KILL - 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...
What Type of Gazebo is Right for Me?
So youve decided that youre going to invest in a gazebo. Congratulations! What a great decision. There are so few structures like a gazebo that can stir such a feeling of relaxation and serenity. But the question now is...
Sowing Seeds
Temperatures are still too cold for setting out spring plants in Virginia, but spring is here and the nursery staff is busy. Seeds need to be sown, cuttings taken, and plugs planted. The new ellepots are living up to their...
Swimming Pool Chemicals: Algaecides & Clarifiers
Most pool supply distributors can offer an astounding selection of algaecides and clarifiers for your swimming pool, and if you do not understand how they work, or what their uses are, it can be difficult to make the right...
Three Essential Tips In Caring For Bamboo
Caring for bamboo is not a tough experience once the plant has become established. It's in the initial stages that some well worn rules need to be followed to ensure your plant survives.Caring For Bamboo PlantsIn recent years,...
How to Grow Hydrangeas
Whether you call them Hydrangea Macrophylla, House
Hydrangea, French Hydrangea,, or Mopheads, growing
Hydrangeas in the home garden can be an enjoyable
experience. They are lovely, whether used as single plants
or in...
How to Build a Pond: Basic Considerations
Those of you familiar with my writing are accustomed to raves and rants about doing things in cooperation with nature rather than fighting against her; many years of trying it both ways have convinced me that the natural way is...
Planting and Sowing Vegetables
Not all crops are harvested at the same time; some crops are planted after others have been harvested so best use of the available ground is made. This is illustrated by the planting of a crop of broad beans planted in November...
Prune And Trellis Your Tomato Plants To Achieve Higher Yields
For many home gardeners, the tomato crop is frequently a source of pride. Gardeners frequently compete to see who can grow the earliest ripe fruit, the biggest or most flavorful tomato. The desire for ideal tomatoes sends many...
New Uses For Old Plants
Plants continue to play and important role in our lives. Modern science is finding new solutions to problems by closely examining the plant kingdom. These new discoveries make us realize how much we depend on nature, despite...
Mosquito Magnets
According to a large number of researchers across the world children are natural mosquito magnets, as well as the aged and the ill. The reasons for this are still a mystery, but all the same the medical fraternity does agree to...
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,...
Four Herbal Remedies For Asthma
In the 21st century we smugly dismiss herbal remedies for asthma as "old wives tales" but this is a foolish attitude. For 5,000 years of recorded history, and undoubtedly many centuries before, humans have been using plants and...
Discover the Bonsai Orange Tree - A Magnificent Addittion to Your Collection
American nurseries have taken the pruning and sculpting of the bonsai and applied them to indoor house plants. By combining traditional house plant procedures with bonsai concepts of design, they have created different bonsai...
Hydroponic Supplies You Need for a Productive Garden
Those who are new to hydroponic gardening frequently overbuy on supplies that they possibly may not need when first starting out. After all, the very basic hydroponic supplies that you need when starting out can readily be...
How To Build A Compost Bin
For those of you with pesky neighbors who don't appreciate big piles of yard waste rotting in plain sight, there is the compost bin. The compost bin keeps your compost neat and tidy. Choosing the right type of bin for you is...
How To Control Poison Ivy
Poison ivy is found throughout southern Canada and most ofthe United States except Alaska and Hawaii. It is readilyfound along road sides, fences, railroads, and streams.But it can also be found in your own back yard. It...
How Microbes Break Down Compost
Most folks love the fun process of composting in their home or backyard and even understand the science behind it all. But for the rest of us, composting is like another skill that we have to learn before we can even think...
Challenges Faced By Australian Farm Hobbyist
Spring time in Victoria is the certainly the most beautiful season. Unfortunately the weather is frequently windy and changeable. Without windbreaks plants will quickly be damaged and young plantings are literally torn out of...
Basic Swimming Pool Water Chemistry
Pool pH & Pool AlkalinityThe pH and Alkalinity levels of swimming pool water affect many areas of the swimming pool and must be kept at the correct levels if you expect to successfully maintain your swimming pool. The Alkalinity o