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When planning a balcony garden, one of the first things to consider is the direction the balcony faces, as this will determine the amount of sunlight the garden will receive. The amount and duration of sunlight the garden receives is […]
Would you get ready for an elegant soiree without putting on your earrings or your cufflinks? Would you give a carefully selected birthday gift without adding a lovely ribbon and bow? Probably not. Much as we are in the habit […]
Is it best for a garden’s health – or a gardener’s health – to eradicate earwigs, or to encourage them? How can people help an earwig population to thrive? How could one get rid of an earwig infestation? The Earwig […]
Every gardener loves a fragrant flower, be it spicy, musky or sweetly scented. With careful selection, you can design and plant a flower garden to provide special scents and aromas to appreciate and enjoy from spring all the way through […]
This is not an exhaustive list of desert shrubs, but it is fairly extensive. Included in the description are the common name for the plant, the scientific genus and species, average height and width and whether it is deciduous […]
Many edible plants have been grown in containers for centuries. Even gardeners with ‘brown thumbs’ have been known to successfully cultivate herbs, fruits and vegetables in containers. Not all vegetables do well in containers but the choice of plants […]
A wildlife friendly pond can be as small as an old water tank, but a decent sized pond with an adjacent marshy or boggy area will attract and support a wider range of birds, amphibians and insects. The […]
There are many arguments behind keeping plants in the aquarium, and most of them tend to center towards one particular rule: 2.5 w.p.g., or “Watts Per Gallon.” If you have a ten gallon tank, that means you putting in 25 […]
Spike Rush and Red Hygrophila go together like peaches and cream on a hot summer day. One looks like a hedge hog, the other like violet rhapsody. But blended together in a container water garden, these plants jive. Here’s […]
Generally most people get the idea to make a water garden and think about putting in some rocks and fountains, sprinkle in water lilies and some cattails, and then drop koi in randomly and let it go. Not that there […]