Gardening, Flowers, Fruit, Veg Articles
31: Gardens and Decorative Fences
The primary use of fences is to keep animals out of gardens. The worst garden raiders include deer, rabbits, skunks, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, dogs, cats, woodchucks, and opossums. Unhappily, we add humans to this list as well. Your garden location determines which of these animals are troublesome. Fences also provide a way to overcome space
32: How to Count Hosta Eyes
In the spring, when things are just beginning to warm up and the soil is still cool and moist, hosta lovers go out to count eyes. Gently uncover your hosta beds to reveal the green nubs poking through the soil. Each nub is called an eye, and it is the beginning of a complete set of hosta leaves.
There are two reasons to count hosta eyes. The f
33: The Landscape GardenOne Amateur Gardener s Personal Story
If you have any bit of a green thumb at all, sooner or later you will learn some very valuable lessons in the landscape garden. My husband and I learned these lessons one summer when we decided to add a water feature to an existing garden area.
Landscape garden lesson number one - while massive oak trees may be a beautiful covering over a water
34: Do Hostas Need Winter Care
One of the reasons that hostas are such great low maintenance plants is that they don't require any winter care at all. You don't have to get out any rolls of plastic or stakes as hostas are very strong plants that go dormant in the winter.
Most of the time hostas lose all of their foliage by themselves. However the bigger varieties have very l
35: How To Prune Bramble Fruits
Bramble Fruits: Blackberries, raspberries, dewberries and all their relatives bear the best fruit on year-old shoots. Determine if your plants are spring-bearing or overbearing. If spring-bearing, remove the spent canes as the crop finishes in early summer. At this same time a good crop of new canes should be growing from below.
Use a cane hook
36: Indulge In Tropical Landscaping For Relaxation And Rejuvenation
The most popular vacations are where the summer is all year round and you can enjoy a day at beach in December. Tropical landscaping brings relaxation through its lazy yet rejuvenating, even green pastures for which many travel to enjoy.
Taking A Vacation
Most of us choose a sea side vacation when we decide to take a break whether it is in su
37: Seven Tips To Keep Your Lawn In Tip Top Condition
A healthy and attractive lawn is one feature of a home that most people value almost as much as the house itself. Lovely lawn care can add tremendously property value to your home purchase, so it is important to keep your lawn maintained and manicured as much as possible. Hiring lawn-care specialists can become rather pricey as spring and summer
38: Transplanting Trees and Shrubs
There times when a plant out grows its spot or needs to be moved to make way for a new garden design. When transplanting a shrub or tree be aware of the weather. Though possible, transplanting shrubs during very hot weather is definitely not recommended, it can cause great stress to the plant, even with lots of watering. To ensure the plant remain
39: Perennial Gardens That Stay Healthy All Year Round
Perennial gardens are well liked by many gardeners, there is a couple of main reasons for this. Not only will they bloom well for several seasons but they also come in a wide selection of shapes, colors and sizes. This is were perennial gardens differ to annuals.
Annuals have to planted every new season, where as perennials can remain in the gro
40: Winter Gardening Tips
By December, most gardeners have raked all their leaves, finished planting their spring bulbs and are preparing to patiently wait until spring to visit the garden again. If, however, you don't mind the snow or freezing temperatures you don't need to put all those tools away just yet. Winter can be a busy time for gardeners. Planning, of course, is
41: How to Build Your Very Own Compost Bin
Composting can be achieved in a simple compost pile. However, building a compost bin is an effective way to contain garden and kitchen waste. A Compost Bin also provides easy access to waste material for frequent turning. Further, Compost Bins help control heat and moisture content to speed up the composting process.
They come in various design
42: The Ideal Greenhouse Heaters To Choose From
The reason why greenhouse heaters are so important is due to the fact that the temperature changes on regular basis through out the day and night. At some stage it could drop to a low point that would not be very healthy for the plants.
That is the main reason why it is vital to keep the temperature at a suitable level so that the plants growth
43: The Importance Of A Pond Pump
A pond pump plays a major role in any man made pond, with out one the risk of the pond becoming stagnant is greatly increased due to the water standing still over a long period of time with little or no movement.
A pond pump not only helps to drive a filter and keep the water fresh, it is also used for many water features such as a waterfalls, p
44: What Is Compost
Have you ever thought about what actually happens when things rot? It may be that, like me, you have got confused reading garden books, as they are usually full of vague meanings for words like `stabilised humus'!
Many of you may think that making compost is an unpleasant or difficult process - well, I can assure you, it's not!
For a fast t
45: Why Isn t Organic Gardening the Only Way to Garden
What is the meaning of organic gardening, anyway? Well, OG is the science and art of gardening by incorporating an entire garden design and environment to improve and maximize the garden soil's health, texture and structure. Basically, organic gardeners don't use anything that has any potentially harmful chemicals, preservatives, colorings, etc.
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