Mention an apple and most people will immediately associate the word with a crisp, juicy, sweet-tart red fruit. However, ask Cornell fruit geneticist Susan Brown about apples, and she will share visions of deep red flesh or skin patterned like feathers on a bird’s back, of flavours like anise, berries, or roses. She will talk […]
Entries Tagged as 'Gardening News'
The Time is Ripe for an Apple That Tastes Like Berries and One That Doesn’t Brown
June 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Gardening News, New Plants
Tags:Growing Apples·New Apple Varieties·New Researches on Apple Tree
Forest Spider Lily: A Rare Blossoming Occasion in a Year
June 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Flower Gardening, Gardening News, flowers
When it rains it is not the water that comes down showering only but it is the time when nature comes down to meet the mother earth with all its beauty, elegance, and spreading happiness. Plants welcome the rains with their flowers blooming. Every part of the earth’s surface blooms with a different mood during […]
Tags:flowers·Forest Spider Lily Flower Blossoming·Rare Flower Plant
How to Grow Temperature Controlled Sugar, Acid, and Nutritional Quality Tomatoes in Your Garden: New Research Tips
June 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Gardener's Health, Gardening News, home gardening tips, tomato, vegetable garden
As a gardener the nutrition value and importance of fresh quality tomatoes is nothing for you. You also know that both these factors could be best ensured by growing them on your own in your garden. Nevertheless,
I have something new and interesting fact for you. This is about a very recent research finding about the […]
Tags:Growing Tomatoes·Indoor Ripening of Green Tomatoes·Nutrition·Vegetable Gardening
Fruits, Vegetables, and Teas: Grow, Eat and Drink to Avoid Risk of Lung Cancer If You are a Smoking Gardener
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Gardener's Health, Gardening News
I am not sure if you are a regular or occasional smoker. Nevertheless, if you are an active gardener and at the same time a smoker then this information would certainly help you a lot.Being a smoker, you are certainly exposed to the risks of developing related health problems. Lung cancer is one of the […]
Tags:Fruits and Vegetable Gardening·Health and Gardening·Lung Cancer·Smoking
Gardening Scotland: A Festival with Green Concern
May 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Gardening News
The biggest gardening festival of Scotland is focused on a theme of concern for everyone this year. “Saving the Environment” and “Conservation” are two main objectives of this year’s festival. This turning of attention is important in present context, say the officials.
More than 30,000 visitors including gardeners, horticulturists, and experts from around the world are […]
Tags:Gardening Festivals·Gardening Scotland
ASHT ISSUES STRETCHES AND TIPS TO PREVENT INJURIES THIS GARDENING SEASON
May 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Gardening News, home gardening tips
Professional Hand Therapists Stress Precaution for Gardeners
CHICAGO, IL - Spring is finally here, and gardeners all across the country are anxious to get started completing the many garden tasks ahead. Resuming the physical activities of gardening requires time to acclimate to these demands. A relaxing and enjoyable activity for many, […]
Tags:Hand Therapy·Injury Prevention and Healthy Gardening Practices·Professional Hand Therapists
Growing Trends for Vegetable Gardening
May 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Gardening News, vegetable garden
Global economy affects gardening equally and the established trends also change with time. Global price increase and downturn in the economies are creating a positive scenario in favor of vegetable gardening. Because of rising food crisis and reduced productions worldwide the edible and vegetable gardening is once again gaining prominence among the gardeners. Increasing price […]
Tags:Global Food Crisis·Vegetable and Edible Gardening
Growing Super Sized Fruits and Vegetables with Space Germinated Seeds: A New Dimension in Cultivating Dynamics
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Gardening News, Gardening Techniques, garden products, tomato, vegetable garden
Fruits and vegetables if grown in space could grow up to huge sizes. It is zero-gravity in space that does all this magic. Chinese researchers have been successful in demonstrating this size-effect and it could be a possible solution for the worldwide food crisis in future. The daily “Telegraph” reported this new development in an […]
Tags:Space·Space Germinated Seeds·Super Sized Fruits and Vegetables·Zero Gravity Cultivation
International Compost Awareness Week: It’s All about Changing an Attitude
May 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Environment, Gardening News, composting
For gardeners across the globe second week of the month of May is special in one sense. It is the “International Compost Awareness Week”. We are at the hinge of entering this second week now. Composting at home, composting yourself, making your own compost or in whatever terms you may take it but in the […]
Tags:Compost·composting·International Compost Awareness Week
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.
Tags:Biodegradable Gardening Practices·Biodegradable Plants Containers and Pots·Environment·Feathers Wastes
My name is Bill Stanley and I have been a home gardener for over 20 years. I enjoy sharing my gardening tips with friends and family, as well as the rest of the world!





