Less is often more when it comes to entry planting.

A key first step for any home gardener is to make sure you have the right plant for the right spot and you can do that by consulting our Web sites. The whole basis of gardening is getting the right plant in the right spot. Doing that saves not only money but a great deal of frustration.

We need to take time to do the least glamorous activity of gardening - digging and preparing the soil - first. When we do that, we'll have good results on the other end of the gardening process.

Maybe you just want to be daring and put in a few bowling balls instead of traditional gazing globes.