{"id":1373,"date":"2010-12-13T06:41:10","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T17:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backyardcity.wordpress.com\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2010-12-13T06:41:10","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T17:41:10","slug":"spring-gardening-starts-now-3-tips-to-get-you-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Outdoor-Patio-Blog\/spring-gardening-starts-now-3-tips-to-get-you-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Gardening Starts Now: 3 Tips to Get You Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/greenhouse\/PT-Double-Cold-Frame.htm\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/greenhouse\/PT-Double-Cold-Frame.htm\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcity.com\/Images\/PT\/Cold-Frame-Double1-small.jpg?resize=175%2C175\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Double Cold Frame\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/greenhouse\/PRS-Walk-In-Greenhouse-R688.htm\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcity.com\/Images\/PRS\/Walk-in-Greenhouse-Large.jpg?resize=175%2C175\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Walk-In Greenhouse\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Storage-Sheds\/CSI-Sunhouse-SH88.htm\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcity.com\/Images\/CSI\/Sunhouse-88-Ext-small.jpg?resize=175%2C175\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cedar Greenhouse Kit 8x8\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/greenhouse\/PRS-Walk-In-Greenhouse-R688.htm\"><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Storage-Sheds\/CSI-Sunhouse-SH88.htm\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Snow may be on the ground and temperatures well below freezing, but\u00a0backyard gardening enthusiasts are already looking ahead to spring.\u00a0\u00a0If you haven&#8217;t already\u00a0done so, now is the time to start\u00a0making your gardening plans for the upcoming season.\u00a0 Here are a few tips to get you going:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gardening Goals:<\/strong>\u00a0 What do you want to grow?\u00a0 Annuals, perennials, vegetables, fruits?\u00a0 The options are limitless, but your space and time\u00a0are not.\u00a0\u00a0Determine how much space you have available in your garden, what you&#8217;d like to achieve with your gardening (beauty, food, or both), and how much time you are willing and able to put into creating and maintaining the garden.\u00a0 Your answers to these questions will help you immensely as you go forward with your garden plans.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seed Selection:<\/strong>\u00a0 If your garden plan includes starting indoors\u00a0with seedlings, start browsing seed catalogs now, and place your orders before the end of January.\u00a0 When it&#8217;s time to transplant your seedlings into the garden, they&#8217;ll have had enough time to develop.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A Place for Gardening:<\/strong>\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t already own a <a title=\"Hobby Greenhouses and Greenhouse Kits\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/Greenhouse-Hobby-Kits.htm\" target=\"_blank\">hobby greenhouse<\/a>, you should consider obtaining one, especially if you want to extend the growing season and have a dedicated place for gardening activities.\u00a0 Hobby greenhouses come in all sizes, so starting small is a good way to get a taste for what greenhouse gardening can offer.\u00a0\u00a0Greenhouses provide a gardener with\u00a0much more flexibility in terms of what can be grown and\u00a0when.\u00a0 They are especially attractive to gardeners who live in cooler climates where the growing season is shorter.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/greenhouse\/PRS-Walk-In-Greenhouse-R688.htm\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.backyardcity.com\/greenhouse\/PT-Double-Cold-Frame.htm\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Snow may be on the ground and temperatures well below freezing, but\u00a0backyard gardening enthusiasts are already looking ahead to spring.\u00a0\u00a0If you haven&#8217;t already\u00a0done so, now is the time to start\u00a0making your gardening plans for the upcoming season.\u00a0 Here are a few tips to get you going: Gardening Goals:\u00a0 What do you want to grow?\u00a0 Annuals, perennials, vegetables, fruits?\u00a0 The options are limitless, but &hellip; 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