The old Jim Crockett books, trial and error,

I started as a kid planting seeds, and every home I owned I studied and maintained what existed and added new. I pour over gardening books and fine gardening magazine. A lot of trial and error though. Most of my homes shrubbery was dug up and replanted from tear-downs in the neighborhood. I have always planted a cutting garden as well.

My interest in tomato gardens got me started. I used Garden Web, which then got bought by Houzz, and then I started going on different tomato forums.

From Gardenweb
People their have more knowledge than all books combined.

I've always been interested in gardening but grew up in another part of the country where the landscape is quite different. I did the 3 year Master Gardener program in FFX County. It's a commitment and mostly retired people, but I love learning about gardening. Also books...

The Book of Lists is one used by MGs. It's a great resource for figuring out which plants work where...shade, sun, deer resistant, etc

https://www.amazon.com/York-Mid-Atlantic-Gardeners-Book-Lists/dp/0878332618/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1519356414&sr=8-3&keywords=mid+atlantic+gardeners+handbook&dpID=610EZ9OCAVL&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

I also like this book if you have no idea what to do and when..

https://www.amazon.com/Mid-Atlantic-Month-Month-Gardening-Beautiful/dp/1591866421/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519356586&sr=1-2&keywords=mid+atlantic+gardeners+handbook&dpID=618dI6mq81L&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

There are lots of books, and the University of Maryland Extension Service has a good website. I like Fine Gardening magazine too.

Whatever you've been doing is probably working in terms of not killing the plants Water deeply if there hasn't been any rain for 2 weeks(not mandatory), fertilize once a year in the spring (not mandatory), and google pruning advice for your particular trees and shrubs if they're getting too big.

This is a basic what to do when calendar published by the Frederick county master gardeners:
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/...rdener%20Guide%20MD%202-12.pdf

Op, try your local master gardener website. They hold classes open to the public all the time.

Anonymous wrote:Dating an agricultural engineer and marrying him.

Having an affair with an agricultural engineer. Jk

Experience of trial and error, books and the local nursery.

From my parents, and then when I moved to America from Gardenweb and books.

This sounds weird, but I learned in elementary school. In kindergarten we started seeds in egg shells. Then we planted grass and decorated the pots with faces, so when the grass grew, we gave them haircuts. We had a raised vegetable garden for the class as we got older. Go MoCo public schools!

Dating an agricultural engineer and marrying him.

Internet... I'm a dig a hole, plant, water and hope for the best.

Books, my mom, YouTube videos.

We moved into a house a few years ago with lots of mature trees and plants. I like most of them and want to maintain them, but I am so clueless about lawn and garden care but I’m willing to learn! How did you learn about garden care? Books? Your parents? I’ve talked to the MD master gardeners at the farmers market before and they didn’t seem to have any educational resources to share.