Growing Blueberries: Planting Garden Blueberries
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This fruit is a regular taste sensation and is surprisingly rarely grown in Australia, although we understand it is a lot
Growing Blueberries
more popular with our American gardening cousins. Australians probably don’t grow blueberries because they don’t think they’ll grow well here. This couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact we’ve successfully grown blueberries here in sunny subtropical Queensland. So if we can grow these scrumptious berries so can you!
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Contrary to popular belief, bamboo plants are not limited to forests or commercial growth areas alone. Gardeners can
Bamboo Plants
grow bamboo within their own home gardens. Bamboo plants are some of the fastest growing plants and are well suited for a garden and can be grown by even the most inexperienced gardener.
Another common myth about the bamboo plant is that it is a tree, but it is in fact a type of grass. Like grass, bamboo plants too can get out of control; however, if cared for properly, growing bamboo does not have to be tiresome at all and can add a tropical warmth to your home. Click here to read more …
Medicinal Plants: Adding Medicinal Herbs To Your Garden
Written by bstanley in Herb gardening, by plant, gardening
The beauty and joy of gardening is that it not only adds beauty to your home but you can use your gardening skills to grow plants that are very useful to you as well. While edible plants such as peppers are great for food purpose, growing herbs such as basil are also useful. However, what is also useful is growing medicinal plants in your garden. Being able to grow your own medicinal herbs means you will have easy access to some handy, curative plants that not only add beauty to your garden but also help you if you are sick. Click here to read more …
Planting Pepper: Growing Garden Pepper Plants
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Peppers are native to several different parts of the world, including Central and North America, Thailand, China and
Pepper Plants
some other parts of Asia as well. Peppers or capsicums (as they are known in some parts of the world) are enjoyed by everyone in a variety of dishes. Hot and not-so-hot peppers are both equally enjoyable in various sorts of foods and for a gardener, growing peppers is easy and in fact is one of the most common home gardening plants. 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 …
Growing Hibiscus: Creating A Hibiscus Garden
Written by bstanley in Flower Gardening, flowers, hibiscus, seeds
Growing hibiscus can be a rewarding experience as these sturdy plants can create a beautiful getaway in your garden. These bright perennial garden flowers produce more blooms each season after planting hibiscus till they mature at about three years of age.
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Whether it is because of the winter snow outside, limited gardening space or just to brighten up your house, growing herbs indoors can be very useful to you. Indoor gardening can help you grow herbs that you can use for cooking or seasoning. It is less tedious and time consuming to grow herbs indoors as you can watch and care for your indoor herb garden right from your home. Furthermore, planting herbs inside the house ensures you have a supply of fresh herbs all year long. An indoor herb garden can be very beneficial to you and all you would need is a little time and effort to see your plants blossom yearlong. Click here to read more …
Growing Watercress From Watercress Seeds
Written by bstanley in Herb gardening, herbs
Growing watercress can be both easy and beneficial as this perennial has the healthy component lutein that helps prevent coronary artery diseases and heart attacks. Moreover, watercress has many culinary and decorative uses.
How to Grow Watercress In Water
Contrary to popular opinion, one does not need a flowing stream for growing watercress and watercress lettuce can be grown if you want to conserve water. It can be easily grown indoors a few weeks before the last frost, by placing the watercress seeds on a moist paper towel that has been previously soaked in water and now placed in a shallow bowl, with about a quarter inch of standing water. An easier method of germinating watercress seeds is to use stem cuttings and placing them in a bucket of water or a black polythene bag. To grow watercress in this way, the water should be changed everyday as stagnant water spells death for the watercress seeds. The seeds germinate 7-10 days later.
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How To Grow Basil Easily and Quickly
Written by bstanley in Herb gardening, herbs
Growing basil is a good way to get started for novice gardeners using seeds, seedlings or cuttings from basil plants. Basil is also a great medicinal herb for those interested in creating a medicinal herb garden.
Right Weather And Soil For Growing Basil
Basil plants, members of the mint family require 6-8 hours of sunlight daily. They can be grown outdoors once the daytime temperatures are in the 70s°F and night temperatures are above 50°F. While planting basil one should remember it is sensitive to frost and hence it should be sown in late March, after all danger of frost has passed. Growing basil indoors can happen at any time of the year, provided the basil plants receive adequate natural or artificial light.