Gardening School: Top 5 Gardening Tools on Way to Grow!

Gardening school is in session and Shirley is teaching the absolute basics, such as: what to wear, what tools to use, what is the difference between an annual, perennial, and biennial? What is a garden zone, and which one is yours? Class is in session, so spit out your gum and listen up. Time to learn Gardening 101.

DP and Editor--Nathan Blair
Sound Mixer--Chris Hall

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Have any gardening questions for Shirley? Leave your comments below and Shirley will answer them.

[davebusink]

What is my garden zone you ask? It's 6b Burnaby, British Columbia. It's December and I still see flowers blooming.

[gardenshedkent]

These simple yet significant tools you presented has a very specific functions when setting forth to perform a specific gardening task. Thanks for the tips. Now I know what to use and when to use it.

[jank.]

OMG - this is my all time favorite....more of this! more piano (by the way it looks fantastic...and what a bargain!) more of you and the piano man and piano....

[Digs]

Thanks for the enthusiastic comment, Jan Kotila!

[Digs]

Yeah...the end of summer is always a bit heartbreaking.

[CuteSeamus]

Dallas, Texas is a Zone 8A... meaning the average lowest temperature that we get here in winter is between 10 to 15 degrees... still have no idea what to plant that is edible that i can bring in during the winter off my tiny balcony...

[AndiiCee]

I looked mine up! I am in zone 8B :)

Also I live in an apartment...i have a patio that has NO grass its just concrete :( do you have ideas for stuff I can grow/plant? I appreciate the help. Thanx!! :D

[Digs]

Nice! Well, perhaps some potted plants? :D

[dorotwhy]

I'm in zone 5B...it's almost time to scrub things down an tuck them away for the winter...YUCK

[markandam]

My dad let me know about Simply Love Gardening (Google it!). it had everthing that i needed in one place