Home Gardening Tips

Drought prone regions often call for smarter garden watering practices as water is an extremely precious commodity. In fact, authorities in some places will even impose water restrictions thereby limiting water usage of households. If you live in a drought prone region, you have probably already mastered the art of gardening with water restrictions in [...]

Gardening is not just about growing plants in gardens but it is a greater responsibility in itself for maintaining biodiversity while protecting environment and helping eco-system. As  responsible gardeners ,we  all are equally concerned over the increasing loss of the biodiversity across the world.
Scientists have been successful in identifying reasons for loss of biodiversity the [...]

Native plants have their own beauty and benefits. Growing native plants in gardens is therefore not only adds to the elegance of the garden but also helps a gardener monetizing the efforts. Umpteen varieties of the native plants have their own value and importance for medicinal applications both for humans and animals. 
Growing native plants in [...]

Slow -release fertilizers have unique importance in home gardening and specifically the vegetable gardening. Slow-release fertilizers have been regarded as excellent alternatives to the soluble fertilizers. Gardeners have greater responsibility to preserve the environment and groundwater and therefore the use of slow-release fertilizers have become more pertinent.
Advantages of Using Slow -Release Fertilizers
As the name itself [...]

Recycling waste is an intelligent mode of its useful disposal. Home and gardens across the world generate different types of wastes that can easily be recycled and made useful for various other purposes. Among several recycling concepts water, waste, and plastic constitute significant portion.
Water Recycling
Water recycling is time specific as far as the gardening is [...]

Researchers and scientists have attempted identifying and studying the capacity of two specific houseplants that could reduce the toxic formaldehyde levels in the air in and around home. This research study highlights importance of houseplants in homes and gardens.
Formaldehyde is one of the dangerous toxic gases and several materials used in our daily lives contain [...]

Plainly, “blueberries have some stiff competition,” said Dr. Luis Cisneros, AgriLife Research food scientist.”Stone fruits are super fruits with plums as emerging stars.”
Far from fruit snobbery, the plum is being ushered in after Cisneros and Dr. David Byrne, AgriLife Research plant breeder, judged more than 100 varieties of plums, peaches and nectarines and found them [...]

The rate of tree growth, when measured in biomass, has gone down by 7% compared to the rate of tree growth in the year 1980 in the northern and temperate mid-latitudes and this rate is further estimated to surge up by almost 17% by the end of this century.
This is a matter of grave concern [...]

It was a common belief that the northern Europe is almost free from invasive pests ants but scientists have now proved that it is now just a matter of time until the a newly discovered invasive ant species “Lasius Neglectus“ will cross the borders and will bring disasters in the gardens and parks of Germany, [...]

Going green and thinking green even before that is the latest theme around the world. Judging by some of the most popular responses that I am getting past few days reveals that increasing numbers of businesses are now interested in garden green concepts. Ecological awareness and innovative environmental concerns are now attracting attention of almost [...]