QUARTERS - Garden Guide
New Crape Myrtle Trees Flourish in Both Northern and Southern Climates
If you really want to give the gift of color this holiday season, skip the clothing and jewelry and instead consider a crape myrtle tree for your home and garden. These fast growing trees are very ornamental, with clusters of...
Weeding and Eating in the Summertime
A few weeks ago I was agonizing in the garden, pulling up weeds in the hot sun and wondering if it would be worth it. You see, very little was available to harvest yet and it seemed that all there was to be had was piles and...
Why Proper Lawn Care is Always Needed
If you want to keep a nice, tidy looking garden you need to pay close attention to the lawn with proper lawn care. Most Americans take great pride in their gardens and so lawn care really is important to them. You will notice...
Do You Know How to Repot a Root-Bound Houseplant?
It is actually quite easy if you know the basics. It only takes a few minutes to give your houseplants a new lease on life. This article supplies a few do's and don'ts.A Larger Container is not Always Necessary (or Better)The...
6 Steps To A Greener, Healthier Lawn
It is important to understand that a lawn that is easy to care for and gives you the health and beauty you desire is dependant on several steps including those that occur before you make your first application of fertilizer....
How To Grow Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses have become extremely popular in the past ten years or so, and if you buy them at a garden center they are kind of pricey. Learning how to grow them yourself is actually quite easy. They can be grown from...
Admiring Wild Flowers
Walking with my family close to nature during late Sunday times has been a practice that I definitely enjoyed while I was a kid. Especially, if these long walks took place during spring time, I became extremely excited since I...
Admiring Wild Flowers
Walking with my family close to nature during late Sunday times has been a practice that I definitely enjoyed while I was a kid. Especially, if these long walks took place during spring time, I became extremely excited since I...
Cymbidiums Orchid Plants - What You Need To Grow Successfully
Cymbidium orchid plants were first mentioned in China during the Chin dynasty. Yes, way back in 265 AD. They are beautiful, delicate orchid plants which have been used for corsages. They come in a wide range of colors,...
We All Need Weeds
When exactly did people come up with the idea that weeds were bad? When did a weed become a weed? How it was that one day the world was simple, a Garden of Eden, full of plants, and the next, those plants had been slotted and...
Gardening - What are Annuals and Biennials?
True annuals are plants that will complete their life cycle within twelve months of sowing. Biennials require two growing seasons to do so and are usually sown in summer to flower during the following spring and summer.Many...
How to Grow Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses have become extremely popular in the past ten years or so, and if you buy them at a garden center they are kind of pricey. Learning how to grow them yourself is actually quite easy. They can be grown from...
What Worms Tell You About Your Soil
When you see worms in soil you can be certain that the quality of the soil is excellent. It will be rich in organic matter and valuable nutrients. It will be well aired with good drainage.Where there is an abundance of worms in...
Container Gardening for Elder Garden Lovers
Once a gardener, always a garden lover. Growing plants is such an enjoyable and fulfilling past time but for many senior citizens it becomes difficult to continue. Perhaps physical disabilities forestall them from handling the...
Make Your Lawn Flourish With The Correct Lawn Care
If you want to keep a nice, tidy looking garden, you need to pay close attention to the lawn with proper lawn care. Most Americans take great pride in their gardens and so lawn care really is important to them. You will notice...
Henry Doubleday Research Association
The Henry Doubleday Research Association is a UK charity that promotes organic gardening. The charity was established in 1954 by a man named Lawrence D Hills because of his fascination with one particular plant, namely Russian...
The Tools of Rose Gardening
Like any job you tackle, it's always easier if you have the right tools. Before heading out to your rose garden, make certain you arm yourself with these basic rose gardening tools.Gloves"You can complain because a rose has...
The Garden Shed
Garden work requires some basic tools and equipment. You can purchase these as the need arises. Yard and garage sales are a good place to find good quality tools at bargain prices. When you buy garden tools how can you tell...
Compost Maker
Compost makers are where you find them. This rather facetious statement refers both to the people who make compost and the methods they use to do so. People who compost can be thought of in three general categories, although...
Enticing Butterflies To Your Garden
Enticing butterflies to your garden is fun and simple too. Butterflies are easy to attract to your garden if you plant a garden where the caterpillar (pupa step) has plants to consume and then the butterfly has flowers from...