Gardening

Why Organic Gardening Compost Is So Important
By John Wishley · 18 years ago
In organic gardening, compost plays the most important role, ensuring the life of your plants and garden. Organic gardening compost is made of any natural wastes, such as leaves, grass, bushes, flowers, animal manure and ...
Organic Gardening How to Books – Your Invaluable Source of Information
By John Wishley · 18 years ago
If you are new to organic gardening, a few good organic gardening how to books could be an invaluable source of information for you. You will need help in getting started and problem solving like ...
Start with Organic Herb Seeds
By John Wishley · 18 years ago
The importance of choosing the right seeds for growing an organic garden is hard to overestimate. An organic herb garden is based on organic herb seeds use. Organic herb seeds, as any organic garden product, ...
Growing an Organic Salad Garden – More Than Just Gardening
By John Wishley · 18 years ago
Gardening, being one of the most relaxing and rewarding hobbies has such benefits as bringing the entire family together and providing good health. While growing flowers is rather aesthetic joy, growing your own vegetables and ...
Reasons to Start Organic Vegetable Gardening
By John Wishley · 18 years ago
Many generations have been enjoying and getting practical benefits from gardening. Gardening started as an organic process, but as the decades passed by and technology set in, chemicals and machines have become a regular part ...
A Guide to The Secret World of Hydroponic Cultivation
By Carl Formby · 18 years ago
So you're interested in hydroponics but aren't quite sure where to start? Here's a little guide to give you the basics, including the meaning of the word "hydroponics" so that you know what you're doing ...
Tuscan Garden Design: Plants For Italian Gardens
By Jonathan Radford · 18 years ago
TUSCAN GARDEN DESIGN: Plants that provide structure Tuscan gardens and Italian gardens in general have been based on strong garden structure from their Arabic origins, where a strong emphasis was already being placed on geometric ...
How To Keep Snakes Out Of Your Yard
By Dennise Brogdon · 18 years ago
Most snakes are harmless, but that doesn’t matter to those who have a fear of snakes. For those to whom snakes make their skin crawl and their bodies uncontrollably shutter, here are a few ways ...
Fake Flowers for a blast of color in your day
By D Randolph · 18 years ago
Fake flowers often have a negative connotation but it shouldn’t. The fact is that artificial flowers have come along way. Silk Flowers have gone hi-tech and for all of us that is good news. The ...
The Top 20 Red, White and Blue Flowers For a Patriotic Garden
By Emma Castille · 18 years ago
There are many flowers that are easy to grow and hardy in just about all zones that will make a great patriotic garden. With a minimum amount of care these red, white and blue flowers ...
Top Ten Fungal Lawn Diseases and Proper Lawn Care
By Emma Castille · 18 years ago
Most lawn diseases are cause by fungus. Although fungus is present in all lawns stress will cause a sudden fungal growth. Poor lawn care and extreme weather changes can cause fungus to multiply and destroy ...
Top Twenty Unusual Plants for a Perennial Flower Garden
By Emma Castille · 18 years ago
The wonderful characteristic of perennials is you only plant them once and they bloom year after year. Once you decide where you want your perennial flowerbed in your yard take note of the garden climate. ...
Top 25 Plants for a Butterfly Garden
By Emma Castille · 18 years ago
It is time to roll out the red carpet for butterflies in your area. Below is a list of fragrant eye-catching blooms to delight your eye and the butterflies taste for sweet nectar. Check with ...
Overwintering in the Greenhouse
By Dr. Christopher Kline · 18 years ago
Many gardeners seem to shut down operations in the winter entirely and start completely anew each season. With proper overwintering techniques, which are made much easier with the use of a greenhouse, many plants can ...
Simple Seed Saving
By Dr. Christopher Kline · 18 years ago
Seed saving can be a rewarding and cost saving activity particularly if plants are selected for their good seed saving characteristics. This article will offer the beginning seed saver helpful advice on which plants to ...
Compost Bins
By Darrell Feltmate · 18 years ago
Out in the country, composting is as easy as you want to make it. Just start a pile in the back forty, perhaps behind a tree or two and nobody cares. Neighbors are close enough ...
Rain Chains Make Ordinary Rainy Days Go Away
By Vicki Duong · 18 years ago
If you're looking to add a melodious sound to your garden while leading rain water down to your rain barrel or decorative ceramic bowl, then look no further; a rain chain may be the unique ...
Compost Tea Time
By Vicki Duong · 18 years ago
Why hello! I see you've made it just in time for our daily four o'clock tea appointment. I'm especially excited over today's tea selection, it's a homemade concoction that has been in the family for ...
Sit on Your Compost with the Composting Bench
By Vicki Duong · 18 years ago
For some, figuring out where they can start composting can be a bit of a challenge. After all, there are a few things one should keep in mind, like how far the compost heap should ...
Solar Garden Lights
By Armand Hadife · 18 years ago
Solar lights are really easy to install in your garden. All you have to do is to decide on the site you want to lit and stick the fixture in the ground. Best of all ...