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- Supporting the Landscape Vine - Treillage to Tripod
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] A highly stylized, ornamental-on-its-own design usually made of one-inch round wood or metal pipe, attached in a formal design against a wall. (This is also a specific term for the wires to which tree branches are tied, in espalier.) When small-leaved vines, like ivy, are meticulously trained and pruned in geometric diamonds, squares, fans, or other patterns, this is treillage.
- The Trellis - A Vine's Support System
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Trellis - A "lath screen" used to support ornamental vines against walls and other vertical surfaces where the vine can not or should not climb on its own. If not in front of a wall or building, a trellis should be adjacent to one; it is seldom used alone.
- Supporting Vines - Consider Construction
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Which comes first - the vine, or the support it grows on? Sometimes one, sometimes the other; but ideally, both together.
- Landscape Chaos - Out of Control Vines
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] In spite of - or perhaps because of - the many virtues that vines hold they should be planted with discrimination and respect. Too many vines are too much of a good thing. Misplaced, they are an eyesore. Growing rampant, untrained and unpruned, their disorderly conduct creates a bramble patch.
- Landscape Vines For a Smoothing Transition
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] From a kerchief-sized city back yard to the rolling hills of a magnificent country estate, there is hardly a garden or landscape where vines can't be used to give the scene graceful beauty and vitality. And few other plants serve so many practical purposes as well.
- The Science of Weed Control
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Tremendous progress has been made with chemical weed control in the last 30 years. While chemical weed control has been with us in some shape or form since the early 1900's, it hasn't been until the end of World War II that chemical weed control really come into its own.
- Growing With Poor Light - Problem Spots
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Shady locations pose special problems when it comes to furnishing them with plants - problems that are challenging, but surmountable; problems that for happy solutions depend upon the selection of suitable kinds of plants. Around the home, on porches, patios and terraces and in sunrooms and window gardens there, are likely to be places where light is comparatively poor, but such places really need decorative vegetation to provide a homelike, lived-in atmosphere. Wisely chosen plants provide the answer for successful decoration of such problem spots.
- Temperature - Lights Partner in House Plant Care
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Factors other than light affect the well-being of foliage plants grown in pots, tubs and other containers. To insure success you must make every effort to make the whole environment agreeable. Attention to one factor will not do.
- Garden Finals For the Winter Rest
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] hese structures, while not elaborate, can play a vital part in an active garden program. November is a good month to build or repair them. Both structures are similar in construction, but vary in heat requirements. A hot bed has some type of generated heat, but a coldframe depends on the sun.
- Prisoners of Big Cities Embrace the Smell of Soil
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Since I was a youngster - now many years ago - the face of Thanksgiving has undergone a great change in this good land of ours. But the spirit, under all the modern day camouflage, remains the same. We have quite as much for which to be thankful as had our forebears or the pilgrim fathers before them.
- Keep Window Boxes Bright and Exciting All Winter
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Roses need to be "winterized" for the season. The bushes should be checked closely for dead or diseased wood which should be removed; competing branches that cross or rub need to be corrected; it is also wise to remove or shorten unusually long canes that might be injured by high winds or snow and ice.
- After Care of Garden Bubs
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Dutch Iris are one of the most colorful of all fall-planted bulbs. They have been propagated heavily in Oregon and Washington for the Pacific Coast market. The flower is excellent for cutting and a generous crop may be expected.
- Get Growing Works For October Too!
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The sooner you get something planted in your garden, the sooner it will start growing there. This applies in October as well as other times of the year.
- Fall Leaves Make Natural Mulch
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Leaves - Falling leaves keep us busy raking but don't destroy them. Leaves and pine straw can be used to advantage for mulching shrubs. Cap the loose leaf mulch with a light layer of pine straw to keep it from blowing away in windy weather.
- Southern Roses - Make a Planting Date
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Lilies are making their appearance in garden center stores in ever-increasing numbers during October. The southern strains of Easter lilies are now ready for planting. These are hardy in southern gardens and produce great quantities of pure white blooms every spring. Plant them 6 to 8 inches deep in rich, well-drained soil.
- Southern Style - Bulb and Veggie Planting
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] October is the month for planting many kinds of bulbs, perennials and vegetables in the South. Lawn planting, too, is at its height, especially preparing lawns for winter color with over plantings of rye grass.
- Lifting the Landscape During October
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] October may provide brilliant color in the landscape but it also signals an end of another growing season. Let's look at some of the things needed to be done in the landscape.
- Storing the Crop Overwintering Vegetables
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] October is a time of brilliant color. Scarlet maples and yellow beeches, golden pumpkins and bronze chrysanthemums invite us to pause and enjoy the beauty around us. October is a satisfying month, too, with its harvest of vegetables ready to put into storage and a sort of "case closed" feeling about the end of another growing season.
- Chrysanthemums in Small Spaces
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] My gardening activities are interesting, I suppose, not only because I have grown some prize-winning chrysanthemums but also because I pack them by the hundreds in a small plot of ground and do it in my spare time. I am a motorcycle patrolman and many people don't expect a police officer to be so fascinated with growing hardy chrysanthemums and are surprised when they hear of such goings on.
- Plant Christmas Roses Now
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] When the Christmas roses come to you for fall planting the flower bud is already formed deep down among the black roots. To enjoy blossoms that winter, the plant must be set in a hole much deeper and wider than the roots, generally 18 inches deep and a foot wide. At the bottom, place five inches of crushed rock plus a little rotted manure and compost.
- The New York Aster - A Lesson in History
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] "Europe has no asters at which an American would look twice." Those words by Donald Culross Peattie startled and then shocked me. I put the book down and looked out across the autumn borders in an English garden, massed with superlatively lovely aster bloom.
- Garden Exercises For October
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] With October, there comes a sharpening of the air and the pungent fragrance of ripened fruit. A glorious month of brilliant color, it is time to clean up gardens of fallen leaves, as well as to shear tops of perennials, prune shrubs and trees and pull up dead vegetables and annuals.
- Miniature Greenhouses - Wardian Cases
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Can orchids be raised in the average home? Yes, if one wants to grow them badly enough and will be content with those which will thrive and bloom under home conditions.
- Mixing Flowers and Foliage
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] When putting together a flower design you want to display them to the their best advantage. Face it, flowers look best when they are combined with green foliage, get real that is the way they grow.
- Life Insurance For Flowers - Deep Soaking
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Flowers from the florist! A gift box is always a delightful surprise and the moment of its opening is fraught with eager anticipation of colorful beauty and cool fragrance. The selected group we buy bespeaks a need fulfilled, either that of decorating for a party or simply satisfying the inner urge to enjoy flowers.
- Home Greenhouse Disease and Pest Control
[Home-Improvement:Security] Growing in a home greenhouse and in general greenhouse gardening is a lot more fun now than it was 50 years ago. Since then there have been many drastic changes in greenhouse management.
- The Dirt on House Plant Soil
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] For the best house plants you should have the best possible soil for them. This may sound like a big order, but actually it isn't.
- Spring Flowers Start With Fall Planting
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] In most sections of the country fall is garden building time, and in all parts of the country it is spring bulb planting time too. Here are some ideas adapted from gardens seen at several of the large spring flower shows.
- Landscaper Wanted - Execute the Garden Plan
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Before undertaking the execution of a garden plan, you should analyze your resources with an eye on the amount of work you can do yourself with the help of your family. In some cases you will find that you can afford to spend more money in order to save time and energy.
- Landscape Symbols - Shorthand to Planting and Design
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Every good garden is the result of a landscape plan. It is just as important for you to have a plan of your proposed garden on paper before you start to work, as it is for carpenters, plumbers, and electricians to have a blueprint of a house they intend to build. Since few of us have ever come in contact with a landscape plan in our everyday lives, it may be necessary for us to discuss in detail the methods of making and using one.
- Creating a Award Winning Iris
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] A special frenzy afflicts iris lovers. A new iris grower immediately becomes convinced that he can breed a prize-winner, and starts right in trying. The result is an amazing harvest of beauty which is bewildering even to those who follow such things closely. Out of this flood of new creations promising few start the on climb up the rainbow arch toward the Dykes Memorial Medal.
- Home Naturalizing - A Home Project
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] I would like to tell you about my wildflower garden, which has become quite a hobby with me. I find it to be a most satisfying hobby, and although I have worked on it for several years, I never seem to tire of it.
- Saying Goodbye to the Growing Season
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Have you been enjoying the late fall vegetables from the second planting? One year when the bean row was all dried up, I went down it with the mower. This left just stubs of the bean stalks sticking up. To my pleasant surprise these sent out new green shoots, and we had a second crop of beans from the one seeding.
- Nature Shares Her Brilliant Array of Colors
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] In many parts of the West region, a couple of frosty nights damaging to many tender garden plants will be followed by a long warm, fall period called "Indian Summer." It is a shame that so many plants are lost in this first short period of frost, for if protected, they might go on blooming for as long as a month or more.
- Harvesting Bulbs
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Many of the shrub roses like rugosas and the Scotch rose are perfectly hardy in the West and require no covering. Hybrid teas, polyanthus, and climbing roses are quite tender and need winter protection. If the roses are planted in beds, place a mound of soil around each plant to a depth of at least six inches and then cover over the bed entirely with straw.
- Putting on the Mulch - Protecting Landscape Perennials
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Although it is necessary to have somewhat drier conditions in late summer and fall to induce maturity in perennial garden plants, most perennials should not go into winter in extremely dry condition. A good watering around freeze-up time, after the plants begin to mature, will put the plants in better shape to survive the winter. Watering should be thorough.
- Chrysanthemums - October Brings Bloom For Queen of Fall Flowers
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Perennials should be cut back after blooming and reset this month (October). Perennials set now will be established and ready to grow in the spring.
- Make This Year a Time For Bright Flowers and a Greener Lawn
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Put those dreaded memories of spring flood conditions behind you. Determine now to make this the year for a topnotch garden with bright flowers, finer shrubs and greener lawns.
- The Old and New Hybrid Tea
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Squatting in admiration before a particularly beautiful and promising rose seedling, I was startled by a friend walking up behind me. Naturally he was curious as to "what" I was so intently studying but his first question really jarred me.
- Landscape Lighting As a Home Improvement
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Landscape lighting is a design trend that has recently gained popularity. One explanation for this popularity is that landscape lighting has the ability to increases your property's value, by preventing nighttime theft and vandalism.
- Fall Planting, Pruning, Watering
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] It is too bad that more gardeners don't realize the value of fall planting. All too many feel that they must wait until spring. Actually, in most parts of the Midwest where we often have dry summers that start surprisingly early in the spring, fall planting is usually more satisfactory than spring planting.
