JAM - Garden Guide
History Of The Jujube Tree
Chinese poets spoke about the wonderful jujube in 600 BC. The fruit of the jujube has been used in ancient Chinese medicine for many nutritional remedies for 2500 years. Jujubes were used by Gerard in Europe as a medicinal herb...
Sampler of Rare Fruits for Fun or Profit
Here is a sampler of unusual fruits showing up on temperate climate farms and in nurseries. Their rarity in your location, of course, depends on your growing region.Sea Buckthorn (Hipprophae rhamnoides)A very productive northern f
The Great History of Roses
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
Growing Rare Fruits for Fun or Profit
Gardeners, small farmers and boutique backyard nurseries can attract customers with unusual tree, vine and bush fruit crops that offer customers a taste of the exotic, of history, or of their native bioregion that they can find...
History Of Blackberry Plants
Blackberries were perceived by the ancient cultures as being a wild plant, and historical accounts for a backyard culture of blackberry bushes are few. The Greeks used the blackberry as a remedy for Gout, and the Romans made a...
History Of The Jujube Tree
Chinese poets spoke about the wonderful jujube in 600 BC. The fruit of the jujube has been used in ancient Chinese medicine for many nutritional remedies for 2500 years. Jujubes were used by Gerard in Europe as a medicinal herb...
Ancient Fig Trees Through History
The fig tree, Ficus carica, possibly originated in Northern Asia according to archeological fossil records. Spanish missionaries brought it to the United States in 1520. Historical Sumerian tablets record the use and...
History Of Olive Trees
Olive trees, Olea europaea, are the oldest fruit trees and certainly are one of the most important fruit trees in history. Olive tree culture has been closely connected to the rise and fall of Mediterranean empires and...
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...
Get Some Garden Tools
It is spring now, and for many people, that means getting out into the garden. I for one love getting into my garden and spending hour after hour preparing the soil and planting the seeds of my favorite vegetables, fruits and...
Simple Mini-Greenhouses for Containers and Soil-Beds - vegetable gardening, organic gardening
Its not too early to start preparing for early spring planting! By covering your containers, which we call Grow-Boxes, or Soil-Beds with Mini-Greenhouses using PVC arches and greenhouse plastic, you can be in your...
History Of The Cherry Tree
There are only a few instances in the ancient historical record concerning cherry trees. This absence in the record perhaps resulted in the fragile nature and perishability of the fruit, unlike the fruit from the apple tree....
History Of Blueberry Plants
Very few historical records exist on ancient blueberry culture in the Greek and Roman empires. Those cultures did use parts of the blueberry plants and fruit to consume or to treat ailments. The size and flavor of native...
History Of Blueberry Plants
Very few historical records exist on ancient blueberry culture in the Greek and Roman empires. Those cultures did use parts of the blueberry plants and fruit to consume or to treat ailments. The size and flavor of native...
Composting - From Kitchen to Garden
Many people wonder about composting when they start to get serious about gardening. After all, a liberal addition of compost can change the soil around the plants, the very foundation of the garden. Wet soil can be made looser...
Gardens of New Zealand
When I was a teenager in school my hero was Captain James Cook, the British sea captain who made three voyages of circumnavigation around the world, before being killed by cannibals in the Hawaiian Islands, which he discovered....
How to Create a Butterfly Garden
People who love to garden also tend to enjoy watching butterflies flitting about. After all, butterflies are just as pretty to look at as the flowers that they visit. Gardeners can entice even more butterflies to visit their...
Important Uses of Weeds in the Lives of People
It is so nice to live in a place where the environment is clean and pleasing to the eyes. This is because it does not just invite clean neighborhood but a clean living as well.Many people would want to prefer a place wherein...
Daisy Colorful Flowers
The most common daisy is the "Shasta Daisy", Chrysanthemum maximum which is a perennial.
Sometimes, people buy a daisy which are described as Giant Daisy. It is a perennial, but it requires dry conditions in winter, or they...
Hibiscus Tea
Even though the hibiscus is primarily grown for the decorative properties of its flowers, many cultures call the hibiscus tea their preferred drink. Even in ancient times, there is evidence that show Pharaohs of ancient Egypt...