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Tips on How to Re-Pot and Divide Orchids

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Flower Gardening, by plant, care and watering, container gardening, flowers, home gardening tips, houseplants, indoor gardening

A gardener growing orchids in the garden knows when to re-pot it. However, for someone who is a beginner with this lovely plant ,it is very important to know when the leaves and bulbs start getting packed completely in to the pot in such a way that it becomes bulging. At this stage, you should […]

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Growing Lovely Thryptomene Shrubs in Your Garden

June 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Flower Gardening, Shrubs, flowers, garden plants, home gardening tips, houseplants, indoor gardening

“Plant Genus Thryptomene” represents almost 40 different types of plant species of evergreen shrubs.Thryptomene is a Greek nomenclature, which means ‘coy’ or ‘prudish’. It is named on its appearance because when you see the shrub for the first time it will appear like coy or prudish.
Thryptomene is a native plant to western, central, and […]

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Taking Care of Indoor Plants: Few More Tips

June 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Gardening Techniques, container gardening, home gardening tips, houseplants, indoor gardening

Growing indoor plants provides you several advantages. It is not only the lack of space outside that promotes indoor gardening but there are other factors as well. One of these factors is that these plants when put inside absorb the volatile organic compounds present in the air within our homes. Absorbing of bad air […]

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Growing Cherry Tomatoes in Your Garden This Summer

June 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · container gardening, home gardening tips, indoor gardening, tomato, vegetable garden

Generally marketed as ‘premium tomato’ the cherry tomato is simply a ‘mini-tomato‘. This variety is though similar but not exactly identical with the conventional domestic tomato. It is sweeter and gives a different taste to your salad dish.
Size may vary from thumb tip to the golf ball and shape could be spherical, oval, or oblong. […]

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Growing Elegant Palms in Containers: Few Simple Tips

June 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · container gardening, home gardening tips, houseplants, indoor gardening

Palms are one of the most attractive plants and if planted in pots they give elegance to your home garden. You can also add up beauty by placing them inside of your home as well. Growing palms in pots is equally simple. You just need to confirm that the climatic conditions in your area are […]

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Growing Oregano Herb Plant: Selecting the Suitable Variety

May 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments · herbs, home gardening tips, indoor gardening

Image via WikipediaFresh herbs always add taste to your food and fresh Oregano is almost unimaginable in taste. It is really hard to imagine a pizza or spaghetti sauce without the flavour of oregano. I prefer to grow oregano in my home garden and would advise you to do the same.Oregano is one of the […]

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Prayer Plant: Tips to Grow with Right Location in Home

May 26th, 2008 · No Comments · by plant, home gardening tips, houseplants, indoor gardening

The “Prayer Plant” as you might know is an amazing plant. Its behaviour will change in accordance with the passing of day. As the day starts approaching towards an evening leaves of the prayer plant would begin folding up slowly. The folding up is complete as it is complete dark.
When you get up in the […]

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Orange Tree: An Inside-Outside Fruit Plant

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Miniature Gardening, Tree, bonsai, garden plants, home gardening tips, indoor gardening

Orange tree looks great and smells fantastic. The orange tree generally fruits up to three or four times a year. This way you can have lovely tropics throughout the year in your home and garden both.
The bright colored sweet, tangy, refreshing fruits of an orange tree are packed with pure vitamin C. You perhaps cannot […]

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Miniature Cactus Garden: Desert on Your Desktop

April 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Miniature Gardening, container gardening, home gardening tips, indoor gardening

A Desktop Cactus Garden.
Yes, today you will have some idea of this type of miniature cactus garden that you may like to have in your home and on your desktop.
Initial requirements for creating such a miniature cactus garden would ideally include a porous potting mix, appropriate pots and containers, suitable hand gloves, and specific tools […]

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Biodegradable Pots and Containers from Chicken Feathers!

April 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Gardening News, Gardening Techniques, container gardening, home gardening tips, indoor gardening

It’s great news for gardeners, floriculturists, and nursery growers around the world.Imagine the enormous quantity of chicken feathers added to biological wastes every day. In the United States alone almost 5 billion pounds of feathers waste is generated every year. Much of this chunk just adds up in to the land fills as shear waste.

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