- Peonies Flowers Or Foliage Depends on Placement
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] When planting Peonies plant as soon as they are obtained, being careful to set the division so that the top of the buds will be from 1-1/2 to two inches below the final soil grade after the plants are watered and have finished settling. If planted too deep you will probably get pretty foliage with a few or no blooms, and if too shallow, the buds will be exposed and are likely to get broken off by Old Shep when he serves notice on a stray cat or rabbit.
- Peonies - More Than Pretty Flowers
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The bloom is not the only attractive part. Few perennials are so colorful in May and June and then retain such fine, abundant foliage throughout the growing season as do the peonies.
- Peonies - America's Favorite Perennial Flowers
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] September finally arrives after a normal hot, dry August when we did not care much whether school kept or not. But now September is as welcome as April in the spring.
- Fall Leaves Potential Organic Material
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] It's a shame to see autumn leaves go to waste every fall. They are an excellent source of organic material and should be placed in the compost pile along with other discarded plant parts. When cleaning up the garden, don't destroy any potential organic material that can be placed on the compost pile and eventually be returned to the garden as humus.
- September - A Most Important Gardening Month
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Unfortunately not many gardeners know that September can be one of the most important gardening months of the year. Too many gardeners consider this month just one of the last of the growing season, offering little opportunity to do more than wait sadly for the coming of winter.
- Protecting Plants For Winter Starts Now
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Winter injury in herbaceous and woody perennials may be caused by a number of things. One factor is that many of the plants go into winter in a "green" or immature condition.
- Fall - Great Time For Bulb and Lily Planting
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Fall is bulb planting time. Most lily species are planted now. The lily bulb is very sensitive to drying out and should be planted as soon as received. Plant bulbs four to six inches deep according to the species. Most lilies enjoy fertile soils, richly supplied with organic matter.
- Garden Color - Starting Flowers in the Open
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] When weather conditions are favorable flower seeds can be sown outdoors. The topsoil should be raked level and all stones, clods, and roughage raked from the seed bed. Make sure that the topsoil is raked thoroughly so that it is quite fine and into- this sow the seeds in drills.
- Getting Fancy With Grasses
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] There are many grasses grown through out the country. It all depends on the climate and soil conditions your piece of real estate can provide. Here's a quick look at 5 grasses used in the landscape.
- Knowing Your Plant Bugs For Control
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Plant bug insects can be divided roughly into two groups, namely : (a) those that bite and chew their food and (b) those that possess a sucking tube through which they extract their food by means of piercing the leaves of plants. Too bad they are not equipped with a loud speaking tube too, then we'd know when the pesky critters were at work.
- The Glasshouse Castle - The Greenhouse
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Down at the south-west corner of his lot, which incidentally is a double lot, snuggles a friend's glasshouse. Partially screened off from his dwelling by a hedge of purple lilacs it is his haven of refuge, from the bustle and troubles of a restless world. A castle within an estate, lacking but the moat and drawbridge.
- Rules For the Kitchen Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] When selecting a spot to plant a garden decide on a place where the soil is deep, where drainage is good and where the vegetables to be grown will have full exposure to the sunshine. A gentle slope to the south or to the south-east is ideal.
- What to Do With Your December - Garden Calendar
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] In many parts of the North it is not necessary, nor even desirable, to place Winter covering over plants until the latter part of December. Most surely don't do this until the ground has frozen permanently to a depth of a few inches...
- The Beauty of Spring Bulbs Starts in the Fall
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Late summer and early fall weather also is ideal, as a rule, for the planting or transplanting of evergreens. Evergreens are now in a state of semi-quiescence so far as top growth is concerned. Root activity is stimulated by the moisture and lower soil temperatures.
- Plant Daffodils in Drifts For a Natural Landscape Look
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] So that they will make a strong root system plant them outdoors early. Before planting dig fine peat into the soil and apply at the same time bone meal or any good complete fertilizer. Planted informally in "drifts" Hyacinths will scent the spring garden with a perfume, delicious, intoxicating, almost overpowering. They are especially valuable for bedding and for pot culture.
- Direct Sown Annuals For Colorful Summer
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Here are 5 Half-Hardy annuals which are easily grown and an be started or sown outdoors during May. They are the Antirrhinum, Aster, Pansy, Petunia, and Zinnia.
- Same Season Bloomers With Easy Gown Annuals
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] These annuals which are easily grown can be sown in the open and have flowers the same season. Here are 5 easy grown annuals today.
- Potted Bulbs For Patio Color
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] One friend of mine has a passion for growing potted bulbs. She loves the ability to have "moving color" wherever she wants it. Here's some tips from her on how she pots and grows her flowering bulbs.
- Gardening Tools - You Only Need a Few
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The tools required for a modest gardening operation are surprisingly few. They should be of good quality however, if you want to save time, trouble and labor.
- Planting Hardy Perennials and Biennials
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Unlike annuals, perennials are more or less permanent, flowering annually from the same plants, and do not require to be resown or replanted each season. Seedling perennials, as a general rule, are more vigorous than plants propagated by means of divisions, cutting, etc.
- Your Yard - The Living Carpet
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] There is no perfect substitute for a well-kept lawn. It's a living carpet of green, blending and delicately enhancing the beauty of nature's innumerable creations.
- The Time For Transplanting Evergreens
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Since most evergreens have completed their summer's growth by this time they may be transplanted successfully during this month, provided they are handled quickly with proper sized balls of earth and watered thoroughly in their new locations. If the weather is hot and dry and there is no particular reason for immediate planting, a delay of planting for a few weeks until the arrival of cooler weather is recommended.
- Hot and Dry Gardens - What to Do?
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] August weather is generally a continuation of the same - hot and dry with an occasional cooling, refreshing shower that makes folks glad they are still alive to enjoy it. And, too, we are not so far from September, when the weather is scheduled to turn over to a new page.
- Tree Death by Root Strangulation
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Self-strangulation happens more often to those trees growing in narrow parkings and near buildings or walls where the space for root growth is restricted to a small area. Trees with well-buttressed trunks are almost invariably free from root strangulation, while the absence of buttress roots on one side of a tree may indicate choking below the surface.
- RX For Shade Trees
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Do shade trees have high blood pressure? Well, not exactly, but high pressure does develop in the heart-wood of the trunks of some trees and fermented sap is forced out through wounds where branches have been cut off, through cracks in the trunk, or through a split at the crotch where two large branches unite.
- Keep Glads Growing in August
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Gladiolus plants respond to generous watering during their growing season. Water should penetrate the soil several inches. Waterings at five to seven day or longer intervals may be necessary, depending on soil and weather conditions.
- Blooming Keys to Flowering Annuals
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Annuals such as zinnias, marigolds, snapdragons, scabiosa, salpiglossis, China pinks, petunias and many others during August reach the peak of their flowering and will be benefited by a side dressing of a complete fertilizer early in the month. Also, to keep them flowering continuously it is necessary to remove spent blooms before they set seed.
- Border Patrol - Do it With Annuals
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] By August many gaps have developed in the flower garden, especially in the borders. Some annuals that provided seasonal color have died out, and need replacement.
- August - The Month For Reestablishing the Lawns
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] There are two types of lawns to consider at this time of the year - the old lawn that has been established for some time, and the new lawn that is being developed. Consider the latter... many new home owners are faced with establishing a lawn after moving into a new home during the summer months. It is entirely possible to establish a lawn that will survive the winter if there are as many as six weeks of growing weather left in the late summer.
- Delphinium Seeds - Fresh & Ready For Planting
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Specialists will have delphinium seeds available at this time of the year. These will be fresh, viable, hand-pollinated seeds harvested from this year's crop of flowers. If you have never tried Delphiniums you should give them a try for some garden color.
- Western Landscapes Love Madonna the Lily
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Although most lilies can be transplanted in September, it is desirable to plant Madonna lily bulbs in August. Madonna lilies start rooting at once and develop a small rosette of leaves before winter sets in, and these remain green throughout the winter.
- 3 Unique Plants For Dressing the Landscape
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] When I asked for suggestions on using Colchicums in the garden, not many could tell me how to avoid the bad effects of the plant's ample foliage. Recently, however, a belated note came telling of one gardener's method of enjoying the plant - not as a garden subject, to be sure, but still a way to enjoy it without messing up the garden with a lot of yellow foliage.
- Hot Summer Temperatures Hammer Landscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] August, to the farmers throughout the South of Mid-America, means that crops are "laid by," and the time for taking it easy has arrived. This is true to a large extent of the gardener, also. Much of the hottest part of the summer has passed, and only a few more days of extreme temperatures will remain to sear the garden flowers.
- Cold Frame Plant Management
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you live in the south you probably won't need a cold frame. In the north, a cold frame is desirable until you can get your plants well along before freezing weather.
- Tree Time Treating Troubles
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Since most trees may be pruned satisfactorily at any month during the year, the time selected can be governed by practical consideration. Maples, walnuts and birches, which bleed from pruning cuts made during late winter or early spring, should be pruned when in full leaf.
- Extend Blooming Season With Some TLC
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Everyone wants to increase the bloom time in their landscape. With Fall right around the corner there are ways to squeeze more color out of your annuals.
- A Growers Surprise Delphinium
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] A yard full of delphiniums! How does that prospect strike you? I tried such a scheme 10 years on in my city lot, with only a 43-foot frontage, grew so many I literally sent a truckload of them to a trade show for decoration and still had so many left that it was almost impossible to tell any had been cut.
- Finding Credit Cards is Easy
[Finance:Credit] There are a lot of credit cards out there and finding the right one is not always the easiest task. If you have less than perfect credit or other issues, it may be even harder.
- Landscaping a Home With Roses
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] In the beginning there were no roses, just the house set among oaks on a sloping hill. They were not interested in landscaping but something had to be done. So the couple called in an energetic nurseryman who planted the grounds with honeysuckle, Bridalwreath, lilacs, spirea and evergreens. In a few years his plants far outgrew their allotted space and the grounds were no more pleasant than before.
- Poppy the Garden Flower - A Decoration Item
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The beauty of the Oriental Poppy as a garden flower is recognized by all, but many fail to appreciate its value as a cut bloom. With a simple treatment of the stem, it can compete with any flower for home decoration and at shows; either by itself or in combination with other flowers, it is a consistent winner of blue ribbons.
- New Plants For the Landscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] How many new plants have you added to your garden this year... that is, plants that you have never grown before? Have you ever given yourself the thrill of going through the pages or online of one of the seed catalogs and ordering a packet of this and a packet of that that you have never tried? It"s amazing how much adventure you will find in the expenditure of a dollar or two. There is still time to sow the seeds of many annuals and see them bloom this year.
- Growing Prize Winning Mums - Feed Them
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] All prize-worthy mums need about the same feeding routine. They like lots of organic fertilizer such as horse or cow manure and even compost.
- Container Grown Material to the Rescue
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Potted annuals, perennials, and shrubs can still be successfully transplanted, but with the approach of hot and frequently drier weather, the season for bare root transplanting is about over. Some shrubs, especially spireas, which have compact fibrous root systems, can still be transplanted if they are dug with balls of earth, moved quickly and kept thoroughly watered until well established.
