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Xeriscaping For An Extraordinary Garden
By :
Jeanette Joy Fisher
Is it time to think about how to turn your garden from ordinary to extraordinary?
One way to do that is to think in terms of xeriscaping. The term means to use waterwise plants, which is especially useful in dry climates. Xeric species make gardening easier because they're drought resistant, and friendlier to the environment, because they use less water to provide lushness in both flowers and foliage. Most xeric plants are also perennials, so they will continue to flourish...
Organic Gardening - A Growing Trend
By :
Judith Schwader
In the past decade and a half, organic products have achieved almost mainstream status. Where organic produce was a specialty item in a few upscale grocery stores in the early 1990s, today's supermarkets commonly offer organically produced items.
An upward spiral is happening: Organics have become more available and more affordable. The result is that a larger proportion of the population buys organics. This leads to an increased general awareness of the benefits for peopl...
Making The Most Of The Front Of Your Home Using Wind Chimes
By :
Stephen Betzen
To beautify the front of your home and enhance your landscape, why not use the magical benefits of wind chimes? They come in a variety of colors, shapes, sizes, and price ranges, and are sure to be the perfect compliment, regardless of exterior design.
Small nondescript houses are especially flattered by such yard features as trellises, decorative mailboxes, birdhouses, and wind chime designs that add a distinct country home décor charm.
Outdoor southwest décor can be e...
Lawn Care Maintenance For Mere Mortals
By :
Dennis Conner
Though everyone likes to see their lawn in an enviable condition few are aware of the basics of lawn preparation and maintenance. Planting the seeds, spraying for the weeds, and watering your lawn, all look simple but proper maintenance of a good lawn is no simple task. To some, lawn care is serious business - reading every bit of the literature that they come across and going for a serious lawn building exercise that may make this interesting past time a rudimentary daily ro...
Organic Gardening - The Pros And Cons
By :
Judith Schwader
Picture three ripe red tomatoes arranged on a wooden cutting board awaiting your pleasure. They've each come from a different source: can you tell which one was grown organically?
Two of the tomatoes were lovingly tended in backyards - one in a conventional garden and the other in an organic garden. The third tomato came from the supermarket, and it's easy to eliminate from the guessing game.
The supermarket tomato is the pale red one the size and shape of a tennis ba...
Bring The Smell Of Nature Into Your Home With These Fragrant Flowers
By :
Willie Jones
A lot of money is spent in this country to reproduce fragrances for perfumes and air fresheners. The majority of these manufactured fragrances have alcohol and other additives that can actually irritate the membranes in your nose. Nature has done it the best and these are some of the most heavenly fragrances you’ll ever smell.
1) Hyacinth! This highly fragrant flower is actually a member of the lily family. Lily’s tend to grow much larger than the hyacinth but if you look ...
Planning Your Patio Garden
By :
Roy Thomsitt
A patio can be a wonderful place to relax during the warm days of spring, summer and autumn; or all year if you live in warmer climes. At times when the lawn may be too wet or even muddy, the solid floor of a patio means you can sit outside even after heavy rain and make the most of the fresh air, and visual pleasure of your garden. You can even turn your patio into a patio garden to make it more interesting.
You can turn the plainest of patios into a patio garden with the...
Is A Robotic Lawn Mower Right For You?
By :
David Sanders
If you have ever wondered what type of lawn mower is best for you, read on. Learn which type of mower will be perfect for mowing around your garden or for mowing around your large land area. First, you need to evaluate what you will be using your lawn mower for. You should always go with a known brand, like a Toro or John Deere, as these have been awarded many times as being manufacturer of the year.
Which mower should you choose that will best suit your needs? One of the...
Why Rose Gardening Is So Addictive
By :
Chester Smith
For many of us, the act of gardening brings us closer to nature by getting us outdoors and allowing us the opportunity to tend and grow objects that in the absence of our assistance would not be able to survive, let alone thrive. There is a special connection between the growers of roses and their plants, however, which seems to go even beyond the basic instincts of the traditional gardener.
The first reason that roses can be such an addictive plant is the roots it has in ...
Get Growth From Your Plants
By :
Denton Krypps
Have you experienced the frustration trying to grow plants that never grow? If you have, there may be some things to consider before you attempt to see growth happen again.
A first thing to considering as you try to plant seeds and see their growth is the location. Where will you grow the plants? What are the conditions of that area? If you attempt to grow plants outside, what is it like? If you are hoping to achieve plant growth inside, what kind of environment are you us...
Design Your Own Rose Garden
By :
Ken Asselin
Rose Garden
The texture and the fullness of the rose is unlike any other flower, and they come in a wide variety of scents and colors that range from a very bright yellow to a dark deep red. It is curious that such a beautiful flower is also equipped with such a thorny stem. A little of the good and the bad from nature I suppose. Roses originally came from the northern hemisphere, and there are over a hundred species growing in mostly temperate regions. Although the rose a...
Selecting The Perfect Garden Tools For Your Yard
By :
Daniel Smith
As winter days grow longer, the gardener in all of us longs to be out digging in the dirt. After many cold months of sitting in warm kitchens and happily dreaming of flower and vegetable gardens, it is a wonderful feeling to finally get outside in the sun and feel the earth beneath your fingertips. If you have never before known the satisfaction of working the soil and nurturing plants, there is no time like the present to start enjoying everything that gardening has to offer...
Earthworms In The Garden / Earthworm Facts
By :
Francis Kilkelly
Notice the lowly earthworm, squirming away, going about its everyday business. Simple creatures you may think but they have quite a important use in the garden. Did you know the earthworms are nature's first gardeners? They don't exist just for kids to eat and fishermen to use as bait :)
Some Basic Earthworm Facts
Earthworms are present in almost every type of soil but the healthier the soil the greater the numbers. A healthy soil permits lots of air and moisture, bot...
Hydroponic Plant Systems... What, No Dirt?
By :
Robert Mosse
Simply put, hydroponics is the growing of plants without soil. The word "hydroponics" comes from the Greek word hydro, which means "water" and ponos, which means "labor or water-working."
Typical Dirt Gardening:
All plant leaves need light, oxygen and carbon dioxide. Plant root systems require water, nutrients and oxygen. When plants are grown normally (in soil) water takes nutrients from the soil and carries them to the plant roots. The water and nutrients are taken up...
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