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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 It seems that everyone has withdrawn himself in to its own shell and hunker down is the best policy in such tough times.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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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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How to Grow Sweeter and Nutritious Tomatoes

February 11th, 2009 1 Comment

Fresh tomatoes are characterized by its flavour and nutritional values and it becomes extremely important when you are growing tomatoes in your own garden. Several researches have facilitated gardeners across the world in almost every aspect of growing tomatoes.
Findings of a particular research concluded recently revealed that the temperature at which tomatoes ripen will ultimately [...]

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How to Design a Potager Garden

November 20th, 2008 1 Comment

Potager gardens are now gaining popularity across the world. Many of my gardener friends are of the view that more and more people are now planning to design a potager garden for their homes. These communications provoked me to think on how to design a potager garden and to share my views among the big [...]

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How to Pick Garden Greens

November 18th, 2008 No Comments

Going green and thinking green even before that is the latest theme around the world. Judging by some of the most popular responses that I am getting past few days reveals that increasing numbers of businesses are now interested in garden green concepts. Ecological awareness and innovative environmental concerns are now attracting attention of almost [...]

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Globe Artichokes: The Pest Controller for Your Vegetable Garden

July 17th, 2008 3 Comments

You would certainly love the extra-ordinarily handsome silver grey leaves of the “Globe Artichokes” in your garden. I would strongly recommend growing ‘Globe Artichokes’ (Cynara Scolymus) if you are looking for some ornamental vegetable plants for your vegetable garden in the backyard.
Tempting attraction of this plant is not the only reason for my falling in [...]

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Growing Cherry Tomatoes in Your Garden This Summer

June 15th, 2008 2 Comments

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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How to Grow Temperature Controlled Sugar, Acid, and Nutritional Quality Tomatoes in Your Garden: New Research Tips

June 7th, 2008 5 Comments

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 [...]

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