Gardening, explained visually

Explore the ideas you can put to work in a bed, a compost pile or a watering routine. Use the linked guides for decisions and measurements: the pictures are explanatory diagrams, not scale drawings, species-identification keys or records of a real garden.

Exploded raised-bed anatomy illustration.
Raised bed anatomy: read the guide →
Circular soil food web illustration with roots, fungi, bacteria, earthworm, arthropod, nematode, and organic matter.
Soil food web: read the guide →
Split soil cross-section comparing deep watering with shallow surface watering.
Deep versus shallow watering: read the guide →
Compost process illustration from garden materials to active compost to finished compost around plants.
Home compost cycle: read the guide →
Top-down garden plan with four raised beds, paths, irrigation, and crop rotation arrows.
Garden plan and rotation: read the guide →
Garden microclimate illustration with sun path, wind arrows, shade, cold pocket, wall warmth, and beds.
Sun path and microclimate: read the guide →
Top-down vegetable bed spacing grid showing mature lettuce, carrots, trellised beans, tomatoes, and crowded comparison rows.
Plant spacing grid: read the guide →

Try it in your garden