DOMINANT - Garden Guide
Fall Tree Colors - Sugar Maple - Acer Saccharum
Acer saccharumFamily - Aceracerceae - MaplesThe Sugar Maple is one of the more colorful autumn trees. It is also one of the more common trees found in the eastern deciduous tree forests. Its leaves can turn one of two colors,...
Patio Umbrella Buying Tips: Fabric Choices
Patio Umbrella Fabric Types: There are many new and exciting fabric options available for Patio Umbrellas on the market today including Plastic, Cotton, Vinyl, Polyester, Olefin and Solution Died Acrylics. The decisio
How to Extend Your Living Space Outdoors - Working with Color
As suburban gardens become smaller, outdoor areas have evolved into more of an extension to our interior living space. Much more thought needs to be given to decorating the available space so that it becomes a totally...
Designing A Year-Round Garden
All great gardens have one thing in common. That is, they offer something during each of the four seasons. Through spring and summer the colorful flowers of perennials, annuals and flowering trees and shrubs are the focal point...
Lawn Furniture
If you love being outdoors, you should pick lawn furniture that you love! It should be more than practical and functional. It should add to the very experience of being outside. There are so many options in lawn furniture, and...
Some Ideas on Getting Started with Garden Landscaping
If you want to build an attractive landscape, but do not where to begin, there are plenty of common landscape design ideas and features available for you to gain inspiration. You can use the ideas yourself or add a little twist...
The Secret to Pruning Apple Trees
The overall theory of pruning apple trees is to first train the young apple tree to grow efficiently, and then to promote the best production of good quality fruit as the tree matures.By training a young apple tree to grow...
Teak Wood Used for Benches and Boats
Teak is valued by craftsmen and boat builders because it is very easy to work with, is extremely water and insect-proof, and will not easily split, warp or interact with corrosive materials such as metal screws, nails and...
Another Kind of Energy or ComPost-Modernism
PERMACULTURE HAS ITS GENESIS in the visionary work of J. Russell Smith, J. Sholto Douglas, Robert Hart, and others less well known, who, two generations ago and more, realized the urgency of transforming the basis of...
Tips On Sharpening The Lawn Mower Blade
A rotary-blade lawn mower is designed to cut grass by slicing it off at great speeds. The blades will rotate on many mowers at approximately 3,000 revolutions per minute. But at this great speed the blades become ineffective if...
How to Improve the Soil Quality of Your Lawn
Good soil is the foundation of a healthy lawn. To grow well, your lawn needs soil with good texture, some key nutrients, and the right pH, or acidity/alkalinity balance. Start by checking the texture of your soil to see whether...
Tips On Sharpening The Lawn Mower Blade
A rotary-blade lawn mower is designed to cut grass by slicing it off at great speeds. The blades will rotate on many mowers at approximately 3,000 revolutions per minute. But at this great speed the blades become ineffective if...
Types of Rats
Rats are rodents that belong to the Rattus genus of the family Muridae. These are the most dominant species on earth. There are several species of rats in the world. Most rodents are herbivorous, but some are omnivorous. In...
Lawn Fertilizer, What Does The Soil Need?
So true with beginners, the subject of lawn fertilizer seems simple enough. After all, it can't be that hard to periodically sprinkling fertilizer over your lawn and then water it so it can penetrate into the underlying soil....
Planting a Tree
The principles of tree planting are similar whatever the size of tree. The idea is to try to disturb the tree as little as possible, place it in an appropriate hole and in a situation to which it is suited. An acid loving tree...
Soil Improvement With Organic Materials
The most suitable soil for most lawn is loamy soil. If your lawn soil is predominantly sandy or clay, you can fix the problem by adding organic materials. If you have no idea what type of soil your lawn has, simply send a...
Lawn Furniture
If you love being outdoors, you should pick lawn furniture that you love! It should be more than practical and functional. It should add to the very experience of being outside. There are so many options in lawn furniture, and...
Secrets To Beautiful Shade Gardens
There are principles behind successful execution in every art form and combining plants into beautiful arrangements is every bit as much an art as is music or painting. Entire books are dedicated to the subject of combining...
The Cottage Garden
Cottages are a retreat for our soul. Places where we can both unwind and regenerate our families and ourselves.Generally our cottages are nestled in areas of raw bush and craggy rock. The mistake many people make with their...
This Fall, Give Your Trees Some TLC
They add character to neighborhoods, beauty to rolling hills and depth to flat prairies. Whether they have guarded your home for a few years or even for several decades, your trees need some extra attention this autumn. A few...