Posts Tagged ‘Garden’

A Few Great Tips for Maintaining your Garden Tools in Top Condition

Posted on June 6th, 2011 by by Gardening

Experienced gardeners often establish a few handy rules of thumb that they use everyyearwhen it comes to their gardening tools. Learning from these gardeners is a good wayto develop a few good rules of your own. You can also pick up a few clever rules by reading up on gardening tips such as the ones [...]

4 Plants to Start your Summer Flower Garden

Posted on June 6th, 2011 by by Gardening

A summer flower garden is a treat for the senses. M any common flowers offer not just visual pleasure, but they also delight the nose with their wonderful fragrances. Here are just a few easily grown common flowers that are as celebrated for their perfume as they are for their beauty. Some of these delightful [...]

Flower Garden – Proper Maintenance is a Must

Posted on May 17th, 2011 by by Gardening

A real gardener is the one who not only plants and grows the flowers but also maintains it in such a way that the garden becomes all lush and green. Well, i must add one important fact here that flower gardening is fairly simple to begin but taking good care and maintaining good health the [...]

Sensory Garden – Factors to Consider Before Creating One

Posted on May 17th, 2011 by by Gardening

With people who have disabilities, sensory parks are created in places like parks, public areas, learning places, residential areas. Special plants are used that create sensory feelings and stimulate the working f sense organs like sense of smell, sense of touch, sense of sight, sense of taste. Apart from enhancing the beauty of the garden [...]

Increasing Your Outdoor Home Decor By Creating a Butterfly Garden

Posted on May 17th, 2011 by by Gardening

The outdoor space of the house is the most appropriate place where you can have a lush green garden. Addition of a garden bear it’s own importance because it adds value to your house. These days, people are using the versatile space available to create something different with more colors and brightness and trying to [...]

Outdoor Herb Garden – Things to Consider before Designing One

Posted on May 17th, 2011 by by Gardening

Whenever the planting season arrives, many people think about planting an outdoor herb garden. You can find herbs in various colors, heights, textures, scents, and flora; all these different features make them too pleasing for all our senses. Prior to beginning with your outdoor herb garden; there are certain things to consider after considerations, actual [...]

8 Simple Steps to Plant and Stake a Tree in Your Garden

Posted on November 1st, 2010 by by Larry Hammond

Most trees above 4-5 feet should be supported with a stake to prevent windrock. A short stake tied at a height of 24 inches will allow the tree to move in the wind while the root is held steady. This movement will thicken the tree trunk, so that after a short time it will be [...]

How to Build a Greenhouse in Your Garden

Posted on October 26th, 2010 by by Larry Hammond

After years of nomadic existence and working in other people’s greenhouses, I’m so excited that at last I have my own! Before you start unpacking and assembling your greenhouse, make sure you read the instructions several times. Xerox them so you have one working copy and another master copy filed away for future reference. Count [...]

How to Analyze Your Garden Soil

Posted on October 26th, 2010 by by Larry Hammond

The soils found in established gardens are usually good because they’ve been cultivated over a long period. I have a fairly large plot and up by the house, where the land is more or less level and previous owners have done their best to keep flower beds and raise a few crops, the ground is [...]

6 Simple Steps to Make a Bark or Loose Gravel Paths in Your Garden

Posted on October 26th, 2010 by by Larry Hammond

The path to our front door runs through the rough grass of an orchard of cordon fruit trees and is used only by the children going to and from school, the postman, and occasional visitors. Because it’s rarely used, it wasn’t worth investing in a formal path and yet the style needed to be rustic [...]