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Gardening Articles
How to Make Your Own Rooting Hormone
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6 Indoor Plants That Love The Dark: A Tip From The Garden Center Nursery
It was a long search that took me more than ten years. But finally I found it - the indoor house plant that will brighten up the end of a corridor 5 meters from my front door. The Aspidistra, commonly known as the Cast Iron plant, has graced the drawing rooms of many an otherwise drab Victorian. . .
Easy Steps to Composting
It is becoming more and more obvious these days that we need to recycle as much as we can, and anyone with a garden has a head start and can make a great contribution. To many novice gardeners, including myself, this subject can be somewhat difficult to grasp; but in fact it is really straightfor. . .
Wind Chimes Go Great With Gardening
By Lee DobbinsWhat could be more relaxing than gardening on a nice summer morning? Listening to your wind chime while you garden! Wind chimes are not only fun to look at but they add much more to your garden then just visual appeal. / /Wind chimes have tones and vibrations that soothe and calm th. . .
Summer Lawn Care Tips
Summer is just around the corner, and your lawn could probably use a little maintenance before the summer season of backyard BBQs and swimming in the pool. So what are you doing now to get your lawn ready? Lawn care is often feared as a difficult and time intensive process, but with a few guide. . .
Tips on Dealing with Slugs and Snails in the Garden
One of the most common problems faced by gardeners is the one of slugs and snails. Even experienced gardeners tear their collective hair out at the destruction these creatures can cause. So I thought I would give you a few tried and tested tips, and some others perhaps not so well known, to help . . .
Greenhouse Calamities – Thoughts from a Novice Gardener
Greenhouses are a great addition to anyone’s garden. They come in all different sizes and you can nestle them right where you want them and with smaller versions of greenhouses you can move them quite easily. That said, as great as they look and of course smell, there should be some type of man. . .
Planting Roses - Tips You Need To Know
The art of planting roses doesn't have to be a complicated thing to do. When you have the right knowledge there is no limit to how beautiful a garden or rosebush that you can create. In this guide, you will not only have all of the right skills at your fingertips, but you will get some tips that . . .
Mole Traps: Can you use them?
Mole control is one of the most complicated problems thatcan face a gardening enthusiast. It is not from lack of information. Plenty of information isavailable. University research and white papers, governmentbrochures, and plenty of expert opinions.It is not from a lack of products either. At an. . .
How to Keep your Brick Patio Weed Free
Brick Patio Weed Control In researching this article, I found one instance where a homeowner was so incensed by the weeds in her patio that she set fire to them with a blowtorch! Luckily, several items provide better service as a weeding tool and there are several better alternatives for brick pa. . .
Plant Growth in Hydroponic Systems
Indoor growing permits the gardener to entirely master the growing conditions. All of the nutrients your plants call for to grow must be provided by your indoor hydroponic arrangement. Lighting, heat, oxygen, carbon dioxide, pH, and plant food should be looked at prior to commencing the set up . . .
Transplanting Tips
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How to Grow Cooking Herbs
Grow your own cooking herbs to add fresh zest and flavor to your menus year-round!Is It a Cooking Herb or a Spice? The first thing to know in selecting which herbs to grow is the difference between cooking (culinary) herbs and spices. The cinnamon stick you put in your hot chocolate or apple cide. . .
Lawn care Tips - Six Easy Steps to a Great Lawn
What type of lawn care works best for you depends on the time and money you decide to put into your lawn. If your lawn is your hobby, you can spend thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours of time on it. On the other side of the fence, if what you want is a low-maintenance green expanse that yo. . .
Weed Dangerous to Hummingbirds
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Choosing a Hydroponic Grow Light
HID light bulbs setups have made the pipe dream of year-around horticulture a possibility for tens of thousands of indoor growers and industrial nursery gardeners everywhere. Thanks to their amazing production (up to ten times more lm per w than incandescent lightbulbs) and a colour range that p. . .
Spice up your Garden with Rare Flowering Bulbs
Any experienced gardener knows the secret to a beautiful garden is in the bulbs. Flowering bulbs are usually quite hardy and undemanding and can provide the most amazing shower of spring and summertime colors. Bulbs naturally package all the essentials they need to flourish and grow. All that’. . .
Earthworm Friends in the Garden
Earthworms are a gardener's best friend.Research has shown that earthworm excrement, also called castings or vermicompost, improves the aeration, porosity, structure, drainage, and moisture-holding capacity of soil.Many studies prove that when compared to conventionalcomposts, vermicompost is les. . .
5 Steps To A Better Lawn And Garden
If you're lucky enough to have a lawn with a good topsoil base, much of the hard work of keeping a lawn beautiful is already done for you. But many of us do not have this luxury, and besides, even with a good topsoil base, you still have to work hard to keep a beautiful lawn and garden.1. The bes. . .
Choosing the Right Roses for Your Garden
The selection of roses you can grow in your home garden is enormous. With so many to choose from, finding just the right ones may seem more like work than play. To make this process easier, here are a few important factors to help you narrow down your field of choices.ColorHow will the color of y. . .
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