Bonsai, when literally translated means ‘tray growing’ and bonsai gardening refers to the cultivation of these bonsai plants that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also take up a minimal amount of space, thus making your bonsai garden look beautiful yet uncluttered. Bonsai plants are ideal for courtyard gardens and even apartment gardening.
Apartment Gardening: How To Create An Apartment Garden
Written by bstanley in home gardening tips, indoor gardening
With more and more people living in the heart of busy cities, apartment gardening has become more pleasurable and fashionable of late. Not only does a balcony garden give you the opportunity to exercise your green thumb but also creates a more beautiful environment. However, a few basic pointers will guide you in balcony gardening and may be you could start your own indoor herb garden as well. Click here to read more …
A Garden Lemon Tree: Growing Lemon Trees The Right Way
Written by bstanley in Tree, lemon, vegetable garden
Growing lemon trees whether outdoors or indoors in containers (like an indoor herb garden) can be fun as these lemon plants yield beautiful fruits and their blossoms send out a lovely fragrance too. Though lemon tree planting and caring requires a little patience it is worth the effort when the fruits start appearing. Click here to read more …
Cabbage Disease Due to Cabbage Maggots, Caterpillars & Moths
Written by bstanley in Garden Care, garden pests, vegetable garden
The cabbage family is inclusive of a number of different kinds of plants including plants such as watercress and cauliflower. In a normal garden they are under the threat of a number of cabbage pests such as the cabbage maggot, the cabbage worm, cabbage caterpillar etc. These cabbage pests damage the crops and cause cabbage disease.
Moss Garden: Growing Your Own Moss Garden And Lawns
Written by bstanley in Uncategorized, garden method, lawn care, organic gardening
A moss garden is not only easy to maintain but if the Japanese are to be believed, growing moss led to a calm and peaceful state of mind. There are yellow, green, brown and even white varieties of mosses. While cushion mosses provide a cushioning effect to moss lawns, rock cap plant mosses covering the rock surface give it a rich green hue. There are even some plants that behave like mosses even though they are liverworts or hornworts.
What Are Plant Mosses?
Plant mosses, thought to have evolved from primitive vascular plants are very simple plants that lack conventional roots, stems and leaves. Usually hardy plants, mosses grow vertically, not just in moss gardens but almost everywhere except under the sea. These plant mosses are generally of little use to humans or animals but this type of moss gardening is undertaken because of the serenity and meditative calm they spread. Click here to read more …
Growing any plant from their seeds is exciting for a gardener and if you know the right technique you can grow watercress from seeds just as well as cauliflowers. Growing cauliflower is easy, provided a few steps are followed carefully. This member of the cabbage family is most difficult to cultivate but do not despair as cauliflower is widely grown with its inflorescence providing such a tasty component of our meals.
Preparing The Soil For Planting Cauliflower
Cauliflower seeds require a rich, deep and fertile soil. Months before planting vegetable cauliflower, the soil should be dug up and organic compost or manure should be added. The soil should be well drained with an ideal pH between 6.0-6.8. Lime should be added if necessary. Click here to read more …
Growing squash is possible and easy at any time of the year. However, growing zucchini (which is one of the fast growing summer squash vegetables) requires vegetable planting following a few specifications.
Zucchini Squash Growing In Summer
Summer is a good time for planting zucchini as zucchini squash grows best in warm soil. When the soil temperature reaches 60°F (or 16°C) the seeds should be sown. This vegetable planting requires full sunlight and an airy environment. A second round of planting squash in mid-summer will ensure a stock lasting till fall. The plants are harvested within 45-60 days while they are still immature and tender.