A Beginners Guide to Organic Gardening Organic gardening has become increasingly more popular in recent years, along with widespread recognition that we can’t keep on abusing the earth indefinitely without seeing some detrimental and long lasting effects on our global environment. Lots of people have already experienced growing plants and vegetables in their gardens organically….
Organic garden pest control means to control your garden pests using natural methods rather than through applying pesticides and chemicals. It is much safer for your plants, family, pets, and wildlife, if you control undesirable pests and insects using these natural products or methods. It is also a lot less expensive than buying pesticides year…
How to Keep Rabbits out of Garden and Mice Too! Animals are cute and everyone likes them, but when they destroy your garden or steal your vegetables they don’t seem so sweet anymore… do they? One of the greatest fears of gardeners is to find their flowers and vegetables gone from one day to the…
Learning how to make mulch provides you with ways to recycle organic material that comes out of your house or is waste from your kitchen. Mulches are great for putting nutrients back in the soil every year to ensure your plants are healthy and the soil gives them what they need to grow. It will…
Discover how to grow and maintain a garden with a few simple and well used gardening tips. Here are some easy and basic tips to help you learn how to keep your gardens looking healthy, attractive, easily maintained, and more productive. The Art of Dead Heading Keep borders tidy and free from dried out wilting leaves and…
Every gardener knows that various garden pests, bugs, and insects can spoil the pleasure of taking care of plants. It is important to be able to identify these plant enemies and to know how to deal with them in the most efficient way. Before you start, remember that not all insects are potential threats to…
A shelf or two full of general gardening books for reference are great to have. Scroll down to view recommended books for gardening and garden landscaping. It is unlikely that you will only tend to a particular type of plants, flowers, shrubs, trees, and they all need different care and maintenance, soil, nutrients, sun, water, deadheading,…
Dividing perennials is generally easy and perennials attract lots of gardeners and flower lovers not only by their spectacular blooms, but also by their ability to be easily divided. Dividing plants is a convenient way to create new growth and use the divisions or cuttings to increase your plant stock. Perennials can provide so many…
There are so many varieties of perennial shade flowers, each of them unique and beautiful; it’s great fun choosing for garden design. Most perennials bloom from the beginning of spring until the end of autumn. When one type of flower withers, another one blooms. Having a perennial garden is easy and rewarding. Perennial flowers need…
A Guide to Daylily Care Daylilies are beautiful ornamental plants which would definitely add a sparkle of sophisticated beauty and charm to any garden. Besides their beauty, they are exceedingly easy to grow and to maintain. The plants are quite hardy and vigorous, with a good resistance to the winter cold weather. Sometimes the daylily…