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Landscape Gardening - 8 Tips to Wow Your Neighbors

1. Planning your landscape is like painting a picture on canvas. Just like your art teacher in high school told you - have a main point of interest and add several sub points to make your beautiful landscape more interesting. You imagine it in your mind, draw sketches and fill in all the details ...

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 other plants that botanists would define as perennial can be treat...

June Gardening Tips

It is starting to get very HOT during the month of June. You need to watch your watering especially with new plantings.

You can still successfully plant new plants. Make sure enough water is applied to thoroughly saturate the original root zone. Too often many folks apply "one gallon" of ...

Gardening - The Mulberry

The mulberry tree belongs to the Morus genus that consists of about 12 species found over Mediterranean and north temperate regions with two being native to North America. The commonly cultivated black mulberry comes from an ancient line which has now been introduced into many countries of the wo...

Green Grass Cutting Reel Lawnmowers

Many of today's new homeowners are looking for environmentally friendly solutions to yard maintenance. Reel lawnmowers are not a new idea, but they are gaining in popularity. Environmentally conscious homeowners are giving up their self-propelled, petroleum powered mowers for the old fashioned, ...

How To Build A Water Pond!

Hi, today I will show you how to build a water pond by yourself.

The first thing you need to do is, ask yourself where you want to put the pond. It should be in a place where you see it instantly upon entering the yard. You may also choose to install it at the back of your back yard. By ins...

Landscaping - Put A Pond in Your Back Yard

A pond is attractive way to enhance the landscape if your home and have l large area you wish to landscape. So what do you do? Consider an area where the pond would be attractive and practical.

Why create a pond, you ask? Ponds increase the value or your property, and would be a way to...

Gardening - Schefflera Care

Schefflera is a tropical plant that is commonly kept as an indoor plant. They are sold in many different varieties today and can even be kept as a bonsai tree! The Schefflera is relatively easy to care for and makes a great house plant.

The Schefflera is native to Malaysia and is often refe...

African Violet Care

African Violets are one of the most commonly kept indoor plants today. They are very beautiful and are not that difficult to keep. However, they do have a few care requirements that must be adhered to for them to survive.

When you are choosing your plant, make sure it looks healthy. The lea...

Garden Decor is the Signature of the Backyard Gardener

Most gardeners know that just the right amounts of sunshine & water combined with great soil and hard work bring their backyard oasis to life. Quickly, after the snow melts, the ground thaws and our singing feathered friends return. Each spring gardeners across the country look forward to rolling...

Garden Gnomes Inspire Cult Following Worldwide

Garden gnomes have inspired an enthusiastic and devoted cult following, both in the real world and in cyberspace. Perhaps nowhere is the garden gnome's cult status more apparent than in North Devon, England at The Gnome Reserve and Wildflower Garden.

This unique attraction is fun for every...

Gardening - Growing Herbs In Containers

Today it is becoming increasingly popular to grow herbs either for decoration or for cooking. Herbs can be grown in the garden or in a container. Container planting comes into its own if there is lack of garden space, to ensure the survival and confine a plant or just for easy access.

Conta...

Planting and Propagating Bulbs

When choosing bulbs for the garden, always look for the healthiest and strongest specimens. Obviously this is impossible when buying by mail order. However, most mail order nurseries are reputable and only send out their best and healthiest stock.

Always look at bulbs, corms and tubers clos...

Gardening - Plumeria Plant Care

The plumeria is a beautiful plant whose flowers are put into the Hawaiian leis. It is also known as the Frangipani or the Lei flower. It doesn't only grow in Hawaii though; you can grow it at your own home!

The plumeria is native to tropical areas of the Caribbean, the Pacific Islands, Sou...

Sheds - is this a Man’s Castle

A wise man once said that a man's shed is his castle well, actually, they didn't, but they should have. A good shed is a simply a great thing to have in your garden - you can take all those tools and kids' toys that are lying around and give them a storage place, where they won't get lost and...