Gardening - Lawn Maintenance Chores Part IV

In this next in our series of articles on lawn maintenance were going to continue with chores that should be done around late May or early June.Around this time of year the weather is warming up and its hopefully raining

Gardening - Lawn Maintenance Chores Part V

In this next in our series of articles on lawn maintenance were going to continue with chores that should be done around late July or early August.If youre planning on renovating your lawn, the end of July or beginning o

Gardening - Lawn Maintenance Chores Part VI

In this sixth article in our series on lawn gardening chores were going to discuss a little about maintaining your lawn using a low maintenance program.There are several reasons that someone might choose a low maintenanc

Gardening - Placing A Putting Green In Your Garden

In this article were going to go over what should be done for the golf fanatic who just has to have a putting green in his garden.Having a putting green in your garden is certainly a luxury and not something that youll c

Gardening - Planting Tomatoes

In this article were going to discuss the planting of tomatoes. This isnt something to try if youre new to gardening. Tomatoes need special care.To begin with, tomatoes need a minimum of six to eight hours of sunlight ea

Gardening - Your January To Do List

In this article were going to go over your to do list for January when it comes to taking care of your garden.For those of you thinking that this article may be a joke, the truth is, its not too early to start preparing

Garden Walls

Both the strength and beauty of a dry wall may be enhanced by using it as a wall garden. It may acquire a mossy and aged appearance simply by planting flowers, herbs, or ground cover in the soil in the crevices. A greate

How Does Your Garden Grow: Tips For Hiring A Landscaper

Just when youre done with shoveling snow, you can set your sights toward spring (and summer) and mowing the lawn. But, for many the grass would be a lot greener if they could just get someone else to do it (the mowing th

General Hydroponics

General Hydroponics was established in 1970s by a group of innovative scientists, engineers and technicians with a view to take forward the revolutionary concept of Hydroponics. Today General hydroponics is a leading nam

Landscape Gardening Tips

LANDSCAPE GARDENING. Landscape gardening has often been associated with the painting of a picture. Your art-work teacher has told you that a good picture should have a point of interest, and the rest of the points simply

How To Hire Someone To Care For Your Lawn

Lawn care is a very important aspect of home maintenance. Lawns need to be regularly mowed, weeded, edged, controlled for pests, and fertilized to ensure a beautiful compliment to your home. Often the amount of time need

Care and Repair of Garden Tools

Knowing how to properly use and maintain garden tools will increase their life, help prevent personal injury, and increase your gardening enjoyment. For example, properly uncoiling a hose will prevent you from tripping o

Suet Facts and Tips

If you are like many people, backyard birding is a hobby for you whether you actively encourage visits from birds or not. One way to attract birds is to put out suet -- beef fat -- and watch the crowds stop by and devour

Planning Your Garden From Scratch - The Basics

Planning a garden is relatively easy if you have a blank canvas on which to draw your design, although there are still plenty of things to consider if you dont want to wish later that youd done more planning and less doi

Planning Your Garden from Scratch - The Planting

Planting is the term professional gardeners use for... plants. In other words, trees, shrubs, grasses, bedding plants, etc. and there are endless varieties to choose from. The easiest thing to do is to buy a book with a

Planting Your Garden

If you read the previous articles on Planning The Basics and Planning The Planting, you will have planned the structural bits of your garden, e.g. the boundary, buildings, climber support and hard landscaping and you wil

Tulip Divisions - Garden Tulips and Their Identities

Tulips are classified into 15 tulip groups or tulip divisions.There are an enormous number of large-flowered hybrids and these are classified into 11 of these divisions, according to flowering time, plant shape, flower s

Start Your Seeds Indoors For A Jump On Spring Planting

Spring is creeping in, hallelujah, and its time for us to start digging in the dirt. For all of you frustrated gardeners that live in colder climes I bet you cant wait to start planting your garden beds with flowers, her

Compost Tumbler - Why You Need A Compost Tumbler For Your Garden

If youre looking to turn your garbage into gardeners gold and do it in a hurry, then you should try a compost tumbler. If you have a compost bin then you know how great it is to add compost to your flower beds and vegeta

Your Garden - Growing from Seed

With all the plants available on the market these days, both from garden centres and mail order, you might wonder why anyone would bother to grow from seed. There are a few answers to this one but some of the basic ones