Archive for September, 2010
Rock Garden – Landscaping Tips And Flower Choices
Rocks, pebbles and stones can be used in an economical and attractive manner to create a number of different effects in your garden – for instance you can use them to create borders for flower beds, to create interesting color contrasts in the garden and in non flowering seasons the rock arrangements can create their [...]
Preparing Your Soil For The Fall Crops
By August’s end the spring planted garden is all harvested and the remaining plants need to be now removed to make space for the fall garden. You need to start by preparing the soil for it first. Remove all the old plants and burn them to avoid diseases and infestation. Weed free the soil and [...]
The Principles Of Tree Penjing – The Literati Style
Shumu Penjing or Tree Penjing, like the art of Bonsai, places great emphasis on the proper cultivation of the trunk of the plant – tree Penjing of the literati style or Wenren Mu as it is known in Chinese is an art form that seeks to create the distinctive long, thin branches that are tapering [...]
Getting Your Greenhouse Ready For The Winter
Any gardener knows that the autumn is the time to prepare his greenhouse for the winter. In case you don’t know from where to start, here are few advices that can help you to prepare your greenhouse. The first step is to clean the greenhouse. Scrub off the shading paint, wash the glasses from inside [...]
Frogs – Why They Can Be Good For Your Garden And How To Attract Them
Let’s face it – frogs, toad and suchlike amphibians are hardly the prettiest of creatures and are their nocturnal ribbits. However, frogs are actually good for your garden as they can help to keep the insect population in control – they like flies, mosquitoes etc, so those pests can be controlled by frogs. Other garden [...]
Lavender – The Queen Of The Herbs And Hearts
Lavender is often labeled as the Queen of the herbs. This plant is also the best scent that any gardener will love to have in his garden. In case you want to grow lavender in your garden, this isn’t so difficult. The English lavender is perhaps the most widely grown type of this scented herbal. [...]
Greenhouses – Small And Affordable Options
When you think green houses, do you think of large, elaborate and expensive looking structures that only the very rich with extensive grounds around their houses can afford? Well you would be only partly accurate, greenhouses can of course be large, expensive elaborate affairs that you need contractors for, but equally a green house can [...]
Peppers Are The Gardens Gems
Peppers have always been a must for any gardener. Growing them isn’t an issue, especially if you know some tricks to do it right. Here are few tips how to grow healthy peppers in all conditions. The experts claim that any gardener who knows how to grow tomatoes will be doing great with the peppers, [...]
Does Your Garden Reflect Your Personality?
Have you ever thought about what your garden says about you and your personality? Ideally your garden, its construction and what you grow in it, should say something about your personality and your beliefs. If you are an unconventional and free spirited person, then your garden may reflect that in the sort of plants you [...]
The Quest For Organic Is The Quest For Sustainable And Healthy Growth
Organic gardening – we have been hearing this word for quite sometime now. Do we really know about it in detail? If not it is high time we should know about it. Organic gardening is the latest trend and is catching up fast among a majority of people because of its immense positive aspects. Plants [...]
