Mulch Your Spring Bulbs In The Fall For A Beautiful Spring Display (12 Jun 2006) Flower bulbs need a good, long, winters sleep. Like some people we know, if they wake up before they are fully rested, they get kind of cranky, and then they don't bloom well at all. Actually what ha...
How to Grow Cucumbers (12 Jun 2006) The versatile cucumber (cucumis sativus) is tasty pickled, in a salad, as a salad, in a sandwich, or just eaten raw. How to grow cucumbers depends largely in part on how you plan to eat them. Cucumbe...
How to Grow Bamboo (12 Jun 2006) Bamboo is a mysterious and elusive plant that baffles taxonomists who try to contain it within a botanical class and gardeners who try to contain it within a limited garden space as they learn how to...
How to Grow Avocado (12 Jun 2006) Fruit gardening and vegetable gardening is a very exciting venture. Growing Avocado's was one of the challenges I took on as a hobby fruit and vegetable gardener. When you are not an inhabitant of st...
How to Grow Basil (12 Jun 2006) Today there are sprays, scented candles, plug-ins, and even discs that promise to freshen your air by putting a variety of aromas into your home. However, when you know how to grow basil, you can hav...
How to Grow Asparagus (12 Jun 2006) Asparagus is a perennial plant with erect, edible stems and tiny branches that bear even tinier flowers that become red berries that contain the black Asparagus seed. Formerly in the Liliaceae family...
The Ivy League (12 Jun 2006) Boston Ivy covers the exterior walls of a number of prestigious northeastern universities and is probably responsible for the term "Ivy League
Spice up Your Garden with Rare Flowering Bulbs (12 Jun 2006) 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.
Build A Simple Planter Box (12 Jun 2006) This is a very easy and not very time consuming layout of a average sized cedar planter box.
Green Thumb Gifts: Beyond Gardening Gloves (12 Jun 2006) Ahh, spring! It has sprung! Gardeners (and budding gardeners - no pun intended) have begun the quest for a weedless lawn, or a bountiful garden. But if you're looking for gifts for someone with a green thumb (or someone with green thumb envy), consider the situation first...
With Outdoor Lighting You Can Enjoy Your Garden Into The Evening Hours (12 Jun 2006) There are so many choices on the market these days for outdoor lighting that you can find something for every budget and something to fit into any outdoor design. Whether you are looking to brightly light a patio or deck, or simply add some atmospheric lighting in your garden, there are endless options with outdoor lighting.
Teak Patio Furniture Is The Perfect Choice For Your Terrace (12 Jun 2006) There is nothing like the look of natural wood in your yard or on your patio. Many prefer the look of natural wood to aluminum or plastic, and there is nothing more beautiful than the natural look of teak patio furniture. Teak furniture will blend in to a natural surrounding beautifully and will look elegant and relaxing as well as being comfortable.
Lawn Care Business Owners - Dont Buy Yourself A Job (12 Jun 2006) Discusses how owners of a lawn business or landscape business can avoid the "comfort zone" or "rut" that many find themselves in. Questions to ask and ideas to prevent the "comfort zone" are addressed.
Ladybugs, Ladybugs, Come to My Garden (12 Jun 2006) 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 been valued by farmers all over the world. Many believe that the ladybug was divinely sent to free crops of insect pests. In fact, that is how the ladybug got its name. People dedicated the bug to the Virgin Mary and therefore called it "The Bug of our Lady", which was eventually shortened to the present name "ladybug".
Theme Gardens (12 Jun 2006) Flower gardens are for enjoyment. They provide you with visual beauty, the joy of working with soil and plants, and the pride of showing others what you have created. As a gardener, one is always experimenting and learning anew what delights a flower garden may bring forth. This enjoyment can be intensified by creating...
Themes of Shade (12 Jun 2006) A Shade Garden can be created in any of several different types of shade. It can be in the mottled shade that comes from a broad leaf tree to the deep dark woods...
When to Plant Vegetaibles (12 Jun 2006) If you're planting a vegetable garden you'll want to pay close attention to frost and freeze dates to determine when to plant. This article gives an overview of how to determine when to plant and offers links to additional online resources for determining your frost and freeze dates.
Organic Gardening (12 Jun 2006) The key components fundamental to the practice of organic gardening are discussed in this article.
