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Your Flower Garden: Simple Steps on How to Care For it Properly

In: Society

10 Oct 2009

Knowing how to care for your flower garden can make a big difference in the look and over-all health of your plants. Here are some simple hints to make your garden bloom with health

May Garden Calendar

In: Home & Family

1 Oct 2009

In Northern United States and Canada

5 Easy Grown Half-Hardy Annuals

In: Home & Family

30 Sep 2009

Here are 5 Half-Hardy annuals which are easily grown and an be started or sown outdoors during May.

August – Last Feeding For Established Lawns

In: Home & Family

24 Aug 2009

There are two types of lawns to consider at this time of the year – the old lawn that has been established for some time, and the new lawn that is being developed. Consider the latter… many new home owners are faced with establishing a lawn after moving into a new home during the summer months. It is entirely possible to establish a lawn that will survive the winter if there are as many as six weeks of growing weather left in the late summer.

Planting Chore For Fall

In: Home & Family

19 Aug 2009

Too many people in the North believe that lawn making is mainly a springtime activity and not many know that late summer is a very good time to come to the aid of an established lawn or build a new one. The weather is ideal for grass seed germination starting early in August in the far North and a week later for each hundred miles southward.

Rose Planting – Getting it Right!

In: Home & Family

29 Jul 2009

Planting a rose plant goes beyond how deep the hole should be and if fertilizer should be utilized now or later. The first and most essential step in rose planting that should not be ignored is picking the position of where you are going to plant your roses. It is as true in planting as it is in real estate; location, location, location. There are several matters that need to be studied when choosing a placement for our rose plants.

Greener Plants From A Touch Of Iron

In: Home & Family

20 Jul 2009

Iron is necessary to the nutrition of plants. It plays an important role in the synthesis of carbohydrates in the plants. When iron is lacking in the soil for plant nutrition, the leaves begin to turn yellow. In extreme cases the leaves show no green color at all. This is an important problem in many parts of this region.

Artificial Trees – Beautiful Trees That Don’t Need Water

In: Business

27 Jun 2009

Fake trees are becoming increasingly common in today’s modern world, and they are being used in homes, offices and even in the reception area designs at world famous companies. Today these trees have an imprtessive realism that is combined by often using actual bark, branches, and sometimes twigs as the base and integrating these with the finest leaves, and berries that can be made.

Flowers in Florida – Flower Beds 101

In: Home & Family

22 Jun 2009

Growing flowers in Central Florida is different than in other states. As far as flowers are concerned, Florida doesn’t have four seasons, it only has three. Cool nights and an occasional freeze are typical in winter. Most often spring has cool nights without any freezing. Summer and early fall consist of high nighttime temperatures, frequent rains and high humidity.

What Is Garden Hopping?

In: Home & Family

20 Jun 2009

Garden Tour, is its formal name, “garden-hopping” its affectionate nickname. Even if we call it “garden pilgrimage” we will be describing a delightful practice that happens across the country, in small communities as well as large, and providing the gardener with an almost royal road to learning.


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