- Seed Fascination - Creating Your Own Hybrids
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Almost everyone who grows daylilies and irises for any period of time eventually tries their hand at hybridizing, one of the most fascinating phases of gardening. Most gardeners, especially those sowing seeds for the first time, have a tendency to sow too thickly. Properly handled seeds of daylilies and irises will germinate almost 100 per cent.
- Come Outside, the Garden is Calling
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Activity has definitely slowed down during mid-day. Scarcely a leaf stirs. One of the pleasures of the July garden is the tree-shaded patio or terrace where the outdoor garden enthusiast may relax and survey the results of their labors.
- Garden Gold - Compost
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] With summer in the West, your garden will soon show how well you've taken care of your soil. If you have plenty of humus in it, there will be plenty of moisture to keep everything growing fine without constant watering in spite of the heat.
- Mulching a Great Labor and Moisture Saver
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Lawns Need Attention in hot weather. Mower blades should be set at least 1-1/2 inches high but 2 inches is better. The grass shades the ground and protects the roots from hot sun and drying winds.
- Water and Planting Still Tops in Southern Landscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Hot July weather always brings on that languid feeling in the South making us seek ways of doing chores without physical exertion. In fact, some of these dreams of gardening by remote control are a reality.
- Landscape Color Found at the Trials
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Two hundred years ago, we all like to believe life was less hectic. A man could have a lot of time to read and think, to talk with friends and walk over the countryside, to learn the important news of the day and work in his garden.
- Barnyards For Flowers
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] It took perseverance and hard work to carry out the ambitious planting scheme. The grounds appeared quite hopeless at first.
- Black Spot Control - Start Treatments Early
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The large-flowering chrysanthemums which were set out in March or April and should be 6 or 8 inches high by now may be cut back within 3 or 4 inches of the ground. If you wish to increase your stock root the tips which you removed
- Plant Those Bare Root Roses Now
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] May is the time when the air is still cool enough to make digging a pleasure in Mid America, yet warm enough for all seeding and transplanting. In the northern parts of the Midwest May is about the last chance to plant magnolias. In areas along the Ohio River it is already too late.
- Gourds - Small, Ornamental and Quite Unique
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The pioneer mother, long before Civil War days, did not have aluminum or copper containers for sugar, salt or coffee. The fact is, she did not even have the old fashioned tin clipper! The housewife of her time was trained to make such utensils herself. Yes, she was the original "do-it-yourself woman." How did she make such things she needed for her large family? Easy and simple... by raising gourds.
- Color Coordination in the Landscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Every tree, shrub and flower takes on added beauty when it is our own. Like the volunteer sunflower seed dropped by the birds that came up in front of my bedroom window. It became a mass of yellow flowers, and grew to the top of the gable. After blooming it was three or four inches across at the base, and it took an ax to cut it down.
- Dig and Divide - Rule For Mum Propagation
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] By now in the East you should know whether your chrysanthemums are dead or alive. Some springs you cannot help but wonder if there is such a thing as a hardy chrysanthemum. Those developed in northern areas such as Minnesota are not necessarily any hardier but are merely earlier blooming and thereby escape the early Northern freezes.
- Your Lawn - Feed Every Inch
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] May is the month for fertilizing your plants. If you did not have a chance during the past months then you should do it now.
- May Landscapes - The Pause That Refreshes
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Do you remember the slogan of a popular soft drink... "The pause that refreshes." Well, here it is - May - the season between the seasons. We've got the first early rush of planting work done, now trying to catch our breath, and get started on the next round. Maybe some of you feel that you are entitled to a little pause between rounds.
- Seedlings Need Thinning Lessons Too
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] We seem inclined to sow seeds too generously rather than too sparingly in order to insure full rows without vacant spots. When germination conditions are not the best, as for instance a crusted surface over the seed bed, the seeds find that in number there is strength. Together they are able to push through the soil when individual seeds would find it almost impossible.
- The Dependable and Hardy Butterfly Iris
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The Spuria iris, long relegated to the neglected back of the perennial border, emerged as the glamorous "Butterfly Iris" in the 1950's with development of new hybrids. The familiar white, blue, or yellow spurias, dependable and hardy though they were, were not far removed from the wild Species. Almost unnoticed, a few breeders patiently worked for the development of new varieties, added new colors, form, and true branching.
- Mother Nature Gets a Hand With Watering the Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] In the West the landscape and garden cannot depend on natural rainfall to supply adequate water. So it is necessary to water artificially. There are many ways in which this is done. Long gone are the days of furrow irrigation, but... it does work well good where a garden is fairly level.
- The Northern Garden Guide For May
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] he May garden is a constantly changing picture of new life... bulbs coming into bloom, perennials changing from lifeless looking stumps to healthy green growth, new-sown seeds developing into young plants, and trees in full bloom. All of which means a great variety of jobs must be done this month.
- Garden Tours - What to Look For in the Landscape
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Garden Tour, is its formal name, "garden-hopping" its affectionate nickname. Even if we call it "garden pilgrimage" we will be describing a delightful practice that happens across the country, in small communities as well as large, and providing the gardener with an almost royal road to learning.
- Garden Hopping Essentials - Notebook Pencil and Tape Measure
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] You need never hesitate to ask questions of the various owners while on a garden tour, garden owners are noted for their willingness to share their knowledge, and sometimes their plants! The roses that are so perfect... what is the spraying schedule... and what kind of sprayer is most satisfactory? How often is the lawn fertilized? Were the chrysanthemums started from divisions or cuttings?
- A Color Turn on With Daylilies
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] My experience with Daylilies began for me in my West Virginia garden. Although there had been gardening of the most delightful nature during the ten years we lived in Chile, South America, there had been no daylilies. When we returned to West Virginia the only daylilies I found at that time were the common roadside one and the sweet old lemon lily treasured for very early flowers. Each year they were among the first to bloom and will mingle sweet scented, light yellow flowers among nodding bells of snowflakes, spikes of white fraxinella and blue-starred spikes of camassia.
- Going Green in the Northern Landscape
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] By now the weather has broke and the garden and landscape are ready to get their attention for those in northern areas. What are some of the things you could begin to do in the world of plants?
- Mulch Time is the Month of June in the South
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] In June we should think seriously about summer gardening. With less frequent rains and the ultimate drought periods not far away we must think of ways and means of offsetting them with mulches and artificial watering.
- Call Me Colorful in the Northern Landscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] In the North the bright colors of iris, peonies, lupins and roses are once more proclaiming the month of June and the spring flowering shrubs with their wealth of pastel shades have again had their day. With the passing of the blooms on the shrubs comes the go ahead signal to start pruning and so help them to make strong growth that will bear next year's bloom.
- Pest Control is June Garden Job
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] In the southern landscape and garden nature is in full swing. This article is about azaleas and different garden jobs for June.
- Barnyards Flowers and Outdoor Living
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] A colorful garden and landscape was designed and hammered out of old barn yard on the countryside of Pennsylvania. With outdoor living already built in the owners loved the the open fields and the special appeal it provided. The outdoor living had its real start with the construction of the swimming pool.
- Planning Your Own Vegetable Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Unless your garden spot is covered with at least a thin layer of topsoil containing humus, it is worth postponing your plantings for a year and devoting your time to making compost and creating soil with it. But once you have soil, and the season for planting approaches, you should have two things ready: the seed and a complete plan of where you expect to plant it.
- The Easiest of All Fruits to Grow
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you want to taste the true strawberry flavor, don't expect to find it in a commercial berry. Picked green colored but not ripened in shipment, and abused all the way to market, these bare imitations of a strawberry bought at the corner store are hardly worth the effort of eating.
- Chinese Chestnuts - The Most Desirable For Planting
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Chestnut Tree - A local business man sampled his first Chinese chestnut at a produce dealer's booth. He purchased 5 pounds and said, "I am buying these for my father. He never got over the loss of the native chestnut and these are the first I've found with the old time flavor."
- Planting Peas in Hot Summer Weather
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Out West April starts the first flurry of outdoor garden activities to be evident this month. The winter snows are receding and the soil is warming and mellowing with the advent of spring.
- Bermuda Grass For Your Lawn
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Continued pleasure of the beautiful color in your garden will surely give you many activities. In order to insure that your garden will display its beautiful color you'll need be aware of all garden activities.
- April Means Water Gardens For West Coast Nature Lovers
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Just because Pacific Coast gardeners live in a very favored climate, where winters are mild and the ground rarely freezes, many are under the impression that you can plant most things the year around and expect them to grow like magic. Nature has provided certain seasons for successful growth of each kind of plant.
- Prized Roses Come From Peatmoss Bonemeal and Cow Manure
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Perhaps roses are like humans, a little hardship in the beginning, when not too harsh, makes for success in later life. This article will help you how to grow wonderful roses.
- Feeding the Landscape Carpet - Grass
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] May is still a good month to get a lawn started, but the earlier the better. As the days grow longer and warmer, seed germination and seedling growth is not so good as when milder weather prevails.
- Planting Dahlia's - Watch Out For Late Frost
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Plant dahlia roots about a week before danger of late frosts is past. Make sure the tubers contain eyes or buds at the top of each division.
- Gorgeous Display - Calling the Mexican Shell Flower
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] May is fast approaching and if your planning to have a garden and have no time for it, summer bulbs is the answer. Summer bulbs have many varieties to choose from and one the most favorite is the gladiolus.
- May is Dinner Time For Pests
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] May is the month when garden pests in the east start to raise their ugly heads. Also this is the time of lawn weeds to spread.
- Sawdust - A Replacement For Peat Moss
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Have you discovered the usefulness of sawdust? Although we long felt that it was too acid, if not completely injurious to plants, we now know that it is neither. For a mulch it is better to get the coarse sawdust from outdoor sawmills.
- Planned Freak Show - The Double Glads
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] In spring many ardent gladiolus fans will turn to the exotic hybrid double-flowering varieties. These unusual glads bring fresh sparkle, distinctive quality, and an extra late-summer beauty to their gardens.
- Making the Move From Winter to Spring
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Plant kalanchoe seeds for bloom next Christmas. February is a good month for starting leaf cuttings of your favorite African violets.
- Climate Makes Choice of a Garden Spot
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Gardeners know better than most people, that everything man has came out of the earth. Therefore they respect earth. But if you have decided to make a garden, you must first remember that on the face of this earth there are many places with no soil and that a garden can be made only where there is soil. If you live in a city or a town, I am thinking of your back yard.
- Be Thorough When You Water
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Blow Wind Blow and go garden go! Wind always creates problems in the garden but in March in the South the problem becomes acute. All gardeners know of the damage that results from plants whipping back and forth, being bruised or crushed against each other, the cutting action of the fine soil, and the silting action of the blowing dust. All these are bad enough, but the real damage comes from the drying action of the winds the dehydration of plant tissues.
