Hi! I live in greater Orlando (zone 9b). The front of my house is West facing so it gets the PM sun BUT there are two big oak trees in my front yard so there is quite a bit of shade. I want to clean up the landscaping. I’ll probably rip up both sides and start fresh. I’m a pretty average gardener so nothing that needs too much work. I’d prefer more tropical feel and less flowers. I’m overwhelmed trying to decide and hoped Reddit would come to my rescue 🙂

what do you think of this curved garden bed ? Still need to add more soil, more height /depth.. and a cover but once it’s finished it’s going to be #awesome !

Hi! I want to start a small garden on my balcony come spring. Here's the issues.

My balcony is southwest facing, with a large opaque fence on it and the other buildings in the complex block the sun. I need plants that tolerate full shade with maybe 2-3 hours of sunlight, because the sun rarely hits my back porch.

Our lavender died, roses died, etc - the plants need to be able to survive shade or they're not gonna make it.

I live in Texas and so I know it gets hot here too.

I'm in Alabama, zone 8a. I've been trying to figure out frugal ways to build enough raised beds for a roughly 1,000 square foot garden that will be split into 3 sections: melons (watermelon and cantaloupe), corn/wheat and regular vegetables.

I've been considering cinder blocks but do y'all recommend them? I worry about them holding too much heat or leaching anything bad? If they are ok to use, can I get secondhand ones from local people on Facebook? I've seen several marketplace listings for cheap blocks. They're dirty but maybe a good cleaning?

Anyway.. thoughts or suggestions? Thank you!

I’m growing parsley and I don’t know the soil to water ratio so can someone help me out? Thanks!

I planted this almond 4 months back. And now I see it's leaves got holes. Anyone knows what could be the reason for it?

We’re landscapers, and edging garden beds is something we do all the time to keep properties looking sharp. Here’s how we approach it to get clean, professional results.

We start with a good edging tool to cut straight down along where we want the edge to be, creating a defined line. At the same time, tilting it back to loosen the dirt in the garden side.

Once the edge is cut, we use the shovel at approx 45 degree angle to remove the dirt (we just throw it in a wheelbarrow and take it off site). The angle helps to create that distinctive edge. We recommend going down at least 2-3inches. You should only need to do it once a year for them to look sharp.

After that, we clean up the area with a rake, smoothing things out so it looks like no one was ever there.

The final touch is hitting the edge with a line trimmer to crisp it up and give it that polished, finished look.

We filmed the whole process and made a video if you want to see how it’s done step by step. (Not attaching the link for posting rules but dm me and I’ll send it over)

Would love to hear how others approach edging or if there’s anything you do differently!

I wanna start a community garden and I want to do it using “scrap seeds” from the kitchen. I saved some green pepper seeds.

Does anybody use this method? If so how did you get started?

Hello! We will be purchasing a home with a side yard that doesn't get much sun. This picture was taken at 1:10pm.

Any ideas for herbs, fruit, veggies, or anything else to take advantage of this area?

Located in Southern California

No, I can't burn it. It's widespread in the garden.

I don't want to poison the neighbourhood cats with the treatment and I don't want to kill bees. Soapy treatments is not an option short of using so much I'll basically turn the underground watertable into dishwater. I can't repeat treatment every few weeks because the garden is just too big.

This has removed all joy from gardening for me. Please help.

I plant a lot of 3" vegetable and ornamental transplants. I typically use a sharpshooter type spade with a 6" blade, but I'm looking for something better. 6" is wider than necessary and I'm always going deeper than necessary too. Something 4-5" wide and 4-5" deep but with a generous footing seems ideal. What do you guys use?

Located in NZ. Lemon tree came in a pot and was planted outside recently.

Over a couple of days some leaves turned brown, fallen off, curled up, have holes in it or silver trails on the leaf surface

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It's been like this for about 15 months and hasn't shown any signs of filling in. Any tips?

Can someone tell me what's wrong with my snake plant? I have had it for about a year and it's always looked great but a few weeks ago these thin spots showed up and they are getting bigger. It's an indoor plant and has never been put outside.

for reference i’m in the northwest part of middle tennessee, and it’s usually below freezing except for during the middle of the day and it’ll only be getting colder. also i’m very new to gardening (first post) so if i am ti plant something do i need to go buy soil and whatnot, or is planting it in the ground straight up a good idea?

Made a donation on November 6th, they replied back to me on November 7th stating that I need to adjust my order, I replied back on November 8th. Today is December 7th and no seeds. At this point I am thinking it is a scam and I am not getting my money back nor am I getting any seeds from them. Ended up purchasing seeds from Victory seeds and Migardener.