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Vegetable Garden - Why and How to Grow Vegetables
By Carol Stack · 17 years ago
Planning, planting, growing and harvesting a vegetable garden can be great fun for the whole family. And while you are having fun, you will be growing your own food. Having your own vegetable garden can ...
Fast Growing Cold Hardy Bamboo In America
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Running Bamboo is the most widely grown, fast growing type of bamboo plant in the world, and is comprised of over 700 species. The most widely used and possibly the 'King' of the running bamboo ...
The Care of Orchids
By Dirk Wolbers · 17 years ago
CARE OF ORCHIDS
As we live in Australia (Melbourne in fact) the molybdenum orchid is a native species . My wife was given some pots by a friend some 20 years ago. She has been ...
Crassula Tetragona or Bonsai Pine: Succulent Plants for Dry Landscapes or Houseplants
By Laura Zinkan · 17 years ago
Crassula tetragona are drought tolerant succulent plants that look a little like pine branches with the needles sticking out the sides, or a green bottle brush. They are often used in bonsai pots to look ...
What Garden Plants Last Year After Year?
By Thomas Straub · 17 years ago
Different plants have different life spans. Annual plants live only one year. Perennial plants live for many years.
There are two types of perennial plants; woody perennials, which are shrubs and rose bushes, and herbaceous ...
Gardening - What Are the Benefits?
By Bob Janeway · 17 years ago
Gardening is one of the simplest and most fruitful, pun intended, hobbies in the country. Even those in the urban areas are rapidly discovering the wonders of this activity. So although they don’t have the ...
How Roses Can be Easy to Grow
By Thomas Straub · 17 years ago
Many people ask whether roses are hard to grow. The answer is, no.
Roses are really quite easy to grow and require little more care than any other perennial plant. You can learn all you ...
The Azalea Shrubs Are Easy Plants To Grow In Shade
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Most gardeners consider the azalea shrub as an easy plant to grow, if located in the most suitable environment. Azaleas can be divided into two recognizable groups, the evergreen azalea and the deciduous azalea, which ...
Herb Garden - Why and How to Grow Herbs
By Carol Stack · 17 years ago
If you are looking for an inexpensive way to try out your green thumb, you may want to try growing an herb garden.
Herb gardens actually trace back to medieval times when monasteries and nunneries ...
Looking After Your Fruit Trees: Locating Your Tree.
By Donald Blake · 17 years ago
To the untrained eye, there are few things easier than growing fruit. One can all too easily, get the impression that all one has to do is sit back and wait for the fruit to ...
How To Start Your Own Herb Gardening
By Michael Haydon · 17 years ago
Herb gardening is one of the most rewarding pastimes you will begin. I say will begin because by the time you finish reading this you WILL begin! You will need some basic information and knowledge ...
Gardening Basics Every Gardener Should Know
By Thomas Straub · 17 years ago
Establishing and maintaining a garden requires a basic set of knowledge. Mother Nature insists that certain rules be followed and the gardener must work with Mother Nature to help plants grow, bloom and produce fruit ...
Web Review - Modern Canna Cultivars
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
One of the most perplexing and aggravating problems in marketing canna lilies or buying canna rhizomes from the retail market is the practice of renaming canna cultivars of old or new hybrids with illegitimate names. ...
Garden Remodeling - Plan Early
By Elisabeth Mcgill · 17 years ago
Many homeowners are actually glad when winter arrives and they can basically forget about yard work for several months. This does not mean that they are not aware of the shape their garden is in. ...
History Of Pine Trees
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Since the year eight hundred ten the city of Venice, Italy has been standing strong and mighty with its ever present clock tower, and St. Marks square. What few people know however is that 'The ...
Ladybugs, Ladybugs, Come to My Garden
By Lesley Dietschy · 17 years ago
Ladybugs, also called lady beetles or ladybirds, can be a gardener’s best friend. The ladybug’s bright coloring brings welcomed cheer to the garden, as well as helping with pest control. Since medieval times, ladybugs have ...
Are Your Houseplants Safe?
By Lesley Dietschy · 17 years ago
There is nothing more attractive and cheerful than a room filled with healthy green houseplants. They offer aesthetics to the interior of our homes, improve indoor air quality, and often provide emotional satisfaction to the ...
Modern Hybrid Canna Lily Improvement
By Patrick Malcolm · 17 years ago
Modern canna cultivars (varieties) began appearing 250 years ago with the collection of native wild cannas that are technically referred to by botanists as "species." Canna wild species produced large leaves that were fast growing ...
How To Propagate Succulent Plants By Rooting Leaf or Stem Cuttings
By Laura Zinkan · 17 years ago
Succulents are perfect plants for xeriscape gardens and are easy to root and grow. Once you learn how easy it is to propagate succulent plants, it's a great way to expand your plant collection - ...
Organic Gardening It's Easier than you think.
By Paul Guzman · 17 years ago
What is organic gardening? It is gardening using materials and or matter that comes from compost, manure and other living matter. It is also a way to garden without using pesticides, insecticides and other harmful ...