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Greenhouse Gardening: Build Your Own Greenhouse

May 7th, 2009 No Comments

Greenhouse gardening is a scientific method of growing plants and you can build your own greenhouse in your garden. If the space permits and your garden plan can accommodate you should have a small greenhouse or a mini greenhouse in your own your garden. It is a great idea indeed. A small greenhouse in your [...]

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How to Garden and Hunker Down for the Great Recession

April 26th, 2009 1 Comment

Entire world is passing through a phase of global economic recession and effects are clearly visible now. It seems that everyone has withdrawn himself in to its own shell and hunker down is the best policy in such tough times. Saving money is the new mantra of this age and expending spree has just passed [...]

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How to Apply Coppicing and Pollarding Gardening Techniques

April 22nd, 2009 No Comments

Gardening involves learning and practicing several techniques and methods. There are techniques being practiced over past many years and there are several innovations that help gardens improve significantly. Quite often conventional gardening techniques like coppicing and pollarding prove to be extremely advantageous whenever and wherever applied in good sense.
Coppicing and Pollarding: Understanding Basics
When a plant [...]

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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
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Top Ten Tips for Minimum Till-Gardening

March 26th, 2009 No Comments

Minimum till-gardening generally involves application of standardized procedures. Among the gardeners this process is also known as “conservation-tillage”. In vegetable gardening the minimum till-gardening is considered as one of the ideal processes for transplanting.
The standard procedure for minimum till-gardening or almost no-till-gardening could be a little cumbersome for some gardeners. Here is an alternative approach [...]

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Soil Tilling and Fall Ploughing: How and When to Do

March 22nd, 2009 No Comments

What is the best time for ploughing or tilling the soil? Should you take up this activity in fall or spring?
I am pretty much sure that such questions must have come to your mind during your gardening experiences through all these years. Working with the soil of your garden is extremely important and you must [...]

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How to Handle and Grow Bare Root Plants

February 25th, 2009 1 Comment

The trend of buying perennials online is on increasing path now days. It is an effective way to procure perennials and especially the “bare- root- plants” of your own choice and that too without any trouble of locating, identifying, and purchasing them in person. Payment options have made online buying an enjoyable experience and gardeners [...]

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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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How to Buy Bulb-Kits Wisely

February 22nd, 2009 No Comments

This season you might be looking for something really green for your garden. Buying bulbs would be a better proposition. Instead of buying bulbs simply I would recommend that you must buy bulb-kits instead.
Bulb-kits are one of the most interesting and simplest ways to bring your outdoor garden inside in a sense.
A bulb-kit is something [...]

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Preparing for Spring Gardening with Deciduous Plants and Shrubs

February 21st, 2009 2 Comments

Flipping through the pages of my garden book I suddenly realized that the gardening season has arrived and it is time to look for fresh plants in my garden. It is also the time for my garden shopping. The days are getting longer and warmer ahead and I must get prepared with multiple choices. Early [...]

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