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Gutter Cleaning-What Can A Gutter Cleaner Do?
It is always considered that gutter cleaning is one of the most important things done to keep your home in tip top condition. Sadly, there are a lot of people who are not aware of ...
Growing Tomatoes: Should You Mulch Your Tomato Plants?
You do not need to rush to the garden center for a truckload of expensive mulch, here are few ideas for free mulch...
How to Trim a Bougainvillea
Pruning is a critical step in caring for bougainvillea. It can be done any time of year, and will help stimulate new growth and flowering, while also helping shape and strengthen the plant. Blooms form only on new growth. The timing and type of pruning will also determine the bougainvillea's success
Deer-resistant Bedding Plants
Keep deer out of your garden with deer-resistant bedding plants.deer image by Henryk Olszewski from Fotolia.comDeer are sometimes major pests in gardens, eating just about any plants that you try to grow. They are especially troublesome in areas with high deer populations where natural...
The basics of polytunnel construction
Put simply, a polytunnel is a cheap yet very quick way of covering a growing space. With a polytunnel in your garden, you can grow your own tomatoes, peppers, salad through the winter!
Only you can prevent lawn mower accidents
There's no denying the fact that lawn mowers are extremely dangerous machines. Probably amongst the most dangerous piece of equipment in your household yet
Growing Organic Peppers
If you're growing organic peppers this year in your garden, whether you're growing sweet peppers (also referred to as bell peppers) or if you're growing hot peppers, the growing instructions are essentially the same for either type of pepper. And if you're growing your peppers fr
Jerusalem Artichoke--Weed or Survival Food?
Many would describe it as a troublesome weed, but its vigor and invasiveness make Jerusalem artichoke tubers a survival food source you don't want to overlook. The Jerusalem artichoke is a native to North America ...
Blackberry Growth Stages
Blackberries are members of the raspberry family.blackberry image by spectator from Fotolia.comBlackberries, which are native to the Americas, have a long tradition of use in pie and preserve making; as indigenous plants, they are relatively easy to grow. The blackberry-producing vines...
Want to Propagate Your Orchids the Right Way?
Orchids being a plant that can be found at almost every part of the world, and as being considered to be decorative plants for both indoor and outdoor settings, it can be appealing to gardening aficionados to try growing one. However, it can be quite difficult to do, but if you succeed in growing yo
How to Begin a Permaculture Lifestyle
Permaculture, or permanent agriculture, is the practice of living in harmony with the ecosystem of your land. The approach to homesteading, whether urban or rural, mimics the balance found in natural ecologies. The idea is to use your land or yard to sustain your dwelling, food, energy and infrastru
Information on Ghost Orchid Flowers
The Ghost orchid flowers are on the verge of extinction.Therefore, it is against the law of both the central as well as the state, for eliminating or repositioning of these endangered species of the orchid family. Basically, these flowers are observed on the plants in hardwood hills, marshy areas, a
Flowering Weeping Willow
The flowering weeping willow tree is the one you see that sags or hangs to the ground and looks as though it is sad hence the name, "weeping willow". Normally, they are such spacious trees they tend to take up more space in your yard or garden area. These tress grow with time, and although
The Ambience of the Exteriors
One has to be adept at everything right from irrigation systems pertaining to the exterior of a garden either in a residential environment or commercially. This can be experienced with the range of fl
Spring Cleaning- Tackling the Yard
Everybody has to do some sort of spring cleaning. Why not start in your yard? This will get you outside and away from being stuck in the house. Here's a few tips to get you started.
Jet Grouting: An Explanation Of Its Process And Applications
Jet grouting, despite the name is different from grouting. Jet grouting is a vital process in modern day construction for improving soil, helping lay a better foundation for buildings and improves the
30 Tips to Keep Cats Out of your Garden
30 Tips to keep cats out of your garden is the result of personal experience, forum answers and and generous helping of old wives tales. All of the tips work to a greater or lesser extent except for t
Practical Tips For Growing Tomatoes in Pots
Tomato plants have always been popular among vegetable gardening hobbyists and this seems like a universal trend. What makes planting tomatoes so appealing to vegetable gardeners? Perhaps, it is the ease of growing tomatoes that ...
The Three Varieties and Other Uses of Sampaguita
Sampaguita is the national flower of the Philippines and Indonesia. It is classified into three kinds of flower according to the formation and arrangement of petals. The first classification is the single-petal flower with five oval shaped petals. The second classification is the double-petal sampag
5 Topics You Can Study With Online Horticulture Courses
Gardening includes a vast array of topics, knowledge, and skill levels. No matter how much you think you know about gardening, there is always more to discover. Horticultural classes are a beneficial way to increase ...