- Lawn Clean Time For the Northern Yard
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] What does the home gardener in the North do during March? Very little can be done outdoors other than to uncover the beds where the spring flowering bulbs are growing.
- Is Your Garden Soil Workable? - Keys to Building Good Earth
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If the ground is at all workable, get your plowing or digging started. Light, sandy soils can be put into shape sooner than heavier soils.
- Old Seeds, New Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Old seeds may still be ready to bring the color or produce food. But how can you tell if old seed is still worth planting? Read on and learn how.
- Building Good Soil Starts Now
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] There is a lot of misinformation about house plants, landscaping and gardening. The most reliable source available for garden information is your county agricultural agent, who gets his information from the Agricultural Extension Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station of your own state university.
- Make Plans Instead of Resolutions
[Self-Improvement] Another year has come and gone. And so we find ourselves upon the threshold of a brand new 365 days days which we cannot hoard or save but must spend, wisely or otherwise, each as it comes along.
- Lawn Keys For Being Grass Happy
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] I don't think our lawn has ever gone through the winter in better shape, and SOON it will get another light feeding. In spite of everything, there always seem to be a few spots that show up bare this time of year.
- Hardy Succulents For Hot Texas Summers
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Heavy clay soil is excellent soil but the soil particles are so small they tend to run together and make the ground very hard to work. To improve clay for gardening, first spade or till the ground in the late fall or early spring, as deep as possible. Leave it rough for a time so that freezing and thawing can break it down.
- Stop the Planting, Wait Until March
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] February in the North is an exceedingly trying month for "the home gardener" The days are growing longer and winter seems to be on the wane, but little can be done along with a great desire to be doing something. Some gardeners can't wait to get started and do things that should not be done.
- Landscape Vine Options of Northeastern Homes
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Which vines are the best options to use in a Northeastern landscape.... find them in this article. ENGLISH IVY - From Massachusetts southward this plant, called Hedera Helix in scientific circles.
- Lawn Fertilizer Essential For Shallow Rooted Plants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Do not sow seeds on bare areas that are packed down hard and smooth in the Midwest during March. These areas should be loosened four or five inches deep, pulverized (and raked even before seeding. Grass seeds sown on snow are usually wasted unless the ground was prepared for accommodating the seeds before the snow arrived.
- How to Care For Your Plants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Sunscald is an injury prevalent in the prairie sections of the country. It appears as dead sunken areas of bark on the trunks of trees particularly on the south and southwest sides.
- Save Space With Succession Crops
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] People who loves plant always want to save space. They have different methods how to save. One of this is by succession or companion crops.
- How to Have a Dried Flowers
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Dried flower are best for decorations and bouquets. The process of drying is not difficult but it needs proper care and attention.
- Landscape With Annuals For Outdoor Color and Beauty
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] What can we plant in our gardens this spring that will insure plenty of material to fill our vases, bowls and other flower containers this summer? The answer is annuals.
- Using Outdoor Lighting to Highlight Your Garden
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Outdoor lighting is not only functional, but also beautiful. Add safety lighting to stairs and paths while highlighting your most impressive garden features.
- How to Manage Your Own Tropical Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] You do not have to live on an island to have a gorgeous botanical garden; with considerate planning and some maintenance, almost anyone can have their own tropical paradise. Gardening is a rewarding experience, most people find it a satisfying, yet frustrating adventure that many people are intimidated by.
- Brighten Up Your Landscape With Pool Lights
[Home-Improvement:Swimming-Pools-Spas] A swimming pool is an excellent landscape addition that will enhance and beautify your property and increase its aesthetic appeal. This article will concentrate on the types of swimming pools available and the ones that will really be valuable to the landscape.
- Your Lawn Has Needs Too
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Just as you need food to survive, so does your lawn. There are, in fact, sixteen needed elements for a lawn to survive and thrive in green glory. Most of these elements are a part of nature and need little from you to help your lawn's success. Others, however, definitely need your attention and should be attended to.
- How to Make Beautiful Use of Houseplants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Someone can learn a great deal about flowers by looking through an indoor planting. It is wise to consult with a plant catalog for ideas about blooming flowers and various greenery needed to create an indoor floral garden.
- Growing a Lovely Jade Plant
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Jade plants are wonderful indoor plant. They can easily grown and care for.
- The Rewards of Having a Garden Pond
[Recreation-and-Sports:Fish-Ponds] This article was about a lady who built her own backyard pond. It also talks about the different types of pond lights that are available.
- What You Need to Know Before You Purchase an Air Purifier
[Home-Improvement:Appliances] The article talks about which types of air purifier works the best. It also help you how you can find one.
- How You Can Grow a Lovely Container Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The article is about raising plants indoors with limited space. It also gives people the options available to them.
- How to Use Outdoor Solar Lights
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] The article talks about solar lights. It also talks about how to make the most of your landscape with them.
- How to Make the Most of Your Indoor Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] This article was about growing different plants indoors. How you should arrangement them for maximum enjoyment by you and guests in your home.
- How to Have Beautiful House Plants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The article was about many different aspects of plants and plant care. It can help you if you want to have a beautiful plant for your home and garden.
- How to Grow a Beautiful Sansevieria
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you desire a plant that is both beautiful and easy to care, these lovely species will be a great addition to your indoor plant garden. There are different species to choose from.
- Different Types of Safety Glasses
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews] Safety glasses are always recommended for people dealing with high levels of laser activity. Optical protection devices is the first line in the defense of protecting ones against harm that may be caused due to exposure to laser beams.
- All You Need to Know About Begonias
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you like to have a plant that is different among others, the Begonia plants is the one you are looking for. Here are some information about different kinds of begonias and what they need to grow, how to feed them, how to propagate.
- Taking Good Care of Your Houseplants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you love plants and like to start a garden you need to know first how to care for plants. Here is an article that talks about taking care of your plants, growing bulbs in fiber and how to water them when you are on vacation.
- Growing Lovely Plants by Leaf Propagation
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] There are many plants that can be propagated by leaf cutting and division. Here is an article that tells about some of this plant.
- How to Grow Healthy Houseplants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Plant needs proper care in order to show its beauty. This article stresses the importance of proper plant care.
- How to Grow Heirloom Plants Without Any Space
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Even if you don't have any space in your garden, you can grow a classic heirloom plant in your window. There are many varieties that do not take up a lot of space.
- Various Types Safety Gear For Motorcycle Riders
[Automotive:Motorcycles] Before you decide to take to the road on your Harley-Davidson, Honda, Yamaha or Ducati, you should really consider the purchase of a number of items of protection. It is extremely risky to ride your motorcycle without at least some type of protection for your eyes and face.
- Why it is Important to Repot House Plants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] This article was about repotting house plants, choosing the right pot size and what to do when you cannot repot a delicate plant. Read on and learn how to properly report even the most sensitive plants.
- Planting Indoors and Out
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Plants are beautiful addition to any home or patio. But proper care is essential.
- Make Your Garden Beautiful
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] This article talks about the different types of plants that you can grow in your flower garden. Mix and match or go with one particular group, the idea is you will surely have a beautiful garden if you properly choose the kind of plants to grow.
- Lighting and Landscaping
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] When you landscape your yard, you usually have a vision in your mind of what you want it to look like when you're done. When you include lighting in this vision, it really can turn into art and be beautiful. It also shows people how much thought and work you've put into your outdoor living space.
- Designing and Planning Your Landscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Planning your landscape is the most important step towards making your dream a reality! Here are simple tips that can surely help you beautify your home.
- Using Flowers and Containers to Add a Decorative Touch
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] To use plants in the decor of your home, consider the color and style of your new plants and their containers. Choose ones that will fit in the decor of your home.
- Is Fertilizing House Plants Necessary?
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Fertilizers and plant food both do the same thing for your houseplants. Plant food is simply a more concentrated way of adding nutrients to the soil than manure or other fertilizers. Feeding your plants is necessary, but there are several ways to accomplish this.
- How to Repot Plants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] This article is about why it is important to get the right size of pot when transferring plants from one pot to another. Why you shouldn't over water and how to test a pots drainage system.
- Flowering Cacti For Your Home
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Growing flowering cacti can be fun, intriguing, and unique. These beautiful plants are hardy, interesting, and beautiful. As a solo or as part of a larger landscape, they are a sure attention-getter.
- How to Control the Shape of Your Plants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] There are many ways to prune a plant, including simple cutting, pinching, and air layering. Each is used to achieve a specific result.
- Being Soothed by Running Waters
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] There are several things you can do to relieve stress during the course of the day. One of this is the water fountain. This article was about indoor water fountains being used as a stress reliever.
- How to Find the Right Leaf Blower
[Home-Improvement:Tools-and-Equipment] There are several options you should consider before purchasing a leaf blower. The most common type is a backpack blower, which is used by many professionals. This particular type gets its power from a 2-stroke gas engine. The harness, is worn on your back and the blower fits into it. The fan and engine are on the backpack as well, and a hand held hose directs the airflow in the direction you choose. This type of blower is very powerful and easy-to-operate. It has a more efficient fuel tank and air filter which means a longer duty cycle capability.
- How to Grow Orchids Successfully in Your Home
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] It's easy to grow orchids in your home. It can be a beautiful hobby, and orchids have been a symbol of love and commitment for centuries. Traditionally used in wedding bouquets and corsages, they can add an exotic touch to any room.
- How to Tell the Difference Between a Cactus and a Succulent
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] There are different types of cactus plants and they are proven to be a great houseplant. This article is about cactus and describes what they look like.
- Gardening More Than One Plant
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Growing several plants at once can make for real beauty if done correctly. If your planning to grow more than one or two plants at a time it is advisable to grow for a foliage plants.
- When Tropical Gardening Works
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Knowing how to grow a tropical garden is the key to success with these livid and beautiful plants. Learn to do it easily!
- Having a Beautiful Lawn
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] If you want to make a good impression on your friends and neighbors, then your lawn and garden may need some attention.This article is about garden mulch and various ways to improve your garden, yard and ways you can use mulch.
- Surrounding Your Apartment With Beautiful Plants
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Growing your own herbs has lots of benefits. Here are some benefits of growing your own herbs and the beauty they can add to your environment.
- Insects That Attack Houseplants and How to Get Rid of Them
[Home-Improvement:Pest-Control] If your plant has attracted insects or become diseased, you may need to throw it out to avoid infecting your other plants. Some common insects, however, can be effectively removed from your favorite houseplants.
- Fickle Ficus Care
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] There are many beautiful variations of the ficus species. You just need to know how to care for a them.
- Growing a Flower Bed With Beautiful Blooms
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] You can grow beautiful flowers in a bed or border all year long if you choose your plants wisely and care for them properly. Pay attention to the soil in the flower bed, as well as the varieties of flowering plants you are choosing.
