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Joined EzineArticles on May 5, 2010 7 Winter Flowers to Brighten Up Your Garden
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: December 14, 2010
During the winter it is important to include flowering plants into your garden to prevent it looking drab. Evergreens and winter vines will help add depth and foliage into your garden and flowering shrubs will add colour and help bring your garden to life.
Children's Gardening Activities - 10 Fun Activities for the Whole Family to Enjoy
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: December 1, 2010
There are many gardening activities that your family can enjoy together. You can learn together where food comes from and how to do your bit for the environment by recycling your household waste. Getting your children interested in the garden from an early age will not keep them entertained but also help in their development and improve their learning skills.
Simple Greenhouse Guide
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: November 22, 2010
Buying a greenhouse will help you prolong the growing period in your garden. Big or small a greenhouse is a wonderful addition to any garden. They allow you to propagate plants and control the growing temperature inside. Before you make your purchase here are a few key things you need to have thought about before you decide which one to buy.
Christmas Garden Gift Ideas
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: November 10, 2010
Are you looking for garden gift ideas? Here we have compiled a list of great Christmas garden gift ideas that are perfect for him, her and for your children.
How to Maintain a Wooden Climbing Frame
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: October 21, 2010
Wooden Climbing Frames are expensive pieces of outdoor equipment. When purchasing a climbing frame you want to ensure that you buy a quality timber frame that will last the entirety of your son or daughter childhood. Here are a few of the common climbing frame maintenance questions and our solutions.
Use a Polytunnel to Protect Your Plants From Frost
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: October 6, 2010
A polytunnel is a fantastic alternative to a greenhouse or coldframe for keeping your plants protected during the cold winter months. A polytunnel cloche is far cheaper than other methods of plant protection and can be placed directly over a plant in your garden meaning that your plant does not need to be uprooted and moved.
6 Advantages of Using a Garden Cloche
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: October 6, 2010
Protect your plants from harsh weather and frosts with a garden cloche. You may not be familar with the tem cloche but the chances are you will have stumbled across a garden cloche before in a garden or nursery. Made from plastic or glass a garden cloche covers and protects your plants from the elements.
How to Store Firewood
Home Improvement: Storage Garage • Published: September 29, 2010
Using a log store is the best way to keep your firewood dry and maximise the heat output of your logs. Read this article to learn more about firewood storage.
Designing a Contemporary Family Garden
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: September 13, 2010
A family garden must incorporate an adequate level of practicality as well as looking good. You all can benefit from a well planned garden maximising the fun and relaxation time spent in your garden. When planning the design of your contemporary family garden there are many things to initially consider. Think carefully about who will be using your garden, what activities they will want to do and how this will change in years to come.
September Gardening Tasks
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: September 7, 2010
With summer gone, September is the month the begin preparing your garden for the winter and the colder months ahead. During this month there are plenty of gardening jobs which need completing. In autumn you should be getting your plants ready for the winter, harvesting fruit and vegetables and also planting spring bulbs ready for next year.
Using a Raised Bed in Your Garden - The Advantages
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: September 2, 2010
A raised bed or planter allows you to grow plants wherever you would like within your garden. Instead of being restricted to grow plants at ground level you can also grow different plants in a raised bed. A raised bed is simply an area of soil that is higher than the surrounding level of soil. You can purchase a ready-made raised bed which is often called a planter or alternatively you can build your own using wood or plastic.
Find Out Which Type of Garden Shed is Right For You
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: August 23, 2010
A quick guide to the pros and cons of each type of garden shed. Find out the advantages and disadvantages of buying a metal shed, wooden shed or plastic shed.
Which Wooden Shed to Buy?
Home Improvement: Storage Garage • Published: August 23, 2010
Do you want to purchase a new wooden garden shed to store your tools, lawn mower, barbecue and garden furniture in? Here are the key considerations to be made before you buy.
Garden Sharing Schemes - The Facts
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: August 20, 2010
Garden sharing schemes have been arising all over the UK. The aim of garden sharing projects is to pair up people who can no longer cope with their gardens with local green fingered neighbours who are desperate to get stuck in but have no or little green space of their own.
Maximise Your Flowers Blooming Potential
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: July 28, 2010
There is nothing more beautiful than a garden in full bloom during the summer. The colours and the smells are simply divine. A flowerless garden on the other hand looks dull and drained of life and energy. Find out how you maximise your plants to increase their bloom, encourage more flowers and increase the longevity of your plants bloom.
Finding the Perfect Bistro Set For Your Garden Or Balcony
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: July 21, 2010
If you live in a flat with a terrace or balcony or own a small garden a Bistro set is the perfect compact garden furniture set that will allow you to dine outdoors. An attractive Bistro set offers a practical solution for dining alfresco or sitting with friends having drinks outdoors. There are many beautifully designed two seater furniture sets that will increase your gardens overall look and design instead of making it feel overcrowded like some larger furniture sets can do. There are many different types of bistro set available that vary in size, shape, material and colour.
July Gardening Jobs and Tasks - Learn About Summer Gardening
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: July 13, 2010
Here is my quick guide to all of the gardening jobs you need to do this month. I have broken it down into simple categories which include greenhouse jobs, fruit and veg tasks, flowers and other small chores around the garden which will keep your garden looking fabulous!
How to Stop Birds Eating Your Tomatoes
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: July 8, 2010
Growing your own fruit and vegetables is incredibly rewarding. Not only do you have the satisfaction of eating your own produce, you will reduce your food bill and also taste far better fruit and vegetables.
The Parent's Guide to Wooden Climbing Frames and Metal Climbing Frames
Book Reviews: Home Garden • Published: July 7, 2010
It is difficult to decide which type of climbing frame is best for your children. If your children have been nagging you for a new play frame don't simply rush out and buy the first one you see in a children's mega store or at the local garden centre.
Most Important Features of a Garden Bench
Home Improvement: Landscaping Outdoor Decorating • Published: July 7, 2010
If you are planning to purchase a new garden bench shortly, consider the following important factors that you must consider before making your purchase.
Glorious Garden Arches
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: July 7, 2010
A garden arch has the ability to bring your garden to life and make a huge difference in the look and feel of your garden. A garden arch allows you to add additional height and depth to your flower beds and also create vertical trails of foliage in places where it would not be possible without a garden arch.
Organic Worm Farming, Making Your Own Plant Food
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: July 7, 2010
Wormeries are a box system that contain a special type of composting worms that devour your kitchen waste and newspapers, creating fantastic food for your indoor and outdoor plants. A wormery enables you to stop sending as much rubbish to landfill sites, using a wormery is quick, easy, extremely environmentally friendly and not to mention free!
Wonderful Wellington Boots
Shopping and Product Reviews: Fashion Style • Published: July 7, 2010
Wellington boots or wellies as they are now often referred to were worn and made popular by Arthur Wellesley the 1st Duke of Wellington. Today wellies are worn by all ages from the avid gardener, farmer and dog walker to the masses of festival goes who enjoy stomping around in muddy fields listening to the latest bands.
Alternative Ways to Water Your Lawn During a Hose Pipe Ban
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: July 5, 2010
Is your lawn suffering in this drought? Lack of water can cause your lawn to become brown and dry.
5 Top Spring Bulbs
Home and Family: Gardening • Published: July 3, 2010
Spring bulbs need to be planted in the autumn before to ensure that you have a spring garden full of bloom. Buy your bulbs now ready so that the bulbs can be planted in your flower beds, planters or raised beds.