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- Different Varieties And Uses Of Onions
Mar 20, 2010
Have you ever come home from work dog-tired on a cool evening and smelled fried potatoes and onions? In my book, they belong alongside freshly...
Category: Gardening
- The Culture Of Grape
Mar 18, 2010
The classic example of long life in grape culture is the famous grape vine in Hampton Court, England, known to be hundreds of years old, with a...
Category: Gardening
- Landscaping To Complement Architecture And Minimize Maintenance
Mar 11, 2010
The more modern a building is in design, the fewer plants are likely to be required for the front foundation planting. Most buildings of this type...
Category: Landscaping
- Tips On Successfully Planting
Mar 8, 2010
Probably no feature on the average American home grounds is more abused by being over-planted than the so called "foundation planting." There is...
Category: Gardening
- Drawing A Landscape Plan
Mar 8, 2010
In drawing a landscape plan, always make the circles that indicate plants of such size that they represent the ultimate spread of the specimens. In...
Category: Landscaping
- Protecting Plant During Spring, Winter And Summer Seasons
Mar 1, 2010
The drip line of your roof is an important factor in locating foundation plants even in regions which do not get much or any snow and ice. Falling...
Category: Landscaping
- The Safe And Simple Way Of Propagating Plants
Feb 28, 2010
Layering is a safe, sure, simple way to increase many types of plants, and particularly the climbers and danglers with which this book is...
Category: Gardening
- Herbs And Vegetables Winter Care
Feb 27, 2010
House Plants need a little more watchful care through the winter months. Keep them from cold drafts. Water the more tender species with tepid water...
Category: Gardening
- Take Care Of Plants And Trees To Keep This World Alive
Feb 22, 2010
The average 50 foot lot has space for at least a half dozen fruits. Take advantage of them. Use them where you would shade trees. You get both...
Category: Gardening
- Give Time For Trees And The Environment This Christmas
Feb 19, 2010
More and more home owners are buying a choice shrub for use as the Yuletide tree and then planting it in the garden following the holidays. This...
Category: Gardening
- Tips On Where To Grow A Living Christmas Tree
Feb 17, 2010
Many gardeners like to plant living Christmas trees in their yards. From the standpoint of good landscape design these trees are too often...
Category: Gardening
- The Symbol Of Happiness
Feb 16, 2010
Christmas trees for indoor and outdoor decoration during the Yule season remains an important tradition in America. While some artificial trees and...
Category: Gardening
- Good Planning Bring Spring Results In December Gardens
Feb 12, 2010
Christmas will soon be here and you will be wanting to make up Christmas arrangements and Christmas decorations. It's so much more fun for most of...
Category: Gardening
- Credit Designers - Flowering Tree Color Scheme
Feb 11, 2010
Owing to their varied colorings, a word of caution is needed concerning the use of flowering trees. If your house is a neutral shade such as gray,...
Category: Landscaping
- Starting Seeds Indoors - Adventures in Propagation
Feb 9, 2010
Most garden annuals need a long growing season to reach their full height and flowering, they are often given an early start indoors, or in the...
Category: Gardening
- Soil Mixes For Rooting Plants - Growers Choice
Feb 4, 2010
Cuttings don't need and can't use food while they are making roots, so rooting mediums contain no soil or fertilizer. Coarse, sharp builder's sand...
Category: Gardening
- Plant Requirements And Soil
Feb 1, 2010
When growing plants such as azaleas the soil needs to be kept in a much more acid state. Different parts of the country can have a much more...
Category: Gardening
- How To Train Vines
Jan 30, 2010
Vines intended to disguise or hide unsightly walls and buildings can be left almost to their own devices, to make full and rambling growth. But...
Category: Gardening
- Growing Condition Awareness - Keys For Growing Success
Jan 28, 2010
Like any other garden plants, landscape flowers, bulbs, seasonal color and vines respond beautifully to good growing conditions and reasonable...
Category: Gardening
- A Window View Of Flowering Trees
Jan 27, 2010
An interesting way to use flowering trees is to fit them into the overall planting scheme so that they do a purposeful job as seen from the...
Category: Landscaping
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