More on Strawberries
• Recipes -  may we suggest Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

Composting - It turns yard, garden and kitchen waste into valuable, money saving soil. Use it as a mulch, and to feed your plants  And, it's very much a part of the "go Green" effort.

• More on Composting
• What to Compost - you just might be surprised

Pest Control - Your flowers and veggies are up and growing. ......kewl! You are anxiously awaiting the harvest. So are the birds, deer, rabbits, and a vast army of other pests. Check out the Buffet Buster! It ends their snack time...period.

• About pest control
• About insect control

June Garden Tips - from The Gardener's Network, where every day is a gardening day!

Garden Recipes - You grew 'em. Now, you get to enjoy them. Find garden recipes galore. Got a recipe to share with others, we'd love to post it for you!.

• Find a Garden Recipe Now
• Share a garden recipe add your first name, city and state, so we can acknowledge your contribution.

Read the Good Book.... There's plenty of good books on gardening. Reading a book on gardening, or your favorite plant, is a great way to help the winter months go by quicker. There's always something new to learn when you dig into gardening related books. There's also plenty of tips and learnings in our growing list of "how to" pages. So, make sure to surf our site and stop back often.

• Good books on Gardening
• Our "How to" pages

Let's Talk Gardening! Do you want to talk about gardening, read seasonal appropriate articles about gardening, or share some pictures of your garden.? Join in on the fun! Garden Blog

Homeowners love Arborvitae. Fast growing with little care, they are among the most popular of evergreens for both foundation plants and hedgerows. More on Arborvitaes.

Celebrate your Garden Hobby

There are many days to celebrate.

Special gardening days in June:

First full week of June - National Gardening Week

June 6 - National Gardening Exercise Day - a healthy day for you and your plants.

June 12 - Red Rose Day

June 13 - National Weed Your Garden Day

June 16 - Fresh Veggies Day - fresh from your garden.

June 17 - Eat Your Vegetables Day

June 27 - National Onion Day

See our complete list of Special Days.

2022