FEVER - Garden Guide
A Guide To Mosquitos
Mosquitos are insects which survive by drinking mammalian blood. The general breeding ground for these tiny flying pests is swampy areas, and dirt infested zones. Any place in a filthy situation attracts mosquitos. In fact,...
Spring Into Clean-Up
Youve almost made it through the long, cold winter months, and now spring is just around the corner. You been cooped up for weeks and have developed a serious case of cabin fever. You cant wait to get outside and enjoy the...
How to Get Rid of Mosquitoes
More than 170 millions of years ago, mosquitoes roam the earth. Although, records say that the mosquito then are bigger than the mosquitoes we know today. Both of them however can transmit diseases. Malaria and elephantiasis...
Wood Ticks
A wood tick is also known as a Rocky Mountain wood tick. Its scientific name is Dermacentor andersoni, and it is found in the Rocky Mountain States and the southwestern part of Canada. In the Unites States, wood ticks cause...
Need a Hobby: Grow a Cactus Plant
Who likes Cactus plants? Well a lot of people really do! Anyone with hay fever and a love of house plants appreciates the tendency of cactus plants to bloom only briefly in the winter. Even when they produce pollen it happens...
Abatement With DDT Concept Needs Second Look
As you are probably aware DDT was banned in many countries. But DDT kills mosquitoes and in places like Africa where the death rate of children is 5 to one perhaps a little DDT in the water is not such a bad idea as it keeps...
Tips For Growing A Beautiful Vegetable Garden
A vegetable garden is becoming a long lost art as land continues to diminish in the wake of growing and connecting communities. But it still remains true that a purchased vegetable never tastes the same as one grown in man's...
Herbal Medicine Chest in Your Backyard
What could be easier than growing an herb garden with no effort? Of course, you'll have to harvest your weeds, but you would do that anyhow: it's called weeding.Spring is an especially fertile time for harvesting your weeds -...
Insect Bites
Insect bites mostly look like little red bumps on your skin that are frequently itchy. They are the result of an injection of a foreign substance into your skin. The introduction of this foreign substance may trigger an...
How To Grow And Handle Fresh Herbs From Your Garden Beds Or Your Container Garden
In any recipe calling for herbs, use fresh herbs. Preparing the herbs for your dish is easy. The more tender herbs like mint, parsley, basil and cilantro can be gathered in a bowl and snipped with scissors. This is the fastest...
Yard and Garden Trends for 2006
Spring has sprung, and another exciting season of gardening is upon us! Gardening has made a huge resurgence in recent years, as the hobby of choice for thousands of homeowners across this great country of ours. Our task, in...
History Of The Pawpaw Tree
Pawpaw trees were discovered in 1541 by the Spanish explorer, Hernando Desoto, on an excursion into the Mississippi Valley, and he sent samples of this plant back to Europe.William Bartram in 1776 stated in his botanical book,...
What Are Some Of The More Common Pests That Can Invade Your Lawn?
There are a number of pests willing and able to invade your yard, and depending on your location, some pests may be more common than others.AntsAnts dont really have any negative effects on your grass, but they can become a
Mosquito Disease
You are probably one of the millions of concerned citizens who watch the nightly news and fear the deadly mosquito disease of West Nile Virus, along with others such as malaria and yellow fever. Certain third world countries...
Using Hydrogen Peroxide In Your Hydroponics Gardening System
There are no doubts about the benefits of using hydrogen peroxide properly in a hydroponics system. This becomes especially true if your nutrient reservoir is kept above 72 degrees. Warm water holds less dissolved oxygen, and...
Beat the Weeds and Save Time in the Garden
So frequently new gardeners are put off the idea of gardening by thinking about the time it might take, and the hard work involved. The popular idea of a low-maintenance garden is one of covering the space with decking and...
Mosquito Control
The world over any place facing a mosquito problem is constantly researching into ways and means of curtailing the menace. It is a difficult task, as it is almost next to impossible to drive these insects out of existence....
How To Grow And Handle Fresh Herbs From Your Garden Beds Or Your Container Garden
In any recipe calling for herbs, use fresh herbs. Preparing the herbs for your dish is easy. The more tender herbs like mint, parsley, basil and cilantro can be gathered in a bowl and snipped with scissors. This is the...
Gardening... A Simple Pleasure of Life
What a wondrous sight to behold every spring when the first signs
of life burst through the ground or at the tips of all the trees and
bushes. With these first signs of spring come the first pangs of
spring fever. Our...
You Can Grow Your Own Herb Garden - Part 1
Growing your own herb garden can be rewarding in many ways. You can enjoy the relaxation of gardening and reap the various benefits of what you grow. The problem is, many people simply don't know how, or fear that it entails...