Gardening: Page 10

A soil block maker is a cool device for starting your seeds. All you do is fill a container with soil and use the block maker like a cookie cutter. Then you'll have little blocks of soil to plant your seeds in, and you can easily transfer the block to your garden. Now stand back and watch your plants grow!

The vinca, or periwinkle, is a hearty flower that adds a lot to any garden. It comes in a variety of colors, and grows in the sun as well as the shade. But they're so hearty that you have to watch them, or they'll start springing up where they're not supposed to. In this video, Dave Epstein from Growing Wisdom walks you through using periwinkles in your garden.

Clay soil doesn't have the porousness to allow plants to grow well in it. Watch this video to learn about soil amendments, which will make the clay soil you have be more hospitable to plant life. By adding nutrients and supplements, you can have a healthy, thriving garden even with clay soil. A happy, healthy garden can be available to anyone if they're willing to put in the effort and care.

Terrariums. With fall quickly turning into winter, now's your chance to capture some of that remaining greenery as your very own garden-in-a-jar. I was lucky enough to catch Paula Hayes' terrarium show at Marianne Boesky Gallery in NYC this past summer. Her work is beautiful, not to mention inspiring:

Vines create the perfect look when grown over a trellis, arbor, or arch.You Will Need* A vine plant* A trellis, arbor, or arch* A wooden stake* Floral wire* Pruning shears

Pruning a rosebush removes old and dead growth, improving the health of the plant and making room for new buds.You Will Need* Long-sleeve work shirt* Long pants* Safety glasses* Garden or work gloves* Bypass pruning shears* A pruning saw* Hair elastic or clip (optional)

Growing plants from cuttings is an inexpensive way to expand your garden. With patience and the right technique, it can be done fairly easily.You Will Need* Pruning shears* Sand* Peat moss* Plant containers* Plastic zipper bags* Potting soil* Clean container to hold your cuttings* Water bottle with clean water to spray cut ends* Rooting hormone powder (for woody cuttings) (optional)

Do plants wilt at the sight of you? With these tips, anyone can keep a houseplant alive, even you!You Will Need* A plant* Knowledge of its native environment* Water* Fertilizer* A soothing voice or a radio

Pruning tomatoes, though not required, will create stronger vines, which produce larger, fuller tomatoes during the growing season. Trim back a tomato plant in the winter with instructions from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening. No need to go crazy, even trimming the plant down by a third will give you a bigger, better tomato. Follow along with the tips in this gardening video and learn how to prune a tomato plant.

Don't let that tomato plant go too wild! This how-to video shows how to transform a wily tomato plant into a well-pruned plant. This video also shows how to train the plant to grow up a string. Start eating better tomatoes, even in a smaller space.

Tired of losing your gardening efforts to snails and slugs? Use these methods to banish the pests.

Herbs are an incredible addition to your garden. This week, Meg talks about some of her favorite herbs and shows us how-to make a new moon herb tincture! Follow along with the advice in this video gardening lesson and start incorporating fresh herbs into your cooking!

Grubs can sure mess up a lawn. They destroy all the grass and leave a big brown spot behind. This method surely works. If you can pull up your lawn like a carpet, then you have grub damage. The grubs you find in a lawn are the grubs from Japanese beetles. Japanese beetles are dormant in the winter, and then fly and lay their eggs in mid-July. In August, the grubs start to to move to the surface of your lawn, and while doing this, eat the roots of the grass. The time to treat the affected area...

Learn all there is to learn about gardening from Naztazia... watch this video tutorial to learn how to start a basic container garden.

To grow beautiful flowers and plants in an outdoor garden, you need to feed your soil the right plant food – a fertilizer that will help your plants thrive. Watch this video to learn how to choose plant fertilizer.

Turning over your soil mixes the nutrients and makes the ground more suitable for planting. Watch this video to learn how to turn over soil.

Follow Joe Swift's step-by-step video guide to creating a lightweight pergola using yachting cable, with tips on choosing the best climbers.

Learn how to care for canna plants with Carol Klein's comprehensive video guide covering planting, overwintering, and dealing with viruses such as canna yellow mottle, and bean yellow mosaic.

Monty Don talks through the process of choosing a good pair of secateurs for pruning, looking at a variety of styles, to help you select a pair to suit your needs.

Learn environmentally friendly methods for controlling aphids, and other garden pests with Monty's guide to organic insecticides and how they work. Monty also talks you through how to make your own, organic pesticide.

Follow Carol Klein's video guide to cross-pollinating two daffodil varieties using a pen.

Watch Monty Don as he creates a scented garden using a variety of lavender plants, with suggestions for encouraging bushy growth.

Generate new plants from your hostas by following Monty Don's video guide to lifting, dividing and planting.

Watch Monty's video guide to planting a kiwi plant, ideal for fast-growing extensive coverage of a tree or arbour, and follow his practical tips on positioning for best effect.

Discover how to create and maintain acid soil conditions for growing blueberries and cranberries, with Chris Beardshaw's step-by-step video advice.

Chilli plants will thrive on a sunny window sill or in a greenhouse. They have a long cropping season, so you could still be harvesting fresh chillies in December. You will need just two small pots to sow your chilli seeds; use a good quality seed compost and keep them in a bright place to ensure they germinate.

Follow Monty Don's video guide to planting courgette plants, with advice on planting depths and watering frequency.

Learn how to grow an early crop of beetroot in or out of the greenhouse, with video advice from Sarah Raven.

Watch Monty Don as he experiments with a new method of growing summer-fruiting raspberries, which claims to yield fruit in the first year.

Follow Monty Don's guide to planting onions, shallots and garlic, with tips on soil preparation, drainage and compost.

Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to grow easy potatoes.

Monty Don shows how to get around the problem of limited space in the garden, by growing your own potatoes in a dustbin.

Sarah Raven plants four varieties of tomato in a bed in the Berryfields greenhouse, explaining how to stake and pinch out sideshoots from plants.

Monty Don demonstrates how to plant tomatoes in grow bags and pots in the greenhouse at Berryfields, including advice on getting the most from grow bags, and when to put tomato plants outside.

Monty Don demonstrates the most effective method for harvesting carrots, with advice on companion planting and deterring carrot root fly.

Monty Don demonstrates how to lift garlic without damaging the bulbs, offering tips for drying and storing.

Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to make bamboo supports.

Sarah Raven demonstrates how to plant a bare-root tree or shrub in a pot, before planting out in its permanent border position.

This is Hydroponics: At Home for Beginners.

Turn a patch of dirt into a gorgeous green lawn by planting the seeds correctly. Learn how to plant grass seed with this how to video.