Image by greenlagirl via Flickr With the coming of the modern irrigation and automation options gone are those days, when you had to haul buckets of water to irrigate your lawn. Though pouring water on the garden is still the most common way of irrigation but the newer irrigation and automation options are more efficient which [...] - 4 days ago

organic seedlings Providing yourself and your family with safe and healthy food from your own organic garden is very popular these days. Some people however, don’t start with this activity because they find it very time consuming. But by using organic seedlings straight from the garden center you make it much easier. Without spending extravagant amounts [...] - 6 days ago

Image via Wikipedia According to a 2009 study conducted by the National Gardening Association, it was discovered that the average vegetable gardening household saved just over 500 dollars per year by growing plants and cultivating their own harvest. Most couples used just 70 dollars to get started with their garden supplies, seeds and garden tools. It [...] - 9 days ago

Image via Wikipedia Flower gardening truly can be an art. With each seasonal garden, you will come up with more ideas on how to enhance your backyard ecosystem. Many people enjoy reading about gardening tips on how to attract wildlife to their gardens. As a child, you may recall chasing yellow, orange and white butterflies, but [...] - 10 days ago

Image via Wikipedia Overwintering Dahlias I live in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I need to know the correct method for overwintering Dahlia’s. I gave it a try but I don’t think that it worked so  I would appreciate your help. A. When the dahlias are through blooming and growing, usually right around the first frost, knock them down. Allow [...] - 2 weeks ago

Image by AIDG via Flickr Growing food within a greenhouse is extroverting, fun, and educational. It may make it possible for you to grow foods at all times of year, instead of being restricted to certain seasons. Growing plants is a rewarding hobby, but simply placing plants by a particular window is limiting for some plant [...] - 2 weeks ago

Image via Wikipedia Flower gardening has first started when farmers did not eliminate weeds from their crops because they liked their colors. The entire history of agriculture is marked by this tolerance because this is how flower gardening appeared in the first place. In comparison with food plants, flowers are known as companion plants that in [...] - 3 weeks ago

Image by canopic via Flickr Houses across the country often have an amount of outside space, whether it is a small yard or a large back and front garden.Despite their beauty, a garden is generally under-utilised.When one frequents public places such as parks, campsites, playgrounds, the zoo, one will notice that there are benches for people [...] - 4 weeks ago

I’ve mentioned in a previous post or two that I am converting an area of our basement into a little nursery so I can grow plants from seed during the winter months so that I can be ready by planting season. I am also doing this to save money as the last couple of years we [...] - 35 hours ago

It’s Not Our Yard Fence But It Did Make Us Think Hedge We were thinking about building a fence across the front of  our yard, close to the sidewalk to help keep the neighbourhood kids out of our yard when they are running and playing their games. Then I saw a few gorgeous hedges while on [...] - 4 days ago

We haven’t been gardening for many years yet but it’s becoming more important to my wife and myself every year. Providing yourself and your family with safe and healthy food from your own organic garden is very popular these days. Some people however, don’t start with this activity because they find it very time consuming. [...] - 6 days ago

Image via Wikipedia Are you eager to try your hand at flower gardening or vegetable gardening but a little afraid you’ll fail miserably? Ha, we felt the same way and put it off for many years. When we finally did start gardening we soon found that it wasn’t nearly as scary as we had made it [...] - 7 days ago

Image by Corey Holms via Flickr I was sitting here this morning, while it’s about -27 windchill outside, so happy to not have to commute to work these days. I was having a nice hot coffee while I was looking through some pictures of my family. One particular picture of my son, when he was still [...] - 8 days ago

A track of land to grow is frequently a separate area in the garden, dedicated to growing a particular group of plants identified as herbs. These gardens may be informal pieces of vegetation, or they may be cautiously designed, even to the point of assembling and trimming the plants to shape particular models. On the [...] - 9 days ago

Local experts can be a great place to start your vegetable gardening odyssey. You may not get the one-on-one garden advice you need from a place like Home Depot, but local nursery store owners and master gardeners are great sources of gardening information. Be sure to visit the Farmer’s Almanac page to learn about your [...] - 10 days ago

You can do your own research into growing roses, both on the internet and via books about the plants and how to take care of them. But if you’re just beginning this adventure, why not take advantage of a resource that’s likely to have all the information, advice and help you could possibly need? Societies [...] - 2 weeks ago