Gardening Articles
316: Fertilizing Landscape Trees and Shrubs Part 3
Remember first to consider the importance of a care program which includes monitoring and keeping insect and disease problems in line along with restraining weed competition. Then you need determine if fertilizer is needed. Then you will consider the various methods of applying fertilizer.
Methods of Application
Fertilizers may be put on eith
317: Fertilizing Landscape Trees and Shrubs Part 4
First there is the importance of a care program which includes monitoring and keeping insect and disease problems in line along with restraining weed competition was considered. Then how to determine if fertilizer is needed. Then some methods of applying fertilizer are required. This article considers another method of application, placement of f
318: Five Factors To Consider When Watering Your Lawn
How complicated can it be to water the lawn? It's basic, right? You put out the sprinkler or turn on the soaker hoses or even stand in the yard and hold the hose and spray the water around yourself, making sure to soak the buses and trees. You do it when you have time, or after work or dinner. What more can you do,right? Wrong. Sorry to make a scie
319: Flower Shows Exhibit Terracotta Pots
Many keen gardeners are fans of terracotta pots and it's not hard to see why this is. There are plenty of advantages of using these pots but one of the main ones is the fact that the clay they are made from usually protects the roots of the plants. This is important in the summer when roots need air to breath and stay healthy.
It is equally imp
320: Food Contamination in Our Marketplace
More and more families are beginning to grow their own fruits and vegetables due to their increased concerned regarding the quality and safety of our food supply. In the past year and a half the pathogens in certain foods that we always assumed to be safe have accounted for illnesses in over 1300 people with at least three fatalities. Scientists ar
321: Four Things You Must Do For Your Lawn During The Hot Months
In Summer, your lawn may turn brown and go dormant in an attempt to preserve itself in preparation for the cooling of fall, but you can keep it as green as spring by following these simple steps. Following are 4 tips for homeowners on maintaining a healthy, green lawn all summer.
Water Correctly
Assuming you want to keep your lawn green all s
322: Four Things You Must Do For Your Lawn This Spring
Spring is fast approaching and if you live in the Midwest or points North, your lawn will soon begin to awaken from winter slumber.
This winter has been a long and especially harsh one, and your turf will need a little help if it's going to look lush and green in time for early Summer picnics and horseshoes.
Here are 4 "must-dos" in regards
323: Four Tips For A Thicker Lawn
Whenever anyone decides they want "a nice lawn," in essence, they mean they want a thick one. To a point, a thicker lawn will resist most other common lawn problems like weeds and insect damage. So how do you get your lawn thicker?
Use the Right Fertilizer at the Right Time
The easiest and cheapest way to begin thickening up your lawn is to p
324: Garden Composting The Easy Way To Compost
Garden composting has been around for hundreds if not thousands of years. Due to the exponential increase in population and the demands that a industrial civilization require in order to sustain itself, the natural processes have been set aside in regard to fertilization of our soil in an attempt to ramp up the production machine and at the same t
325: Garden Designs for the Different Types of Gardens
No matter if they are urban or rural, all gardens benefit from preplanning and design. This doesn't mean just knowing where you want your garden, but the overall design of the garden. Today, gardening can include everything from vegetables to flowers to lawn care. Carefully planning what you want, and where you want it, beforehand will help you
326: Garden Landscape Furniture Completing Your Outdoor Guest Area
A very important part of the majority of landscape designs is the garden furniture that is to be used in the garden and lawn around the house. Outdoor Furniture included in a plan of landscaping is a way of creating special places in your garden, where the family and their guests can meet comfortably, relax and enjoy the beauty of the surroundings.
327: Garden Lighting Techniques and Ideas
With the right lights, you not only offer the necessary lighting for social interactions, but you also highlight the garden, a fountain, or any other extra features in your yard. Therefore, solar garden lights, with low potential difference lights, are a landscape lighting selection. However, they are a plain prize for many small gardeners due to t
328: Garden Maintenance is Never Fun But it Can Be a Lot Easier
One of the most crucial tasks is the proper watering of your garden. The rule of thumb regarding the irrigation of your garden is that you will need to supply an equivalent of about an inch of rain a week during the growing season for optimum growth. Just so you know; an inch of rain is equivalent to about 28,000 gallons per acre or 900 gallons dis
329: Garden Tools A Simple Guide For The Necessities
Gardening tools are absolutely necessary for the small garden, but because so few tools are really needed, buy only basic high-quality gardening tools which will last you for many years. When purchasing tools, be sure the tools are the right size for you, as well as the job at hand, too small or too large a tool will make extra work.
If you mai
330: Gardening Soil
The perfect soil does not exist and most gardeners have to make do with whatever nature or the house builder has left them. The soil itself ultimately governs which plants will grow well and anyone who doubts this should try to grow rhododendrons on chalk or lime. This plant and an alkaline soil are quite incompatible. Soils in Britain vary enormou
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