Gardening Guide


Gardening Guide

Growing your own fruits, vegetables, and herbs is rewarding and, let’s face it, delicious. Plus, there is great joy in harvesting your own food and then sharing it with your friends and family for them to enjoy.

In our How to Maintain your Garden Guide, you’ll learn how to plan your garden and keep it healthy with garden amendments. Plus, you’ll also learn how to transplant seedlings and learn when the best time of day to water your garden is. It’s all easy. So, roll up your sleeves, it’s time to dig in the dirt!

  1. How do I Plan a Garden?

    How do I Plan a Garden?

    Garden harvest with Drew Steinberger. Great Falls, MT. August 2015 Zucchini, pumpkins, peas, corn, and carrots! Have you ever wanted to grow your own vegetables in your backyard? Maybe a full backyard garden is too much, maybe container gardening is more up your alley? And, what are garden amendments anyway? Growing a garden is really doable, and planning a garden is where it all begins. Watch and learn as lawn and gardening expert, Amy Grisak, explains the ins and outs of planning a garden from scratch. So, get ready to roll up your sleeves and dig in, a little dirt never hurt anyone! https://youtu.be/SNsoQsIZWLc Video Transcription What Would you Like to Grow Hi, this is Amy Grisak for North 40 Outfitters and today I'm going to give you a few gardening tips.  Before you ever p...

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  2. How do I Build a Raised Garden Bed?

    How do I Build a Raised Garden Bed?

    Raised garden beds last for years, and they can be built out of almost anything. Plus, you can grow a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers in them. Watch and learn as lawn and garden expert, Amy Grisak shares her step by step tips for building a raised garden bed. Want to learn more tips and tricks about gardening? Click here to read more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4-5dZDSiQ8 Video Transcription What Can I Use for a Raised Garden Bed? I'm Amy Grisak with North 40 Outfitters. And today, we're going to talk about building a raised bed. No matter what kind of soil you have, raised beds are the answer. And the beauty about raised beds is once you have them in, they are good for years and years and years. Now, a raised bed can be something as simple as a wooden box, or stones, or s...

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  3. How do I do Container Gardening?

    How do I do Container Gardening?

    From veggies to flowers, you can plant anything you want in a container. You just need the right size container, new potting soil, and the right tools. Watch and learn as lawn and garden expert, Amy Grisak, shares her best tips for container gardening. https://youtu.be/lBwTa6wa8po Video Transcription How to Make Adequate Drainage in your Pots? Hi. I'm Amy Grisak with North 40 Outfitters, and today we're going to talk about how to plant your garden in a container.The nice thing is you can plant anything you want in a container, from corn to potatoes. As long as you have something that's big enough, you can grow it. The key consideration when you're picking out your container is to find something of an adequate size. For tomatoes, you want something that's at least the size of a five gallon buc...

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  4. Beautiful and Practical Tips for Decorating your Garden

    Beautiful and Practical Tips for Decorating your Garden

    Lawn and garden décor adds a special touch to a special spot. Watch and learn as lawn and garden expert, Amy Grisak, shares her favorite tips for sprucing up your backyard and garden. Want to learn more gardening tips and techniques? Click here to read more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxLX3jXB-Js Video Transcription How do I Make my Garden Look more Appealing? I'm Amy Grisak with North 40 Outfitters. And we're going to talk about how to make your garden even more beautiful. Now, the flowers are gorgeous and the vegetables definitely have their appeal, but what makes it even nicer is when we can decorate it and really give it our personal touch, plus with practical application as well. Are there Practical ways to Decorate my Garden? Now, there are so many ornaments that are ...

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  5. How do I Grow and Harvest Culinary Herbs?

    How do I Grow and Harvest Culinary Herbs?

    Growing herbs is really easy to do. From learning what to grow and how to harvest and cut them, watch and learn as lawn and garden expert, Amy Grisak, shares her favorite tips for growing and harvesting culinary herbs. Want to learn more tips and tricks about gardening? Click here to read more. https://youtu.be/mRxr42YXPC4?list=PLc_kM2PuJLMBGIs6aujP6ufX6l6f-cHmV Video Transcription How to Decide on the Best Herbs for your Garden? Hi, I'm Amy Grisak with North 40 Outfitters and today I'm going to give you a few tips on what herbs to grow, how to take care of them and how to cut them for use in your kitchen. Now, when it comes to herbs, we have the world at our fingertips and the nice thing is, is so many of them love these wonderful hot summers with lots of sunshine and absolutely thrive f...

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  6. Tips for Watering your Garden

    Tips for Watering your Garden

    Summer makes everything hot. So, how do you keep your garden from burning up in warm weather? Watch and learn as lawn and garden expert, Amy Grisak shares her best tips and techniques for watering your garden, keeping it healthy and thriving all summer long. Want to learn more tips and tricks about gardening? Click here to read more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmi-rRQuMNk Video Transcription What is the Best Time to Water my Garden? I'm Amy Grisak with North 40 Outfitters, and today we're going to talk about what you need to water your garden properly. Now watering along with feeding your garden is one of the most important things you could do, particularly for us gardeners out West who oftentimes don't have the rainfall that we would really like to see. When to water is probably the numb...

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  7. How do I Get Rid of Weeds and Mulch my Garden?

    How do I Get Rid of Weeds and Mulch my Garden?

    Getting rid of weeds and mulching your garden helps lock in much-needed moisture. From starting weed removal with a stirrup hoe in the spring to laying down layers of newspaper and hay, watch and learn as lawn and garden expert, Amy Grisak, shares her best tips for prepping your garden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVZWblMh6do Video Transcription What is the Best Tool for Weeding your Garden? Hi, this is Amy Grisak with North 40 Outfitters. And today, we're going to talk about how to prep your ground and then mulch, so you keep the weeds down and keep the moisture in.Now in the early spring, one of your best tools ever is going to be a stirrup hoe. It could be one with a nice long handle like this, or a little shorter handle so if you're down on your hands and knees, you can get after and ...

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  8. How do I use Garden Amendments?

    How do I use Garden Amendments?

    Learning what your garden needs and how to feed it properly is really easy, and it all begins with adding composting and manure materials. Watch as lawn and garden expert, Amy Grisak, shares her best tips in how to use garden amendments. https://youtu.be/j0t6WNQ2r3g Video Transcription What do I Need to Add to my Garden's Soil? Hi, this is Amy Grisak for North 40 Outfitters, and today I'm going to give you a few gardening tips. Today we're going to talk about how to add amendments to your garden in the spring time before you get to planting. Now, this is the perfect thing to do on a nice spring day, is to boost your garden to find out what it needs, and how to feed it properly. Now, what should you add? That's always the big question. It does start with what your plants need, or what your s...

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  9. How do I Test my Garden's Soil?

    How do I Test my Garden's Soil?

    It’s that time of year when you need to start thinking about adding soil amendments to your garden and getting your soil as healthy as it can be. But, before you add anything to your soil, you need to figure out what your soil needs. Watch as lawn and garden expert, Amy Grisak, explains how to test your garden’s soil. https://youtu.be/wSfwgndA0c8 Video Transcript How do I Decide what My Soil Needs? Hi, this is Amy Grisak from North 40 Outfitters, and today I'm going to give you a few gardening tips. So it is springtime, and it's time to think about adding amendments to the garden and getting you that soil as healthy as it can possibly be before you get anything planted. So the first step you want to do before you add anything to your soil is to figure out what your soil needs. And one of the ...

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