ZEST - Garden Guide
Annuals and Tropicals Make Gardens Interesting
Most of us know the difference between annuals and perennials. Perennials either grow all year round or they come back every year, while annuals germinate, grow, and die all in one season. Perhaps less familiar are the plants...
The Perfect Fern for Shady Gardens
The 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year was Athyrium niponicum Pictum or Japanese Painted Fern and this plant deserves to be in all shade gardens.This hardy fern grows twelve to eighteen inches tall and slowly multiplies to...
Herb Gardening
When you go to the supermarket you can see fresh herbs for sale. These same herbs can be grown in your garden with a minimal amount of trouble. You can grow them from cuttings or seeds. You can divide the heavy growing herbs...
Hiring The Right Landscaper For Your Next Landscaping Project
A considerable share of the charm that any home exudes depends on the landscape features it exhibits. A superior landscaping gives that extra edge to any residence or office by creating the right aura. But neither do good...
Attract Nesting Birds With The Right Type Of Birdhouse
Birds add activity and color to your garden and what better way to enjoy them then to provide them with birdhouses where they can nest and raise their young. This adds a unique dimension to your outdoor living as you can watch...
Tropical Silk Plants
Have you noticed that in a house youve visited, or maybe in your own home, at the center table of your living room sits a pot of multi-colored flowers? Your florist may have spent hours or maybe even days just trying to dress...
The Perfect Fern for Shady Gardens
The 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year was Athyrium niponicum Pictum or Japanese Painted Fern and this plant deserves to be in all shade gardens.This hardy fern grows twelve to eighteen inches tall and slowly multiplies to...
Basil Plants Give You Gorgeous Gardens And Improves Your Cooking
Growing basil plants in your gardens or container garden will give you a bountiful crop. The basil leaves can be used in a assortment of ways in your kitchen. Tryout several varieties of the basil plant. With various basil...
Award Winning Shade Garden Plant
The 2004 Perennial Plant of the Year was Athyrium niponicum Pictum or Japanese Painted Fern and this plant deserves to be in all shade gardens.This hardy fern grows twelve to eighteen inches tall and slowly multiplies to...
Growing, Drying and Freezing Your Own Herbs
These annual, perennial and sometimes shrubby plants are frequently grown by amateur gardeners, and cultivated for their culinary and sometimes medicinal uses, although they can make attractive specimen plants in mixed borders....
Container Gardening Ideas For Your Home
Many gardeners have given up on the idea of a garden because they lack space, time or lots of experience. But if growing plants is an interest of yours container gardening could be your answer. Container gardens will allow...
How To Control Deer In Your Garden
Deer are the most difficult of all pests to deter from agarden. They love many different plants. Flowers,vegetables, trees and shrubs are all on their menu.The best way to keep deer out of a garden is by using afence that is at...
The Beauty of Basil
Of all the herbs we grow at The Growers Exchange, basil is by far the most popular. Its distinctive flavor adds zest to tomato dishes, salads and many other foods. A warm season annual, it grows four to six feet in height.To...
Lawn Mower Spare Parts
The article describes the essential spares that you need to have so that your lawn mower continues to function as a new one. Some of the parts are cheap and require them often, so keep them with you all the time. Necessary...
Fresh Flowers
Fresh flowers are undoubtedly the most common form of home decoration especially for the purpose of adding color, freshness and zest to the home. They are also a symbol of affection and given during times of sadness. In fact,...