- Peace Lily Ivy and Pothos House Plants For Low Light Conditions?
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Unless you have a great number of windows, many areas of your home are probably considered low light areas. Generally this is defined as being eight feet or more away from a large window, with no direct light. Many areas of the typical home do not receive enough natural light.
- Information About Rock Garden Habitats
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] One of the most cost effective ways to beautify your landscape is to add a rock garden. Rock gardens are often thought of as being representative of the British Isles, the climate is so harsh it does not allow delicate plants and flowers to grow. Rock gardens are often thought of as having little or no flowers or vegetation, however, this is not true when making your own.
- How Are Garden Retaining Walls Built?
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Retaining walls can add interest to any garden. They are relatively easy to build, whether you choose stones held together with soil or masonry, or a concrete wall. However, they do require some planning before you begin.
- Choosing the Right Vine Species For Your Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Vines are an excellent choice for a new garden. They are fast growers, and can grow to cover an arch or pergola almost before the start of summer. They are an easy way to soften the harsh lines of new buildings, and can provide shade when grown on an arch or other decorative element.
- Dry Climate Landscaping
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Proper watering especially during summer time is crucial in the growth of many plants. Here are some practical suggestions regarding landscaping in dry areas or in times of drought.
- Adding Color to Your Garden Or Home With Geranium Flowers
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Geraniums are bright and colorful flowers, and they are very popular. However, there are many choices to make when purchasing a geranium. Although geraniums are very easy to care for, make sure you understand how to care for geraniums before you purchase one.
- Choosing the Right Soil For Your Herbs
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Growing herbs outdoors or in container gardens requires the right soil type for the herbs you are growing. You also need to watch for pests which may attack your herbs.
- Tips For Growing Spider Plants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Spider plants are easy houseplants to grow, and they require very little maintenance. You can also grow many spider plants starting with just one plant. With proper care, even beginning gardeners can grow a beautiful group of spider plants.
- A Tropical Paradise You Can Grow
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Growing tropical plants and flowers is not difficult. As exotic and tropical plants grow in popularity, so do the easy, do it yourself options for growing them! Find out the basics of tropical plant growth and care.
- Growing Foliage Houseplants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Foliage plants add beauty to home and landscape gardens. They have beautiful foliage with different colors and shapes.
- Indoor Gardening is Easy
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] You have probably heard how easy it is to grow houseplants or an indoor garden many times. I'm sure you've been regaled with how simple it is to do. If you're afraid you don't have a green thumb, don't worry because you can grow indoor plants easily.
- Advantages of Good Landscape Design
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Various ways of good landscaping can be of benefit. Discover how good landscaping can be to your advantage.
- Beautiful Indoor Plants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Carefully chosen indoor plants add glitter to your home. Here are the basic tips regarding growing indoor plants successfully.
- Popular Types of Orchids
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] One of the most exotic and beautiful flowers is the orchid. Knowing which ones are most popular and easiest to care for is key to success.
- Propagating New Plants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you're seeking to expand your garden, and you'd like to use existing plants to do so, consider these propagation techniques. Grow new plants using various propagation techniques.
- Design Tips For Landscaping
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Are you planning to revive your garden and old landscape design? Here are few simple tips when designing a landscape.
- Potted Plants Can Beautify the Indoors and Clean the Air
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The addition of potted plants in your home will provide decoration and a healthy atmosphere. However, there are some challenges when growing potted plants.
- How to Look After Your Bamboo Plant
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Are you having some problems taking care of bamboo indoor plant? Here are some helpful tips for successfully growing bamboo as an indoor plant.
- Gravel As a Design Medium
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Discover the versatility of gravel in landscape designs. See how they can be incorporated correctly into many landscape designs.
- Landscape Trees in the Garden
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The structure of a tree. Methods of caring for the tree in a lawn or as a specimen.
- A Gardner's Guide to Super Seedlings
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you love the look of a luscious garden, but you don't have the natural green thumb you need to get one. Consider the tips and tricks in the following article and find lots of information on how to grow strong, gorgeous plants from scratch.
- How Much Water Does an Indoor Plant Need?
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Watering indoor plants should be done properly in order to maintain their beauty and for them to stay longer. Here are effective methods to check whether you have supplied enough water to your indoor plant.
- Bonsai Tree Making - Ficus Trees
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The ficus tree is the most popular tree used in the art of Bonsai and is the one most associated with it. Choosing the right ficus and using the right pot and soils will bring out the best in your miniature masterpiece.
- Adding Decorative Flagstone Walkways, Water Features, and Pools to Your Landscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Adding more relaxing to your features can be very tedious although rewarding. Discover how you add more elegance and relaxing ambiance to your home through decorative landscaping.
- Pest Control Options For Your Garden
[Home-Improvement:Pest-Control] Here are some ideas as to how to rid your landscape of pests and reduce the chances of a re-occurrence. Find ways on how to get rid of pests using organic and other sources.
- What Plants Should I Choose?
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Find out how plants can be used in landscape design. Learn to choose the right plants for your garden to suit your landscape designs.
- Enchanted Garden Design Elements
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Discover various garden elements such as statues and solar lighting that can be incorporated into an enchanted garden. Learn how you can come up with an enchanting garden.
- A Garden Design to Suit Your Needs
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Good garden design requires planning and a personal touch. Find out which garden design suits your personal preference.
- Grow New Plants Easily
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Cuttings that have successfully developed into small plants will need be transferred from small pots to 5 inch pots as they grow. Ideally, this should be performed just as the roots reach the side limits of the pot and before the plant becomes "pot-bound".
- How to House Your Plants in Style
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Plants beautify our home but they can give more appeal if they housed and potted properly. Learn the benefits of choosing the right containers for your house plants and their attributes.
- Home Air Fresheners
[Home-Improvement] Don't rely on store bought coverups to freshen the scent of your home. Try a blend of customized essential oils that not only smell great, but serve a purpose as well.
- Getting Started With Retaining Walls and Their Purposes
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] You can add architectural interest and beautiful detail to a hum-drum garden by building a retaining wall. Here we will explore some of the techniques and purposes behind retaining walls, as well as discuss construction options.
- Flowering Shrubs Can Be Decorative and Functional
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Shrubs can be cared for in much the same was as trees, with some subtle, and some obvious differences. Flowering shrubs, when put artistically into your garden can be very decorative.
- Outdoor Lighting a Necessary Safety Measure
[Home-Improvement:Lighting] There are a variety of instances where outdoor projects will pop up that need to be completed quickly, especially when they involve an integral aspect of the house such as roofing. Depending on the time of the year and your work schedule or other duties, it may be very difficult to find the time to fit these projects in during daylight hours. This will necessitate undertaking these projects at night, which will all but require you to find a good source of outdoor lighting suitable for the task.
- Propagation by Leaves - New House Plants Are Awaiting
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] There are many ways to create new plants from plants that you already have. Some start best from cuttings of existing leaves, while others rely on dividing existing rhizomes. This article will take you through the steps to make successful cuttings, and to divide rhizomes and replant them.
- Garden Lighting Could Work in an Abbey
[Home-Improvement:Lighting] Through clever innovation melded with traditional and classic designs, Kathy Ireland has built a vast, multi-billion dollar enterprise specializing in home interior and garden designs. Recent additions to her collection include a line of French garden lighting which includes chandeliers, sconces, buffet lamps and floor lamps. Of this set, the 21-inch wide French Garden Ceiling Light Fixture has proved to be one of the most popular pieces.
- Pool Plants and the Garden Trellis - A Great Combo
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] People have become more aware of trellises in recent years, but many don't know how to effectively get one set up in their yard. With this in mind, we'll take a look at a few ways you can a charming trellis into your backyard decor without it looking out of place. The first is the climbing vine.
- Pest and Disease Prevention For Any House Plant
[Home-Improvement:Pest-Control] Pests and disease affect all house plants at one time or another. Prevention and treatments are described for a variety of problems you may face with pests, disease and soil quality.
- Garden Pests Come in Many Vile Forms
[Home-Improvement:Pest-Control] Indoors or out, pests rear their ugly little heads to make your gardening life more difficult. Take advantage of the nature cycle of life to help clear them away.
- Landscaping Does Not Have to Cost a Second Mortgage
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Foundation planning is a great way to add beauty and depth to your house. Making proper use of it takes just a little planning.
- The Cheat Sheet to the Fulmer Product Line
[Recreation-and-Sports:Sports-Apparel] For motorcycle or ATV owner, choosing the right helmet is a purchase not to taken lightly. Fulmer product line, some of the best helmets available, offers a wide range of helmets and face shields that provide extra safety. Helmets geared with the proper lining and outer shell reduce elements that might interfere with your senses, like the distracting sound of wind in your ears.
- Ideal Plants For Your Indoor Space
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] There are three main factors to consider when choosing an indoor plant: appearance, size and use. Once you understand what you're looking for, the decision is simple.
- Detailed Instructions For Plant Propagating Methods
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Details and procedures for propagation are explained. The types of plants each method works with are also briefly mentioned.
- Why You Should Add Trees Your Home's Green Landscaping Plan
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Planting trees has many benefits. One can improve their home's value, help to be more "green", be more animal friendly and create family memories.
- Solar Solutions For Landscape Lighting
[Home-Improvement:Lighting] This article describes the importance of outdoor lighting and its pitfalls, offering solar lighting as a solution. It describes a variety of PV (solar) lights, offers tips for their care and installation and explains the technology behind them.
- What to Look For When Decorating Your Home
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] In decorating your home, putting a few live plants in the home is going to increase the air quality while filling in those empty spaces at the same time. You can decorate your home easily with a plant called the braided money tree. The braided money tree is also known by the name of Pachira Aquatica.
- Plants Need Not Flower to Be Ornamental
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] If your space and schedule allow you to grow more than a couple of plants at one time, more likely than not, you'll be interested in non-flowering ornamentals as well as their showier counterparts. Even if they're not as flamboyant as their flowering cousins, they can be grown with ease, propagated simply and acclimated to almost any environment. Quite often, foliage plants are the anchor in any indoor or outdoor garden.
- Planting Your Own Landscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Your landscape is not limited to what others are doing in their lawns, your ideas are going to build great things you will enjoy for years to come. If you already have ideas put them to use in your lawn area for decorating outside the home.
- Catalogs Not Just For Sears But Plants Also
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Catalogues of indoor plants can be a great tool to learn about the various flowers and plants available for purchase, and everything related to the care and upkeep of them. For any homeowner looking for stylish choices that will fit well with their existing decor, it's a great opportunity to see photos of all of these flowers in full bloom and get a sense for they can be incorporated into your household. Before rushing out and ordering a dozen flowers or cuttings from a catalogue though, take some time to look into the reputation of the company.
- Fences For Security and Privacy in Landscape Areas
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Building fences for your landscape can be a tough decision, one that you might not realize can be so involved. Learn more about the types of fences, and what your local building codes are before getting started.
