October 20, 2006

Healthy hands are the Gardener’s Best Tools

Filed under: Gardening Tools — dwihari_p @ 6:06 pm

gardening glovesHere are the major reasons why one should consider getting a pair of trusty gardening gloves:

Gloves protect your hands from blisters, thorns and cuts while doing rough work like digging or pruning in the garden. Investing in one or more pairs of quality gloves is a good decision.
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Create Hydroponics Gardening

Filed under: Article, Gardening Ladscaping — dwihari_p @ 5:55 pm

hydroponic garden
Hydroponics gardening involves growing plants with their roots in other nutrient solutions and without soil. Hydroponics gardening is as simple as ordinary gardening. Both of them necessitate sufficient light, water, temperature, light, and humidity. But with hydroponics, no soil is used. Instead a soil substitute holds the roots while nutrients are carried by the water. Indoor hydroponic gardening is not that hard and plants respond well to this method of growing.

This is one of the major considerations in hydroponics gardening since it sustains the plants. One has to make sure that this nutrient solution maintains a pH level of 5 to 6 after dilution. In hydroponics gardening, the plants should be watered more than three times a day. this is usually done using a pump and timer.
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Improving Flower Garden

Filed under: Flower — dwihari_p @ 9:00 am

gardeningKnowing improving flower garden can make a big difference in the look and over-all health of your plants. Here are some simple hints to make your garden bloom with health

1. The essentials must always be given major consideration.

Your flower garden must have an adequate supply of water, sunlight, and fertile soil. Any lack of these basic necessities will greatly affect the health of plants. Water the flower garden more frequently during dry spells.

When planting bulbs, make sure they go at the correct depth. When planting out shrubs and perennials, make sure that you don’t heap soil or mulch up around the stem. If you do, water will drain off instead of sinking in, and the stem could develop rot through overheating. (more…)

Benefits of Gardening For Children

Filed under: Article — dwihari_p @ 8:53 am

gardeningwe can see how nature is treated nowdays. It is so sad thing to know that people do not pay attention much more to the environmental problems. What can we do about this? It’s as simple as starting with the children. It is good to see the children’s involvement with environment-friendly activities. One such nature-loving activity that children could easily get their hands on is gardening. Why should you consider gardening for your children?
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Build Butterfly Gardening

Filed under: Article — dwihari_p @ 8:40 am

butterfly gardenFirst we will discuss about What is butterfly gardening? Simply put butterfly gardening is the art of growing flowers and plants that will attract these colorful and dainty creatures to your garden. Delight your family and visitors with beautiful butterflies, but be sure to create a safe habitat for them. If you own cats rethink your plans, because it would be a shame to attract these lovely insects to their death.
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The Best Gardening Tools

Filed under: Article, Gardening Tools — dwihari_p @ 8:36 am

gardening toolsDifferent gardens needs different kinds of garden tools. Hardware stores mostly cater for a wide range of tools, but there are shops that specialize in the more expensive kind of garden tool that shouts quality. