Xeriscaping: This involves designing landscapes to reduce or eliminate the need for irrigation. Pruning: This involves cutting back plants to improve their shape, encourage growth, or remove dead or diseased parts. Mulching: This involves covering the soil with organic material to conserve moisture, improve soil health, and reduce weed growth. Solarization: This involves covering the soil with clear plastic to kill weeds and pests. Rainwater Harvesting: This involves collecting and storing rainwater for use in the garden. Greywater Recycling: This involves reusing household wastewater for irrigation. Espalier: This involves training trees or shrubs to grow flat against a wall or fence. Hardening Off: This involves gradually acclimating indoor-grown plants to outdoor conditions. Lasagna Gardening: This involves layering organic materials to create a fertile planting area. Intercropping: This involves growing two or more crops together to maximize space and nutrient usage. Biodynamic Gardening: This involves using holistic, ecological, and ethical approaches to gardening. Companion Planting: This involves planting certain types of plants together to deter pests and promote growth. Thinning: This involves removing some plants to give others more space to grow. Sheet Composting: This involves layering organic materials on the ground to decompose and improve the soil. Permaculture: This involves designing gardens that mimic natural ecosystems. Polyculture: This involves growing multiple crops in the same space to increase biodiversity. Direct Sowing: This involves planting seeds directly in the garden. Soil Amendment: This involves adding materials to the soil to improve its physical properties. Vermiculture: This involves using worms to compost organic waste and create nutrient-rich soil. Staking: This involves supporting tall or heavy plants with stakes. Air Layering: This involves removing a strip of bark from a stem, wrapping it in moss and plastic, and then cutting it off and planting it once roots have formed. Bonsai: This involves growing miniature trees in small containers. Aquaponics: This involves growing plants in water that is enriched by fish waste. Hugelkultur: This involves creating raised garden beds filled with rotting wood. Seed Starting: This involves germinating seeds indoors before the growing season starts. Organic Gardening: This involves using natural methods and materials to grow plants. Deadheading: This involves removing spent flowers to encourage more blooms. Hydroponics: This involves growing plants in water rather than soil. Container Gardening: This involves growing plants in pots or other containers. Hilling: This involves piling soil around the base of a plant to provide support and improve water retention. Grafting: This involves joining two plants together so they grow as one. Succession Planting: This involves planting crops in intervals to ensure a continuous harvest throughout the growing season. Composting: This technique involves creating a pile of organic waste (like fruit and vegetable scraps) that decomposes over time, creating nutrient-rich soil. Terracing: This involves creating flat areas on a slope to prevent Cover Cropping: This involves planting a crop to cover the soil and improve its health. Transplanting: This involves moving a plant from one location to another. Raised Bed Gardening: This involves growing plants in large, elevated boxes to improve soil quality and drainage. Drip Irrigation: This involves slowly applying water to the soil using a system of tubes and emitters. Pinching Back: This involves removing the tips of a plant to encourage bushier growth. Square Foot Gardening: This involves dividing a growing area into small square sections to maximize space. Crop Rotation: This involves changing the type of crop grown in a particular area each year to prevent the depletion of nutrients in the soil. Heeling In: This involves temporarily planting bare-root trees or shrubs in a trench. Greenhouse Gardening: This involves growing plants in a controlled environment to extend the growing season. Soil Testing: This involves analyzing the soil to determine its nutrient content and pH level. No-Dig Gardening: This involves layering organic materials on top of the soil to create a planting area without disturbing the soil structure. Topiary: This involves shaping plants into ornamental shapes. Double Digging: This involves deeply loosening the soil to improve its structure and drainage. Vertical Gardening: This involves growing plants upwards on trellises or other structures to save space. Layering: This involves propagating plants by bending a stem to the ground and covering it with soil.

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