- Indoor Plants For Apartments of All Sizes
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Living in the city you may not have lawn, and often times you don't see much greenery in your life. Indoor plants are just what you need to spruce up the scene and to give you that little bit of nature you have been craving.
- Homes in Bloom - Anthriums and Other Flowering Houseplants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Blooming houseplants are a wonderful way to add colour to your home. They can be difficult to grow, but are worth the effort. When taken care of, many of the plants discussed here will bloom for long periods.
- Bamboo is a Strong Plant and a Vigorous Grower
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Bamboo can be a pretty and exotic change from your typical houseplant. Proper care can help you enjoy its benefits and minimize its challenges.
- Braided Money Trees Give Something Other Than Money
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Pachira Aquatica, also known as the Braided Money Tree is a unique and stylish plant that can add an exotic taste to anyone's home. This plant features multiple trunks which wind around each other and can reach up to seven feet in height. There is also a bonsai version which can grow as large as a foot in height.
- How to Safely Eliminate Pests From Your Fruit Trees
[Home-Improvement:Pest-Control] Many people worry that treating their fruit trees with pesticides will contaminate the fruit. However, if you follow the correct precautions, the process can be safe for trees, their fruits, and the humans who eat them.
- Get Rid of Your Artificial Dust Magnets
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Indoor plants and gardening possess as the same charm as their outdoor counterpart. Ditch your artificial plants and replace them with the real thing.
- New Ideas on the Ages Old Topic of Gardening
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The world over, gardening is a popular pastime among people from all walks of life. Whether planting vegetable patches to save money on produce, or planting a variety of plants for the sheer pleasure of the craft, gardening has remained a relaxing and humbling experience for hundreds of years. While outdoor gardening is the preferred style of most serious gardeners world-wide, giving your inner sanctum some plant love is much advised as well, and brings with it a new set of techniques and tricks that may escape even the veteran outdoor gardener.
- Weed Out Your Weeds For Good
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Weeding out weeds properly can save your lawn and plants from a horrible fate. Chemicals are here to help.
- 6-10-5 Is Not A Lock Combination
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Fertilizers are a key ingredient in the development of your plants. Learn the ins and outs of fertilizers inside.
- Outdoor Lighting - Simple Method To Reduce Injuries
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] In an uncertain world, that beam of light cutting through the darkness is a welcome sight. Keep your home well lit and safe at all times.
- Get Your Thumb Green In Less Time
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] As the pace of society continues to quicken and our lives become ever more hectic, the process of cultivating, weeding and sowing those often finicky plants can seem a daunting proposition, and one doomed to failure. The good news this isn't the case, and even the busiest person can have a garden they'll be proud of with just a little effort. If you've been kept up late at night pondering how to make your garden dreams a reality, a window garden is the answer.
- In Search of the Best Gardening Tools
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] All gardens are not the same, therefore the types of garden tools for each garden differ. Some garden shops carry tools for all kinds of gardens, while others specialize in tools for a specific type of garden.
- Keeping Orchids Beautiful and Healthy!
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] You can keep your orchids healthy by watching out for common pests. If you find any pests, you need to act quickly to get rid of them through natural methods. If that doesn't work, you can resort to pesticides.
- The Air You Breathe Does It Need A Purifier
[Health-and-Fitness:Allergies] There are a lot of options to look into for air purification systems. By reading reports and doing reseach, you can find the right system for you.
- Weed Prevention Begins with Lawn Care
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Although weeds can be beautiful in the right situations, they can be annoying when they creep into areas that you don't want them. Dandelions have a nice yellow flower, for example, but when you are trying to get a nice, clean, green yard, they can overrun the whole area. A weed is defined as a plant that is out of place.
- Lights No Camera Adds Action and Style to a Water Garden
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Adding lighting to your water garden is very important. Choose the best option for the style of garden that you wish to create.
- Fertilizing Plants - Feeding The Foliage
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The words plant food and fertilizer are synonymous. The only difference is that plant food is in concentrated form. Your houseplants, lawn, landscape and garden need to have some kind of food for energy to live and grow.
- Blossoming Patios - Growing Plants in Small Spaces
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] You can enjoy a garden of colorful flowers or nourishing vegetables even if you only have a small space. With container gardening, you can make a garden in the smallest of apartments. You can choose from a seemingly endless number of styles and colors of containers to hold your plants.
- Get Your YaYa's Out After Dark With Outdoor Lights
[Home-Improvement:Lighting] There is no reason why you shouldn't be able to enjoy time outdoors once the sun goes down. Especially in the summertime, entertaining guests outdoors is a great pastime. To make these experiences more pleasant and safe, you can install outdoor lighting.
- Ponds Add Beauty and Class to Your Garden
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Backyard ponds are great additions to any landscaping garden. The pond immediately becomes a focal point for anyone who sees your yard. Your kids will love the pond, especially if there are fish.
- Low Voltage and Solar Powered Lighting Myths
[Home-Improvement:Lighting] The popularity of using outdoor lighting to show off one's home or landscape at night is growing. Besides the benefit of looking nice, the lights also serve the purpose of increasing safety. Lights will help you avoid tripping, while also deterring dangerous individuals from coming around your home.
- Mulch - Water's Moisture Buddy
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] If there is a drought, your landscape and garden will surely feel the effects. There are some things you can do conserve water during or before a drought to help.
- No Rules - Get Creative With Outdoor Lighting!
[Home-Improvement:Lighting] Creative landscaping can make your home or business stand out in a positive way from surrounding areas. It will only be visible during the daylight hours though. This is a very short time in the winter especially.
- Creating New Houseplants From Leaf Cuttings
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] You can propagate plants in multiple different ways, including leaf cuttings, seeds, etc. You can use leaf cuttings to propagate African violets and Gloxinia. Leaf cutting is when you cut the leaf where it joins the stem.
- Landscape and Walkways - A Perfect Couple
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Walkways are very important to your garden. Not only do they create a clear path for you or guests to walk through and admire the plants, but paths are necessary to give you access to remote areas of your garden to water and care for the plants.
- Discover Low Cost Subtle Lighting Solutions for Nighttime Landscape Fun!
[Home-Improvement:Lighting] It is common for people to like to be outside at night to enjoy gazing at the moon and stars. To be able to fully be comfortable outside in your yard at night, however, you'll need to add some lighting. You will be stumbling around your yard without lights.
- The Solar Wedding Connection - Lighting the Vows
[Relationships:Wedding] Today's selection of outdoor lighting is vast. When chosen wisely, lights used in a landscape can add an extra dimension of creativity to your yard, garden, or business.
- Indoor House Plants - Easy on the Fertilizer
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The most popular type of plants for indoor gardening are tropical plants. They work so well because they are beautiful, easy to care for, and drought tolerant.
- Six Factors To Grow House Plants Successfully
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Even though plenty of plants grow well without direct sunlight, all plants need some kind of light to grow. Photosynthesis is a necessary process of plant growth, and light is the main ingredient.
- Small Yard Landscaping - Challenge In Design
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] You do not have to have acres and acres of land to be able to landscape well. With the proper techniques, you can create a beautiful garden in a very small area.
- The Gentle Art of Landscaping
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Watching a seed sprout and become a mature plant brings you very close to nature. It is natural for humans to be positively effected by this experience.
- Growing House Plants - Professional Equipment Not Required!
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] After you become successful at maintaining houseplants in your home, you will likely feel the need to take your gardening a step further. The next step is to create plants yourself.
- Energy Efficient Home - Unhealthy Home?
[Home-Improvement:Energy-Efficiency] As tightly insulated as your home may be, there is no complete protection of keeping perfectly clean air in while keeping polluted air out. If you have ever had wildfires around your home, this becomes clear. You can smell the smoke in your house no matter what you do.
- No Green Thumb? You Can Learn
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Anyone can be successful at growing indoor plants, with a true desire to be learn in order to be successful. Also, your home must have adequate conditions that allow your to grow indoors. If you live in a basement with no light, you will need to add artificial lighting.
- Nature's Best - Natural Pest Control
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] You may be surprised to know how much we can use nature to help with little problems that can occur. You can cultivate certain plants in your garden to help with these things.
- A Touch of Brilliance - Water Gardening in a Small City Space
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] When you think of water lilies and water hyacinths being grown in a garden, you may picture them in large pools or ponds. They grow just as well in containers, though.
- Smart Plant Shoppers Follow These Helpful Tips Shopping for Plants
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] There is a lot of information to think about when shopping for plants. It can all be confusing or overwhelming, and you certainly don't want to go back to the store to return things or go through the process again to add to what you bought.
- Tips For Great Bloomers - We're Not Talking Underwear
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Nurturing flowers can be very therapeutic and relaxing, and can be a great form of expression for anyone who loves the outdoors. To successfully grow plants takes knowledge and respect for nature.
- Bonsai Ficus Starting A Century Old Hobby
[Home-and-Family:Crafts-Hobbies] The ficus tree is easier to grow then most exotic plants, so it is a favorite among bonsai enthusiasts and is used regularly by bonsai masters to teach their students about the art form. You do not need to be receiving an education from a bonsai master to get a ficus tree and start learning about bonsai trees on your own. If you are interested in miniature trees, it is a great way to experiment.
- Orchids - How to Grow Them on Your Windowsill
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Learning how to grow orchids requires a good book to teach you, but the following tips will help as well. Orchids are very classy plants that represent love and commitment. They are often used for wedding or as corsages at school dances.
- Nature Friendly House Plants Anyone Can Grow
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Almost anything that grows from a seed or bulb and can fit inside your home and grow in a pot can be considered a houseplant. You can grow anything from tropical orchids to cacti.
- Call It Hardscaping - Designing With Landscape Rocks
[Home-Improvement:Stone-Brick] If you are trying to add depth and texture to your landscape, natural stone is a great choice. The size, color, textures, and type of rocks vary greatly however. You will have to narrow them down based upon your design.
- Devil Is In The Details - Landscaping and Microclimates
[Home-Improvement:House-Plans] You need to make a detailed plan before you start creating microclimates. You should begin by fining a bush or tree that will naturally grow fast in your area to create shade. To find out what naturally grows, check to see what plants are on undeveloped land.
- Landscaping and Lawn Care - A Business or DIY
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you are looking to leave your regular job and work for yourself, an excellent option is to start a lawn care business. The high demand for services and possibility of a good return should provide you with a steady income and great financial returns.
- Inground Pools - Designs For Every Home
[Home-Improvement:Patio-Deck] An inground pool can be a great addition to any yard, adding a great focal point for entertainment. If you are thinking of adding a pool, there are many different designs for you to choose from. First of all, you will need to choose a material.
- Self Watering Planters - Less Work For Garden Beauty
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you love having plants grow in or around your home, but don't have the time to always be there to water them, the invention of self watering garden planters are perfect for you. The plants
will grow as if they were receiving daily care from you, but you'll hardly have to do anything.
