How to Start an Organic Garden More and more people are showing an interest in how to start an organic garden. And this is for a good reason – why neglect the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the flowering plants and delicious vegetables without having to resort to excess usage of pesticides and chemicals?…
Greenhouse Siting, Ground, Alignment, Maintenance, and Utilities When siting greenhouses the advice is to choose a site where it will catch most sunlight, particularly during late winter and early spring when seedlings will be starting to grow and will need as much daylight as possible. Ground Avoid any low-lying ground that is prone to becoming…
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A Buyer’s Guide to Perennial Plants ‘All that glitters is not gold’ holds true even when shopping for your perennial garden plants. When you go to a shop or garden nursery to buy perennials, you will be amazed looking at the freshness, colours, and the fantastic and exotic appearance of these plants! Well, that is…
Shade garden tips for the real challenge comes from a law of nature that all plants need some form of sunlight to grow. Certain plants require full sunlight, meaning constant exposure to sun for around 8 hours a day, while many can grow with less exposure to the sun. For some shade tolerant plants, full…
Making successful shade garden plans is a bit more challenging than planning gardens that get plenty of sunlight but it can be a lot of fun too. While almost all the rules of regular gardening also apply to shade gardening, there is an additional angle to the whole concept of planning – a lack of…
Shade garden designs are concepts where a gardener can grow plants and trees in areas that are exposed to sunlight for less than six hours a day, or shady areas in cold, hot, or dry climates. Climates Typically, most articles, books, and other literature on shade gardening focus on shade loving plants and the various…
How to Create a Perennial Shade Garden A lot of people don’t know how beautiful shade gardens can be. Shadowed areas in gardens can often be left uncared for thinking that a lack of sun means nothing will survive there. The reality is that there are lots of plants that survive in shade. Perennial shade…
How to mulch colourful perennial flower beds Mulching perennial flowers is an inevitable part of flower bed maintenance. There are several uses for mulching, and all of them contribute into creating and maintaining a beautiful garden. First of all, mulching adds to the aesthetic look of your flower and vegetable beds and enhances the beauty…
Guides and Tips for Organically Growing Plants Organic gardening has become more widely practised due to concerns over the environment, our health, the health of our family and pets, and the recognition that we can’t keep on abusing the earth indefinitely without seeing some detrimental and long lasting effects on our global environment. The following…