RECOVER - Garden Guide
First Aid for a Dried Out Hanging Basket
Let's face it: Our houseplants aren't the most important things on our to-do lists, and even the most attentive gardeners will sometimes forget to water the hanging baskets. The good news is that unless the plants are...
Baby Jade Bonsai
Interested in growing your own bonsai? The first step is to choose the right type of plant.Baby jade is a succulent bonsai that is also known as the Elephant Plant, Elephant Bush, or Small Leaf Jade. It is native to South...
Brilliant Corners: House Plants and Your Health
Although many of us cannot deny the emotional benefits of filling our house with various breathing green things, we usually do not see the house plant as something which can improve our physical well-being. Nonetheless low...
Transform Your Garden With A Wooden Playhouse
To make a ideal play place, start with a generic square playhouse (plans are easy to find online) or a pre-fabricated shed, available from most home improvement stores. Customize it with some paint, a few fancy features and a...
A New Colorful Life to Old Ground
A patch of barren soil in your garden can be a sore sight in your garden. The simplest solution is to grow grass on it. Grass is sturdy, easy to maintain, trafficable, and kids like to play on it too. It does not need a lot of...
How to Grow Organic Tomatoes
There are many rewards for tackling the back yard pass time of growing tomatoes:
working our hands in the dirt is a form of meditation,
it carries on traditions of our ancestors,
and it slows our world down enough to enjoy...
Zoysia Grass Instead Of St Augustine
Zoysia grass has always appealed to me. I saw it many times before I actually realized it. Zoysia is commonly used on many golf courses and more recently on baseball fields. Well, through happenstance one summer afternoon, I...
The Most Important Lawn Care Key
There are many factors that influence lawn quality: Cultivation, fertilization, irrigation, whether or not you over seed, and how you go about it, and chemical applications all play a key role, as does the type of lawn grass...
Honey Bees - Protect Our Threatened Friends
Honey Bees are one of natures best friends, one of our best friends. They pollinate our fields, pollinate our flowers. They pollinate our vegetables and fruits. Honey bees are in danger. Through the high use of chemicals we...
Planting Basics For Success
Now that your beds are prepped and your edges are sharp around your garden, it is time to lay out your plants and install your design.Think back to the beginning when we talked about knowing your plants and their environments....
Weed Control - How to Prevent Weeds from Taking Control of Your Yard
If bees are public enemy #1 for most farmers, lawn owners and gardeners tend to view weeds with very much the same perception. Weeds are non-native plants that are unwanted in a certain place and time and can be very much...
Useful Information About Plants
Plants are a great source of beauty and freshness in any area they are placed. Their therapeutic and soothing property has been known through the ages and has been effectively utilized.Plants have fascinated mankind from the...
Orchids How To Keep Them Alive
When I visited my mother recently I found that she has taken up orchid care and, being curious, I was interested to learn what makes them special. What makes the orchid different to the normal houseplants grown at home and...
Tips For Maintaining Your Flowering Gardens
Help in maintaining your flowering gardensWant to know some tips on getting a healthy,blooming and well maintained flowering gardens . Read on and learn good insider tips and advice. Our tips are aimed at gardeners of all...
5 Things You Should Know Before Mowing Your Lawn
Cutting your lawn properly can lead to a healthy growing lawn. Although it seems like a chore, lawn mowing can give you a great workout and be relaxing. The smell of fresh-cut grass gives you a wonderful sense of...
An Olive Grove Of Your Own
We have about fifty and a half olive trees in the grove below our house. Im not certain about the fifty it could be anywhere between forty and sixty but I am absolutely certain about the half. You see, there is an olive...
Houseplant Care and Gardening Indoors
Gardening indoors includes houseplants and plants that are just indoors for the winter.The heat and light indoors calls for special care of your houseplants and over wintering of tender garden plants. There are other problems...
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....
Garden Water Feature - The Fish Dish
Want to be the envy of all the neighbours in the avenue then a water feature has to be placed into the garden. What ever fancy garden ornamentation that is to be - is entirely up to your own choosing. Because of the many...
5 Things You Should Know Before Mowing Your Lawn
Cutting your lawn properly can lead to a healthy growing lawn. Although it seems like a chore, lawn mowing can give you a great workout and be relaxing. The smell of fresh-cut grass gives you a wonderful sense of...