- Houseplant Pest - How Can We Control Them
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Ideally you'd like to keep all insects out of your home, for your own comfort and safety. It's important to keep them away from your houseplants as well.
- House Plants Watering - How Much Is The Right Amount?
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Most houseplants can get the light and nutrients that they need on their own, but because it doesn't rain indoors, it is up to the plant owner to provide them with water.
- Highly Recommended - Give Indoor Plants Proper Care All Year Round
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] You need to take care of your plants in some way for the whole year, but the activities that you need to do differ from season to season. There's a growing season from late spring to early summer, followed by the tapering off season into early fall, and then a dormant winter.
- The Mother-in-Law You'll Love in Your Home - Easy Care Sansevieria Plant
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] The Sansevieria plant, more commonly known as the Snake Plant or Mother-In-Laws Tongue, are very easy to grow and maintain. There are about 60 different species of this plant that originates in Africa.
- Stress Relief - A Tranquil Landscaped Pool and Patio
[Home-Improvement:Patio-Deck] A pool can add a wide variety of options for creatively landscaping your yard. You can think of it as one big water feature that you will plant things around.
- No Excuses - Get Started in Container Gardening
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you have a natural inclination to garden, but live in an apartment or somewhere with little space to have a full garden, you can still grow plants by using containers. They can be hung, or set on your patio, window sill, or balcony. Adding some greenery to your home will instantly make it look nicer.
- Hydroponics - Clean Growing for Houseplants Indoors
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Hydroponics is not anymore complicated than other types of plant care. Plants still require the basics of proper light, water, temperature, and humidity.
- Quick Tips for Choosing the Best Houseplants
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] There is something refreshing about lush plants inside a home or office. They help to clean the air, look beautiful, and give a calming, uplifting aura. A home without houseplants is missing out on a vital element in decorating. You'll have to do some research before adding houseplants though.
- Houseplants - Do They Have To Live Indoors?
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Some plants need the shelter of 4 walls and others survive indoors or outdoors. You can also find a variety of plants that need the outdoor elements to do well. Before you move plants indoors do some research before deciding which plants to have indoors and or outdoors.
- Show Passion, Be Bold Say It All With Color
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] The colors of the flowers you choose can say as much as the card! The colors you choose can say a lot to the individual who will receive them. Some flowers say celebrate, others love and sometimes a way to say sorry or a sympathy message...
- Watch Out Exotics Living in Your Home - Houseplants
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Adding color to your house or interior can be as simple as adding some houseplants. The act of taking care of another living thing can be mentally lifting, plus houseplants clean the air at the same time. If you choose easy to care for plants, you won't even spend much time or effort on keeping them healthy. The most versatile plants need zero fertilizer and can thrive under a variety of lighting conditions.
- Plant Terrorist - Garden Pests! - The Battlefield of Nature
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Every plant owner hates going outside to check their plants and suddenly find holes in them. These holes come natures plant pests such as slugs, worms, caterpillars, birds, snails, and gophers. Getting rid of these pest completely is next to impossible, but you can take action to make your plants and effort rewarding!
- New Home, New Views for Apartment Dwellers!
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] When apartment dwellers make the move to a house they quickly realize how much more space they have over the old cramped apartment. Instead of no space and only bare necessities, they now have lots of space like a a guest bedroom, home office, basement, garage, and a sizable backyard of their own. It's difficult to know where to begin with landscaping for the first time home and yard owner.
- New Home Landscaping Intimidating? Quick Steps for Smart Landscaping!
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Landscaping a new home or simply beautifying your existing residence can be intimidating. Hiring professionals to help you get started is smart. Professionals will know what plants work best in your soil, and what plants to avoid. They approach the landscaping process by testing the soil, making a plan, researching plants, planting and caring for the plants, making the job much easier and more likely to succeed than trying it on your own.
- How to Safely Spray Pesticide
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Pesticides certainly have positive and negative aspects. On one hand, they keep plants alive by killing insects that would injure the plant or the plants fruit. On the other hand, if used improperly, they can kill more than just the insects by polluting the environment. By carefully applying the chemicals, you can avoid infecting the plant itself.
- Exotic Indoor Color - Bird Of Paradise Flower
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] What a marvelous plant the bird of paradise flower is! It is very colorful and unique. The large long-stemmed flowers look like a real bird emerging out of irregularly shaped green leaves that look like boats.
- Fall Gardening - Extending the Growing Season
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Because of the risk of early frosts which could harm the plants, most gardeners don't even think about gardening in the fall. Fall gardening, however, can give you wonderful vegetable crops and make your growing season much longer. The vegetables often taste different in the fall, which can be an interesting and welcomed change. They tent to taste sweeter and milder.
- Setting the Mood - Turn on The Lights Inside and Out!
[Home-Improvement:Lighting] Lighting can add interest and mood to anything that it is shone upon. Dim lighting can be used to add romance, and lights at night can make activities possible that would otherwise have to wait until the next day.
- Wintering Your Rose Garden - An Important Fall Routine
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you live somewhere where it gets quite cold in the winter, it can be very difficult to have roses survive through the season. Even though it is difficult, it is certainly possible, no matter where you live or how harsh the winter is. Buying and planting very resilient varieties such as Explorer, Parkland, and Buck roses helps.
- Practically Indestructible Houseplants - Spider Plants
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Spider plants make great houseplants because they are easy to care for and look beautiful. They live very long lives, and are more tolerant to over and under watering than most other plants.
- How to Create an Outdoor Sanctuary - Built For You
[Home-Improvement:Patio-Deck] A sanctuary - a place where you can go to forget about problems, reflect on positive things, and enjoy nature, peace, and solitude. A sanctuary can be closer than the nearest national park and it can be in your own backyard garden.
- 3 Quick Tips for Proper Lawn Care
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] It's a common sight in the evenings to see neighbors working on their lawns. This fact shows how important it is in our culture to have a nice yard. A healthy lawn will make your home more inviting and will add value to your property. The following steps will help you have the nicest lawn possible.
- Pruning Below the Deck - Root Pruning Houseplants
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] House plants need to be pruned, not only above the soil, but below as well. Once a plant is as large as you would like, the soil around the roots needs to be renewed from time to time. Cutting back the roots is the only way to do this without transplanting the plant.
- The Art to Preparing Rose Cuttings Properly
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] In the Victorian era, when immigrants traveled from Europe to the United States looking for a better life, they brought cuttings of roses from their gardens to plant them in the new land. Even today, using rose cuttings to propagate new plants is a simple and fun project that is rather easy for any gardener.
- Creating Your Own Island of Grass - Nurturing a Lawn of Bermuda Grass
[Home-Improvement] Bermuda grass is ideal for warm climates. It is very attractive and easy to take care of, and will be great for your landscape. It is great for walking around barefoot. Bermuda grass was imported to the US from Africa, and thrives from attitudes of forty-five degrees north to forty-five degrees south.
- Spanking Rose Disease - 5 Tips to Head Off Diseases On Roses
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] It's important that you work to prevent diseases before they start, rather than waiting until the roses have them before you try to fix it. Problems that can occur are Japanese mildew, powdery mildew, black spot, pest problems, and more. You can play a major part in preventing your rose plants from getting these in the first place by following the five suggestions below.
- Lethal Beauty - 5 Tips for Beginner Rose Garden Growers
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] As opposed to what you may think about the effort it takes to plant and care for roses, it is actually quite easy to care for them. Some types of roses, such as roses planted for exhibition, are difficult to work with, but most rose varieties will provide you with beautiful scenery, pleasant smells, and enjoyment.
- Conserve Water In Your Landscape - Xeriscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] If you live in areas of the world that are naturally dry, or that often have droughts, xeriscaping may be great for your landscaping. By definition, xeriscaping is the act of landscaping using plants that need little water, or using water more efficiently in your landscaping. Xeriscaping is often seen in the dry, semi-arid land west of the Rocky Mountains. Even in the desert, you can have a beautiful landscape without using too much valuable (and expensive) water.
- Organic Gardening - Battling Pests With Companion Plants
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you've decided, whether for your own health, or the health of
the earth and animals in general, to try organic gardening, you
may notice that you are having trouble controlling pests,
diseases, and other problems without the use of chemicals.
Luckily, there are natural techniques...
- 10 Tips For Growing Container Roses
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Think you have no room for roses? Think again! Roses come in many shapes and sizes.
Even when your space is tight you can grow container roses in any space. Here are
ten tips to help you when growing container roses!
- 5 Tips For a Better Looking Landscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] It's no secret that landscaping can be expensive. Saving money
while still having a good looking property is very important.
Landscaping can make your home look great, while at the same time
get you out in the fresh air for some exercise. It's possible to
save money and improve your health by landscaping yourself, but
what if it turns out poorly?
- How to Blend Lawn Care and Landscaping
[Home-Improvement] To define the difference between Lawn Care and landscaping, you
must look into what each one entails. Lawn care is completely
vegetative, while landscaping includes inclines, drainage, rocks, lights, plants, trees
and bodies of water.
- Save Some Coin! - A Guide to DIY Lawn Care
[Home-Improvement:DIY] A great looking lawn and its care is possible for anyone, not just for professionals.
With an awareness of the issues that deal with proper lawn care
and health, you can easily take care of your lawn yourself and
save a lot of money that you would pay someone else to do the
same job.
- No Space or Time - Perfect For Designing Container Gardens
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] If you love gardens, but haven't been able to create one because
of lack of space or time, a container garden can be the perfect
small scale alternative. Container Gardens aren't a new
invention, but the idea has recently...
- Stress Killers - Simple Relaxing Benefits of Water Gardening
[Health-and-Fitness] After a long day of work, whether at your desk or doing manual labor, would you like to have a mellow place to escape to in order to rejuvenate yourself and to forget about stress from your job? One way to gain this luxury is to buy a home in the country near a pond, stream, or the ocean. The cost of doing this, however...
- Outdoor Living - Investing Beyond 4 Walls
[Home-Improvement] When you hear the term "Outdoor Living" what is the first thing that pops into your mind; picnic tables, plastic mismatched chairs and the smell of burgers cooking on the hibachi. For many living outdoors confines them and their thoughts to a small patio area with a couple of old plants and their college patio furniture. In today's world outdoor living means pushing.
- 5 Tips for Lawn Envy - Building a Dream Lawn
[Home-Improvement] The sounds of engines breaking the silence of Saturday morning and the smell of freshly cut grass tells everyone that summer is in full swing. Up and down the neighborhood people keep an eye
out for the fine manicured lawn with the must beautiful lush grass. But for every lawn the neighbors envy, ten others struggle, fight and battle their grass with problems, stress and frustration. For some the idea of artificial grass would solve all their lawn problems.
- Home Improvement - Adding Water Features In The Landscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Take almost any garden and simply add the element of water to it
with a water feature and the look and feel will almost
immediately be improved. Water adds a sense of calm and serenity
to a garden. With so many choices in a variety of different forms
and sizes, water makes a wonderful addition to sitting areas, or
within private garden spaces.
- Five Letter Word Homeowners Do Not Understand - Mulch
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Many homeowners new to the world of outdoor plants fail to
understand the part of mulch and the importance it plays in the
landscape around flowers, trees, shrubs and plants. It does not
matter what kind of landscaping or gardening is your passion:
container gardening, flower or vegetable gardening, or planting
trees and bushes, putting mulch around garden beds helps plants
and you in a number of ways.
- Decorating in the Small - Landscaping Small Spaces
[Home-Improvement:Patio-Deck] Landscaping and gardening can be a challenge on its own, but when the space is small the challenge can become greater. May times we can think the small space and lack of room simply has no potential. Remove that thought right now! Gardens can be created and enjoyed in almost any size space - the only thing required is imagination!
- Decorating a Bed - Groundcover Plants, Flowers, Ferns and Vines
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Groundcovers can dress up, cover up and add a finishing touch to
a landscape bed. Groundcovers also offer a convenient way to blend
or hide landscape speakers, low voltage lighting and soften the
lines of a large landscape rock.
- Increase Worker Productivity with Indoor House Plants
[Business] Do the plants in your home or office see little respect... you do
have plants in the home or office - right?
That peace lily may provide much more than white flowers and
green leaves. Live plants may increase worker productivity and
reduce stress!
- Backyard Home Design - Outdoor Ponds Add Intrigue To A Landscape
[Home-Improvement] One water feature growing in popularity is the backyard pond. It
is not uncommon today the find a well cared for lawn and a small
pond to add some landscape design intrigue. Not only are these
ponds a great addition to the backyard visually, but also can
sooth the senses and be filled year round with plant and animal
life.
- Outdoor Home Decorating - Lights, Accents and Decor
[Home-Improvement:Lighting] How can you add some more "punch" to your landscape and make it unique? Try a little exterior decorating! Just like decorating the inside of your house adding some features to dress things up
can be fun. But decorating outdoors is no different than decorating indoors. To achieve the "look" and reaction you want. A home with lots of clutter inside looks unkempt and so does a landscape appear unattractive and distracting with lots of things going on.
- Home Remodeling Outdoors - Creating Private Garden Spaces
[Home-Improvement] Creating your own private garden is not only fun but offers years of pleasure and enjoyment as you watch nature come together. Private gardens in reality create almost an outdoor room extending the
home outdoors. It becomes almost a sanctuary to get away from but also a great place to spend time with friends and show off! The garden gives a place to get away from the daily grind of life.
- Going Natural Organic - Natural Fertilizers and Plant Foods
[Health-and-Fitness] Going organic with natural fertilizer is not as difficult as you
may think. It is possible to improve the flavor of the vegetables
you plants by grouping some plants together. By planting selected
varieties together insects, diseases and other common pests can
be reduced. However, you can also fertilize naturally and receive
plant benefits.
- Landscape Speakers - Home Improvement Outdoors
[Shopping-and-Product-Reviews] How would you like to have you own intimate concert complete with a fine glass of wine and twinkling stars? Now you can move the concert outdoors with the audio technology available today with outdoor landscape speakers.
- Increase Property Value With Pool Landscaping
[Home-Improvement:Swimming-Pools-Spas] A pool not only adds value to a home but also makes the backyard a place for relaxing and fun. Combining a pool and landscaping can increase the property value dollar for dollar spent.
- Organic Gardening - What About Natural Pest Control
[Home-Improvement:Pest-Control] Many gardeners new to the organic gardening world get confused and frustrated with, pests control. They stress over naturally controlling and figuring out the best method to control garden pests and bugs. This does not apply only gardens...
- Investing Tips for Landscape Rock
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Ready to invest a little in your landscape and make it
shine but also look unique? Heres how! Adding landscape rock to a
current, well-designed landscape can change the complete look and
feel. The addition of rock to a landscape often provides the
finishing touch in separating a good landscape design from a
great landscaping design.
- Decorative Planters - New Trends?
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] How do you select plant containers for decoration? Do you go with durability, color availability or low maintenance? The success of design with houseplants and the proper selection of decorative containers go hand in hand.
- Organic Gardening Soil - Tips to Create a Healthy Foundation
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Growing plants, vines, flowers, trees, fruits and vegetables and just about anything else you put in the ground with all natural methods most people would refer to as organic gardening. Gardening the organic way means the use of pesticides, chemicals or other environmentally unfriendly substances used to produce fruit and foliage are never used. Organics are normally
associated with...
- Landscape Failure Why Some Landscapes Thrive and Others Fail
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] A landscape is an integrated system made up of grass, trees, rocks, flowers and shrubs along with mowing, mulching, pest control, fertilizing and watering. All the pieces of this nature
puzzle work together...
- Make Your Landscape Tropical Tips For a Tropical Garden Anywhere
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Over the past few years the idea of a tropical garden has become popular. Plants used to create this tropical look come with lots of color, as an extra bonus the plants carry a unique look all their own. Color and unique looks can make these plants more appealing to garden lovers in areas of the country where many gardeners plant and use the same type of material.
- Home Decoration - Keep It Simple and Modern
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Your home can not only be dressed with houseplants but today's generation of plants and decorative containers offer a selections far surpassing those of only a few years ago. With the
introduction of self watering pots, planters and containers, items never considered as "planters" now open an array of design possibilities.
- Home Improvement - Garden Center Tips for Best Buys
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Do you enjoy strolling through the local garden center to see what is new like I do? All the major chains like Lowe's Home Depot, Wal-Mart and Target all have the garden departments with a wide variety of plants, pots, rocks, soils, fertilizers and garden tools.
- Interior Decorating - Create Greater Impact with Houseplants
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Would you like to show off your house plants for greater impact
and use smaller plants to achieve the look? Learn how you can do
it in simple ways starting today.
- Pimp Your Plant Watering With Self Watering Containers
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Do you and your houseplants constantly battle? Do house plants
always seem to find a way to die soon after you bring them home?
Does your plant care need help? Ready to fix the problem?
- Kill Some Plants - Become a House Plant Care Expert
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] While working on information for a our eBook on Dracaenas a
request was made for people who had been growing their Dracaena
indoors for more than three years. I wanted to see what all the
replies had in common.
In general, most have been enjoying their Dracaena(s) for 4-7
years. In fact, their Dracaena has almost...
- What Compound Interest and Ficus Tree Care Have in Common
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Compound interest has been called the eighth wonder of the world. However, seldom will you find much talk at a cocktail party discussing the amazing long term results of money as it compounds
over time. The whole process is boring. Keep doing the same thing - putting money away - and over time the results are nothing short of amazing.
- Home Improvement Found at the Mall - Ficus Benjamina
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] One way to learn plant care, find new varieties of plants and do some home improvement with houseplants happens at the mall.
- Plant Watering - Essentials for Success with Houseplants and Landscape
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] If house plants could talk many would scream - "Stop The Water."
One of the Top 3 or 4 reasons houseplants die comes from too much
water.
- Watering House Plants All A Part of Houseplant Care
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] In general most house plants are watered from the top, however, watering plants from above may not be the best for a few reasons. The leaves on house plants like the African violet may become spotted or damaged. Of course it's difficult to thoroughly water plants from above without some water splashing on the leaves.
- Backyard Landscaping - Decks, Audio and Flowering Trees
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] The design of any landscape requires planning, but as well
planned and beautiful the end result may be, in the end the whole
landscape plan must meet the needs of the homeowner. Each an
every homeowner carries a different mindset with what they want
to do with the landscape of their home.
- Landscape Ideas and Design - Success Requires Planning and Action
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] Watching the news it won't take long until you'll hear talk of
the "Green" movement. This focus on all things green is not new,
back in the 1970's we experienced a craze where everyone wanted
green plant indoors. This eye toward green zeros in on protecting
our planet and it natural resources.
- When To Water House Plants - The Right Answer
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Recently, I was asked, "What is the most common question you
get on caring for house plants?" The answer without a doubt
be "How much do I water my plant?" I wish I could give a
simple answer but I can't. The easy reply would be "once
per week" or "every day", but then that advice wouldn't be
useful.
- Making The Most of Your Landscape - Indoors and Out
[Home-Improvement:Landscaping-Outdoor-Decorating] When buying a new house or rehabbing an old one, every bit of space is important, especially in today's smaller yards and tighter living areas. But, it's still possible to make every inch of your property usable and attractive.
- Peace Lilly Brown Tips on the Leaves Why?
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] The "Peace Lilly" is a beautiful plant, with dark green leaves boosting bright
white flowers the down side they can get brown tips on the end of the leaves.
Why? There are lots of reasons the tips may turn brown. Everything from
over-watering, under-watering, heat exposure, too much fertilizer, or a
combination of these factors, can cause your peace lily to have brown tips.
Throw in a mix of the different varieties and Peace Lily confusion sets in.
- Cactus Succulents Houseplants and Watering - How They Differ
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Cacti and other Succulents, find their native habitat in areas and conditions
described as dry and desert like where the rainfall is limited, yet the plants
can survive and come with beautiful flowers.
- Bring on the Margaritas - Growing Container Citrus Indoors and Outdoors
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Even if you don't live in Florida or California and have less than suitable conditions or space is an issue you can still enjoy citrus trees - grow them in containers for use outdoors on the patio or as a houseplant.
- Separating Pups of Bromeliad - Reblooming Bromeliads
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Bromeliads are a popular house plant and many people wonder how they can make
them reflower and enjoy the long lasting colors again to brighten their home.
Does this sound like you?
- Inside Secrets - Low Light Indoor Plants and Indoor Air Temperature
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] During the winter when outside temperatures head lower, most indoor air
temperatures run lower also. Low light for indoor plants is a whole other area
you and your houseplants must deal with.
- Inside Secrets on Indoor House Plants - Buying Tips and Things to Watch For
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] When the heat of summer finally says goodbye and the temperatures begin to fall, indoor house plants begin to get noticed again. Hopefully you have removed any old leaves and cleaned the remaining leaves so they can efficiently pick up all the light available during the winter months.
- What Happens To Hardy Tropical Plants When It Gets Too Cold?
[Home-and-Family:Gardening] Many people love to put their houseplants outside for the summer. A problem arises when they forget to mark the calendar and bring the plants inside before the temperatures begin to drop. Plus plants need to acclimate to the new surroundings. What do you when if the plant gets too cold?
- Home Improvement with Flowers - Tips for Longer Lasting Color
[Home-Improvement:Interior-Design-and-Decorating] Outside it may be getting cooler but inside, you can always have a tropical garden, just add some flowers. Orchids and bromeliads are a great addition. The moth orchid can give months of color and beautiful flowers, plus its easy to
care for.
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