High Density Gardening

While surveying your property for choosing the best location for your rose garden, be sure the area has full sunlight. Remember, roses love sunshine. Roses need at least 6 hours of sunlight to grow and blossom. When you are taking up rose gardening for the first time, you should consider getting advice from your local [...]

As spring time approaches, there are a few things that you can do to prepare your pond for this amazing time. Remember that spring is the best time to perform pond maintenance and prepare for a fruitful summer for your fish, plants, and yourself.
First of all, in order to avoid disturbing the life that is [...]

Complete your garden with style
Garden Finials, statues and weather vanes are all a great way to complete the look to your outdoor home.
Many people expand their homes from just decorating the inside of their house to also decorating the outside. It makes sense. If you are paying a mortgage on a yard and a home, [...]

A lot of negative publicity has hounded rose gardening, mostly criticism about the difficulty in growing and keeping them. However, this should not deter you. You can easily get accustomed to rose gardening, and the rewards are quite fragrant and beautiful, to say the least.
Deciding what type of rose to plant is the first step [...]

Most gardening fanatics suffer from the biggest problem that can nip their hobby in the bud – lack of space. However, what most people do not know is that they can easily practice gardening in whatever little space they have. Gardening can be done in a balcony, on a patio, or even on a windowsill [...]

The term organic gardening means gardening without using any synthetic pesticides or fertilizers. Apart from that, everything else is the same. Not using synthetic materials does make controlling pests, insects, weeds and even some diseases different from the usual methods. Also, special care needs to be taken to keep the soil healthy and meet nutritional [...]

Okay. You’ve bought your roses and they’re all lined up, ready for planting. You’ve amended your soil and it is just waiting to receive your roses. All you need to do is stick them in the ground, right? Not quite. You don’t want to rush this part… planting your roses properly will ensure they get [...]

You visit the local farmer’s market on a whim, stroll past vegetable stands, herb bunches, and flower bouquets. Finally, your eyes fixate on a huge tomato that’s bigger than both of your hands put together. It pulls you toward it; you lift it in your palms up to your nose and inhale all the sweetness [...]

Today I started a bokashi composting bin. I have added a sprinkling of activated bran in the bottom of the bin and started adding vegetable scraps and some raw chicken which was cut off when preparing tea last night. Once I have put everything in, I added another sprinkling of bran and sealed the container. [...]