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Conserving Water in Garden Watering Restrictions

May 12th, 2009 3 Comments

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 [...]

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How Extra Nutrients and Excessive Fertilization Reduce the Biodiversity

May 4th, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]

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How to Gain by Growing Native Plants: Medicinal Plants of Southern Africa

April 11th, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]

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Slow -Release Fertilizers: Ideal Choice for Home and Vegetable Gardening

April 4th, 2009 1 Comment

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 [...]

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How to Recycle Water, Waste, and Plastic Wisely

March 17th, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]

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Houseplants Can Reduce Toxic Formaldehyde Levels in Homes

February 23rd, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]

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Plums:The Super Fruit as Emerging Star

February 5th, 2009 No Comments

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 [...]

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How Increasing Ozone Pollution Affects Tree Growth

December 11th, 2008 No Comments

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 [...]

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How Invasive Garden Ants Pose Threat to Gardens and Parks in Europe

December 7th, 2008 No Comments

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, [...]

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How to Pick Garden Greens

November 18th, 2008 No Comments

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 [...]

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