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Garden design planning By : Rita Hutner Good garden design starts with thinking before digging. Garden Leaf Blowers - More Power to Your Elbow By : len Want more power to your gardening elbow? Enjoy this great article reviewing the different types of garden leaf blower and their uses. Types Of Lawn Mower Batteries By : A.Caxton - Lawn mower Batteries Take Care Of Your Work Care for Them This article describes the type of lawn mower batteries and the way you should care for them. The article details the systematic approach for your lawnmower batteries to make them long lasting. Why Did You Choose Battery Operated Lawnmower You have chosen a battery operated lawn mower, as you did not wish mess with fuel requirement, noise and the pollution from your gasoline-operated lawnmower. You did not cho... Garden Composting Tips- The Art of Composting By : Carlo Morelli Even a composting neophyte can create top-notch compost with the right recipe. Garden Leaf Blower Maintenance By : len Discover all you need to know about leaf blower maintenance in this short, helpful article. How to choose your garden furniture and make it last By : Rami A helpful guide to choosing the right garden furniture and how to make it last. The Great History Of Roses By : Eric V. Allen - “It was roses, roses all the way.” - Robert Browning “What's in a name? That which we call a rose; By any other name would smell as sweet.” - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2 scene 2 Roses have a long and colorful history. According to fossil evidence, the rose is 35 million years old. Today, there are over 30,000 varieties of roses and it has the most complicated family tree of any known flower species. The cultivation of roses most likely began in... Hydroponics Gardening - How to Grow Flowers and Vegetables with Minimal Time and Effort By : Paul MacIver Did you know that you can still grow your own beautiful flowers and vegetables, without having to spend many hours every week looking after your garden? If you want a garden but only have limited time to look after it, hydroponics is a great option. Hydroponics gardening has many time-saving advantages over conventional gardening methods. The Best Flowers For Spring By : Jennifer Houck - After a long, cold winter, you are probably anxious for the first signs of spring. Springtime automatically brings thoughts of flowers. Choosing the best flowers for spring can be difficult and it is often confusing. Perhaps the most effective way to ensure spring flowers that bloom each year is to plant bulbs in the fall to mid-winter. There are of course flowering plants that you can purchase from your local nursery, but you will want to make sure any chance of freezing wea... Choosing The Perfect Flowers For Summer By : Jennifer Houck - Summer flowers and bedding plants are a great way to instantly add color to your lawn. Summer flowers start appearing in garden centers in the early spring, but you should be careful to plant only after the danger of freezing weather has passed. Summer flowers produce the best results when purchased ready to plant rather than trying to grow them yourself from seeds. Selecting the right summer flowers for your area can be quite a task, especially if you are planting your first... Fertilizing Your Flowers And The Importance Of Choosing The Right Flower Food By : Jennifer Houck - When buying fertilizer for your flowers, there are two basic approaches. Either of these methods is satisfactory and the approach you take will depend upon the types of flowers you have. The first approach is to have your soil analyzed and give your flowers the precise nutrients they need as determined by the results of the analysis. Very often you can have a sample of your soil analyzed by your local county extension office for a small fee, but the most convenient method of ... Helpful Ideas For Designing A Flower Garden By : Jennifer Houck - There is one thing that all flower gardens have in common - gorgeous flowering plants. What sets one flower garden apart from another is the structure and design surrounding the flowers. The most attractive flower gardens have been planned carefully and designed precisely. In order to plan and design a beautiful flower garden, you must plan in advance and choose plants that will compliment one another. Before finalizing your flower garden plans it is a good idea to visit y... Planting Roses - Tips And Ideas To Ensure Beautiful Results By : Jennifer Houck - Finding the best types of roses can be a confusing task when you consider the multitude of varieties that are available. Here are a few suggestions that will help you produce beautiful roses that are sure to be the envy of the neighborhood: Ask your local garden center or nursery about the best types of roses to plant in your particular area. Different climates require different kinds of roses if you want to achieve outstanding results. If you are a beginner, be sure to ch... How To Save Your Fruit Tree Blossoms From A Spring Freeze. By : Steve Boulden A single Springtime Freeze can wipe out all hopes of a bountiful fruit harvest by killing the blossoms that are so often premature. If you have just a few trees to protect, you may find this to be an effective method to assure your tender Spring blossoms will mature to ripe fruit. Is It Really Teak Wood? Caveat Emptor! (Part One) By : Michael Ochoa - This article contains a plethora of information and would be difficult to take in all at once. For that reason, I have broken this article into two parts. “Caveat Emptor” is Latin for “Let the buyer beware”. If you have Teak wood outdoor furniture, there is very little you will need to do be ready for spring and summer gatherings to begin. If you purchased “teak oiled” or “better than teak wood” outdoor furniture, you may be in for a big surprise. There are several... Is It Really Teak Wood? Caveat Emptor! (Part Two) By : Michael Ochoa - This article contains a plethora of information and would be difficult to take in all at once. For that reason, I have broken this article into two parts. “Caveat Emptor” is Latin for “Let the buyer beware”. We all want to pay as little as possible for the most product we can buy. The challenge we have is to pay enough attention to what it is we are actually purchasing so as not to become let down later when we find out we did not really get what we thought we would b... Growing Fruits And Vegetables The Way Nature Intended Them To Be By : George Hapgood - Gardening can add more quality to the way you live and even to some extent may also add quantity to one's life. There are many benefits of gardening, particularly organic gardening that can make one can forget about whatever is bothering him or her. Organic gardening is the way of growing vegetables and fruits with the use of things only found in nature. Why would one want to indulge in organic gardening? 1. Organic gardening is less boring. One can easily make ... Ten Simple Steps to Taking Cuttings By : Fran Barnwell Are you uncertain about what to do in the garden, and confused with gardening jargon? Let Fran help you with easy to follow tips and advice. This article gives you a step-by-step plan to taking cuttings and increase the number of plants in your garden! In Search Of The Best Gardening Tools By : George Hapgood - There are different kinds of gardens that require different kinds of garden tools. There are shops for garden tools that cater to all kinds of gardens and others specialize in a certain kind of garden. There are also stores for the best gardening tools that offer alternative tools such as natural pest control methods, organic fertilizers and ergonomic garden tools. Most of these shops offer the best gardening tools. So in your search for the most useful tools for your gar... Choosing The Best Plants For Your Garden By : George Hapgood - Excited, that’s how you felt when you saw that space in your backyard. And you bought some plants, but without even considering first what kind of soil you have at your garden, or perhaps, without planning carefully what kind of plants will survive. Now your garden is a mess. Think it over. Before buying plants you should be attentive of where are you going to place the plants in the garden - shade-loving plants for the sheltered areas, sun-lovers for the warm spots, drou... Container Gardening Tips For Newbies By : George Hapgood - Accentuate the welcoming look of a deck or your patio with jovial and colorful pots of annuals. Fill your window boxes with climbing bloomers or with fragrant roses of various colors. Container gardens produce a natural sanctuary in city's street sides, along rooftops or verandas. Pots may be arranged near each other than place plants in some kind of a bed arrangement, so that nice-looking gardens can bloom, even in itsy-bitsy spots. Search for varying and harmonizing colo... The Answer Lies In The Soil By : Edward Rose - If ever there was a truism, this is the truism of all truisms. I have gardened on a variety of soils including soot, gravel, clay, sand and loam. Without a doubt, loam is the best for high production tasty vegetable and fruit. The question is, can you make soot, gravel, clay & sand more like loam and can you make loam better? The answer is undoubtedly YES and the METHOD is ADD COMPOST. Sometimes you may be able to get well rotted horse manure from a nearby stable. I was on... Safe Operation Of Garden Tractors By : A.Caxton - This article traces history of garden tractors, gives tips in selection of garden tractors and gives information in safe operation of garden tractors. It also gives tips on saving fuel. The article is meant primarily for an amateur gardener, who is interested in maintaining his garden. Early Stages of Development The garden tractors were invented towards the end of nineteenth century. The early garden tractors were driven be steam engine. The diesel engine driven tracto... Plants that Clean the Air By : Gwen Nyhus Stewart This article explores the use of houseplants for cleaning the toxins from the indoor environment. The Garden As Healer By : Gwen Nyhus Stewart The indoor garden as a place of healing and peace is explored in this article. Practical steps are provided to create this place of sanctuary and re-connect with our own sacredness. Feng Shui in the Garden By : Gwen Nyhus Stewart Creating balance and harmony in the garden using “The Ancient Art of Placement,” known as Feng Shui, is the topic of this article. Colour in the Garden By : Gwen Nyhus Stewart Colour affects us and the role of colour in the garden to effectively create different moods can be utilized to enhance our emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual lives. This article examines the meaning of the colours and plants that can be used to serve these purposes. Basil: The King of Herbs By : Gwen Nyhus Stewart The ‘king of herbs’ Basil (Ocimum basilicum) is the focus of this article. Cultural requirements, uses in the kitchen and the garden, are included. Chives (Allium schoenoprasum) By : Gwen Nyhus Stewart The herb, Allium schoenoprasum, known as common garden chives, has extensive uses both in the garden, as a companion plant, and in the kitchen where chives are used in everything from egg dishes to vinegars. How to grow, cultivation requirements, and growing indoors are some of the topics in this article. Dill: The Most Important Culinary Herb in Scandinavia By : Gwen Nyhus Stewart The most popular culinary herb in Scandinavia, Fernleaf dill (Anethum graveolens), is discussed is this article. Used as foliage for flowers from the garden, gripe water, and everything from pickles to cream cheese, this versatile plant is easily grown and self-seeds readily. How to grow, cultivation requirements, and growing indoors are some of the topics covered.
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