Most Recent Articles in Gardening category

  • Be An Artist And Plant A Garden - By: Annie Deakin
    The art of landscaping is a very fine art that requires full knowledge of the soil, the nature of growth forms and methods of cultivation, as well as colors of flowers to put them in place. Having the taste and the imagination to blend these broad elements to give the desired final shape of the garden is necessary.
  • Four Great Reasons Why you Should Consider Plastic Adirondack Chairs - By: MJ Marks
    Plastic Adirondack chairs are just as comfy, cheaper, and require less maintenance than wood chairs. Here are 4 great reasons why you should give them some serious consideration.
  • Create your Own Organic Fertilizer - By: Sarmaad Amin
    If you want to grow your own fruits and vegetables, create your own organic fertilizer is a good idea. This article will give you some idea about creating your own organic fertilizer.
  • Gardening Nursery Ornamental Trees & Shrubs - By: Jenny Andrew
    Ornamental trees and scrubs are often the focal of a garden. They can offer colour and shape to a garden and most are easy to maintain.
  • Basics of Waste Management - By: Michiel Van Kets
    Waste management is a puzzle to most people, but whether you run a small office or own a large company it is a topic you should be researching. Waste management is everyone's responsibility and an environmentally friendly process; specialized environmental companies can help you deal with the collection, transportation and removal of waste produced on your premises. Waste management Solutions Explained Simply.
  • Fall Gardening - Do's & Don'ts - By: Andy Asbury
    DON'T remove dead plants if you want to maintain some vegetation in your garden over the winter. Keep in mind that they will break down over the winter providing compost for your garden. In the spring, simply turn the soil over and they will magically disappear.
  • Hydroponic Kits - A Beginners Guide to 3 Popular Hydroponic Kits - By: Amy Hopkins
    Are you looking for a hydroponic kit to help you get started with your homemade hydroponic garden? There are 3 basic types of hydroponic kits that you should verse yourself with before starting your garden. This article will help you understand which type of hydroponic kit is best for you.
  • Hedging and Hedgerows - By: Jenny Andrew
    Hedgerows date back thousands of years. There is evidence that Romans planted thorn hedges to provide boundaries to estates.
  • Creative Edge: Retro Trends - By: Skip Malowski
    n 2009, Creative Edge will look at trends in fashion and decor, starting with the very marketable trend called Retro Modern. The plant boom of the 70s is surging back with the return of green plants as environmentally friendly home elements. Renewed interest in macrame hangers, terrariums and air plants is probably not too far off. For consumers over 40 years old, Retro Modern might be a pleasant revisit, but remember that for new generation of floral consumers, the concept is entirely new. In either case the idea is not just to repeat, but to update and adapt the fashions of 30, 40, or 50 years ago to fit the spirit of our time.
  • Handles and Hearts - By: Skip Malowski
    Heather is generally hardy, to the point where floral handlers along the chain of distribution may tend to take it for granted. Another reason growers, wholesalers and florists alike may tend to neglect heather is simply because its woody stems are more difficult to cut and clean than other flower stems.