Welcome, June! We are always grateful to hear from our readers. A lot of times, you add some wonderfully helpful gardening advice, too! 

“This website has the easiest way to get to well-organized, info on gardening I have ever seen. I was amazed to see everything from preparing the soil to recipes for using the harvest to preserving it! I have been in the process of setting this up myself, which is very time-consuming and, at the same time, learning how to transition successfully to Zone 9B gardening from a cooler climate and wondering why my plants weren’t behaving as they should. Keep it coming!”

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Some tips from our community:

On succession planting: “I have noticed that when my first crop of bush beans begin to taper off, gently bend the plant horizontally on the ground. Each leaf node will put up another stem which in effect is a brand new plant., which grows and produces a crop. You can get as many as six new plants from each original. This also works with snapdragons. I’m going to try this with other plants.” – Glen

On container gardening: “I get 5 gallon buckets for 5 bucks at Home Depot and drill 2 holes in the bottom for drainage. It works for new plants and they can move up to a larger pot when they get too big.”

On saving overwatered basil plants: “YES, Basil had been that ONE herb that I have trouble with. One thing is that it REALLY LIKES to be used. Frequent snipping off the tops of the little branches keeps it growing and seems to keep it form having thoughts of non-survivial. I add it pretty much every meat -vegetable-stir fry-egg dish and the basil LOVES TO BE USED UP.” – Ruth

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