IDEALLY - Garden Guide
Mistakes When Planting Or Transplanting
We can plant too early. Remember those beautiful warm March or April days when we are tempted to go out and start our gardens? Why not, the stores already have the plants for us to transfer so it must be time. Early planting...
Air Movement in Grow Room - Some Basic Considerations
Plants grow best in an environment that is well ventilated to effectively dissipate heat. All artificial light sources generate heat and grow rooms have to be therefore, provided with some means of cooling. Cooling of grow...
Outdoor Fireplace Plan
An outdoor fireplace plan explains the various steps and procedures to be considered while building an outdoor fireplace. A good outdoor fireplace plan acts as the fundamental step for constructing an attractive and durable...
The Kinds Of Lawn Tractors On The Market
Tractors Used For Home LandscapingThe smaller tractors used in home gardening projects, also known as lawn tractors, are very handy to have around if your plot is up to 2 acres. They come with a variety of tools that are...
Getting The Most Out Of Your Hydroponics
Hydroponics is one of those subjects that few know muchm if anything about; is rife with misinformation and a minefield of useless products.Water temperature - Your nutrient solution should feel COLD at 21oC NOT WARM. 21...
Planting Daffodil Bulb Tips
Planting daffodil bulb advice is relatively easy to give because daffodils are very resilient flowers that are easy to grow. It is almost as easy as putting the daffodil bulbs in the ground and waiting for the growth. Almost,...
Feng Shui Interprets Your Garden Features
There is a whole branch of classical feng shui which deals with the outside environment. It is called Form School or Landscape School. But outside and inside are forever entwined in terms of how they can affect the...
Two New Beautiful, Non-Invasive Bamboos
Fargesia robusta 'Green Screen' and Fargesia rufa 'Green Panda'
Bamboo is known for being very decorative and beautiful in the garden, but many gardeners shy away from bamboo because of its reputation for being invasive. This...
Log Cabins Make The Ideal Home Office
Do you want to work from home but there isnt any space? Are you working from home but family members and friends distract you? Do you need more space for your office, but an extension is too expensive and time consuming?A Log...
The Feng Shui Of Trees
Trees are important life source and vital members of outdoor community. Often called the lungs of the Mother Earth trees take the carbon dioxide, that we and the animals of the world and give us life saving oxygen. Trees...
Growing A Brush Cherry Bonsai In Your Garden
The Brush Cherry can add wonderful color as well as interest to your garden. This evergreen shrub will enhance your gardening efforts by yielding puffy white flowers along with round berries all in contrast with its glossy...
Tips On Watching Your Grass Grow
What are you going to do? Watch the grass grow???Who has not heard that one?But the real question is: What if you want to watch the grass grow? Or At the very least to be able to MAKE your grass grow? What if you want to grow...
How To Get Rid Of Japanese Knotweed
Japanese knotweed (Polygonum Cuspidatum) is to gardeners what MRSA is to hospitals - a super-weed!It was introduced to the UK in Victorian times, used as a stabiliser of the banks around newly established lakes (due to its...
Immerse Yourself In The Serenity Of A Fine Garden
Gardening in and of itself is an art form. And the art of fine gardening is just that, an art. Fine gardening may mean many things to many people, but to me fine gardening means more than just a garden. It encompasses all...
Waterfall Ponds
When a waterfall is built outdoors, the best thing to increase its appeal is to have a pond at its base. The pond may be large or small, depending on the space the landscape provides, and may house plants, fish or both. Such...
Making a Garden Pond With a Pond Liner
A pond liner is a flexible waterproof membrane that covers the floor and the sides of a pond excavation. There are several different kinds to choose from. Polyethylene is useful when sandwiched between two layers of soil, while...
Iris - Species and Care
Iris is the name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Iridaceae. The various Iris species have showy and beautiful flowers which make them popular in gardens and in floral arrangements. The name Iris is...
Mistakes When Planting or Transplanting
We can plant too early. Remember those beautiful warm March or April days when we are tempted to go out and start our gardens? Why not, the stores already have the plants for us to transfer so it must be time. Early planting...
Facts About Topsoil You Need To Know
There are many different substances that can be found in topsoil. Each of these substances in topsoil can be either beneficial or harmful for the topsoil and for the plants depending upon how much of each substance is in the...
Heated Home Greenhouse - Extend The Natural Growing Season
An unheated greenhouse will extend your growing season - a heated one will extend it even further.A heated greenhouse is normally designed to maintain a temperature of 4-7 degrees C (40-45 degrees F) over winter.It will also...