Spring is slowly working its way into prime time to do some planting. It's been a long winter and now it is time to stretch your legs and take a good look at what you have to do to get your garden going.

As usual around this time of year I start to look at all the gardening magazines to get an ideas of what plants and flowers that I would like to add to this years gardening crop.

One of my things to do is to browse through the Burpee gardening magazine. They have such a variety of flowers and plants to make your garden canvas a masterpiece of flowers and veggies

Hold on, I'm getting a little ahead of myself. Before you can get to all the fun stuff of planting your choice plants from online or a garden nursery. You have to prepare your garden by doing a little tilling of soil.

After many years of using a shovel to get my garden soil ready for planting. A couple of years ago I decided to invest in a garden tiller to make the job of breaking ground for my flower beds much easier.

I have to say it has been one of my most pleasant investments that I have made for my garden. My tiller just zips through the soil with the greatest of ease and it has been very reliable through the past few years.

The most I have had to do for maintenance is change the oil when needed and I have only had to replace one spark-plug so far to keep the engine running fine.

If you think you are in the market to invest in a garden tiller and take load off of your back this gardening season. Her are a few tips we recommend to get you started.

As the days slowly start getting longer and warmer we start to think more about preparing for the gardening season that is just around the corner. I would like to thank Beth for her email who is also  one of are readers on her question about Square Foot Gardening.

Square foot gardens are a very simple and easy way to grow a good variety of vegetables in a very small space. Square foot gardens are divided into one foot squares of soil, which are then planted according to the type of vegetables that you intend to grow.

Of course the size of your square foot garden depends on how much space there is in the garden to build  raised beds that you are going to plant your seeds or plants in.

The basis of building a square foot garden is to have a plan to where you can plant vegetables  side by side that compliment each other as they grow. For example planting corn and peppers, onion and peas or tomatoes and squash in unison together.

Remember when building your square foot garden to keep in mind to place it where there is plenty of sun ( at least 8 hrs) and if possible to use a drip irrigation system to water the garden.

Checkout our related articles section where you will find some great square foot gardening diagrams that will give you a idea on how to design your garden using the square foot method.

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