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Summer Lawn Care Tips By Josh Gray
Summer is just around the corner, and your lawn could probably use a little maintenance before the summer season of backyard BBQs and swimming in the pool. So what are you doing now to get your lawn ready? Lawn care is often feared as a difficult and time intensive process, but with a few guidelines and tips, you can easily have a healthy green lawn in time for the first backyard party of the season.First of all, if you can spare a minute of your time, don’t hire a l… |
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- Wildlife Gardener By Cheryl White
Gardening for wildlife has become quite a passion for me, although I only have a small urban garden I have still managed to fit a fair amount of bird and insect friendly flowers and plants in.Since reading an article about the decline in popular species of birds such as sparrows, blackbirds and thrushes I decided to do my bit to help my local bird population by purchasing two seed feeders, a nut feeder, a bird table and a small bird bath I was ready and waiting for my…
- Gardening - An Expression By Bonnie Moss
Give the same plants to several people, you will
see several arrangements. Each one distinct and
different, yet, using the same plants.This is the ultimate reward of gardening- a means
to express, to create with the help and inspiration
from the gifts of Nature.Gardening is not just physically and aestheticallyrewarding.It enriches the spirit. It awakens one’s
creativity that lies dormant from neglect, or lack of
motivation, or a popular excuse, not enough time.Gar…
- Koi Pond Aeration By Robert Dorrance
To achieve Koi pond aeration, there are some things you can do. One, you can go to your local hobby store or pet supply store and purchase one of those small air pumps, hook some tubing to it, along with an air diffuser or sometimes called an air stone, and place it in your pond. I still have the original one I bought about eight years ago, and it’s still working. This has run for almost eight years non-stop, they are very durable. It works two fold, one, to supply…
- Fall Garden Chores for Spring Flowering Bulbs By Ed Rooney
As the school busses begin to rumble down the road again we are reminded that the gardening season is drawing to a close. For the gardener with an eye toward next spring, however, the season still promises plenty to be done in preparation of a showy spring to come. Early fall is the time when we should be planting our bulbs.Good soil drainage is paramount for spring-blooming bulb success. If you have a mostly clay soil be sure to mix in organic material such as compost…
- The Advantages of Both a Liner Pond and a Preformed Pond, Rolled Up Into One Box! By Gerry Fung
INTRODUCTIONSo you’ve decided to build your very own backyard water garden. You are in the process of actively planning out your design, and you’re visualizing the end-result. But have you paused to consider what kind of pond construction you will be using? Do you know what kind of pond constructions exist? The majority of garden ponds utilize one of two types of constructions: a preformed shell, or a pond liner.PREFORMED POND VS. LINER PONDTraditionally, preforme…
- Choosing Garden Furniture By Matthew Anthony
No matter how pleasant a garden is, it is not being enjoyed to its full extent if there is no where for visitors to sit and admire the beauty of the garden. Luckily, few gardeners are willing to sacrifice design for comfort and with the wide choice of garden furniture available today, it is rare to find gardens bereft of furniture. Garden furniture will if anything look great with just about any style of garden.Indeed, many gardens will provide several different items …
- A Kids Tree By Jason Canon
During my youth kids were required to pass through a tree climbing phase as part of the transition from being a kid to becoming a teenager. Not just any old tree would do of course. The majestic oak was always a tower of strength but the limbs were too high up for it to be a good climbing tree. Likewise, the tall pecan trees that grew in our yard would have required a chain of ladders just to make it to the first limb.Back toward the center of our property grew a ve…
- Xeriscaping is Waterwise Gardening By Amy Passmore
What is xeriscaping? You may have heard of xeriscaping as a way of landscaping in the Southwestern United States. You may picture xeriscaping as a lot of gray gravel and cactus in a hot desert yard. People call that "zero-scaping," and that is not what xeriscaping is. Xeriscaping is a method of gardening and landscaping that will reduce your water use and maintenance requirements by as much as 60 percent. Xeriscaping can be done anywhere by any gardener, and in an…
- Cat Repellent or How to Keep Cats Out of Your Garden By Hugh Harris-Evans
Do cat repellents work? How to stop a cat from using garden as litterbox? Tell me how to keep cats out of my garden. These are common questions of concern to all gardeners but is there a real answer?The first line of defence is to ensure that your yard boundaries are secure. Any gaps in your fence should be blocked to deny low level access. But cats can jump so fix a taut wire or string some six inches above the top of your fence to deter this approach.Once inside your…
- Fall Pond Cleaning By Brett Fogle
Doing a full pond cleaning during the colder winter months can be
very stressful on your fish. However, if the pond is really
dirty and full of 'muck' - then you may want to consider it
because all of the decaying organic matter in the pond can cause
problems if the pond ices over, and this begins to de-gas and
rot.So, I think the best solution, and what we used to do for our
clients was do a partial Fall pond cleaning.Here's how to do it:First, get a container that w…
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