Learn tips to photograph your garden at home from Barbara

Pintozzi, garden blogger at Mr. McGregor’s Daughter.

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When taking photographs of your garden, take the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Seeing your garden in a photo will teach you more about your garden than you will ever be able to do in person. Study the photo, note the angles, witness the stuff you walk by everyday, such as the hose, the utilities, the play set and such.

By evaluating your photos, you can better place screens and see what changes can occur to improve what your mind is making corrections for. If you shoot digitally, print out the image and draw-in your vision. It’s amazing how effective this can be.

Sketch your idea over a photograph

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™

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Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Helen also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum

Author of Energy-Wise Landscape Design is my guest sharing tips and information about conserving energy in the landscape. From placement of trees to the use of mulch, cooling the property in the summertime while allowing warm in the winter.

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™.

Follow Helen on Twitter @HelenYoest and her facebook friend’s page, Helen Yoest or Gardening With Confidence™ Face Book Fan Page.

Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Helen also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum

Guest Chris McLaughlin shares with us everything you need to know about composting, or at least the bits we got to in this lively discussion. Learn how to turn your organic waste material into black gold as Chris takes us through the various types of composting. Whether in a townhouse or living on acreage, there is a composting method for you.

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While I wouldn’t trade-in my composting habits, there are times when I want it covered for aestictics reasons.  All I do is take some pine straw and lightly cover it.  Volia! No one knows it’s there.

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™

Follow Helen on Twitter @HelenYoest and her facebook friend’s page, Helen Yoest or Gardening With Confidence™ Face Book Fan Page.

Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Helen also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum

WebTalkRadio – Hydrangeas

Helen Yoest is a garden writer and coach through her business Gardening with Confidence™

Follow Helen on Twitter @HelenYoest and her facebook friend’s page, Helen Yoest or Gardening With Confidence™ Face Book Fan Page.
Each week, Helen host’s a garden talk WebTalkRadio.net show called Gardening With Confidence™.

Helen also serves on the board of advisors for the JC Raulston Arboretum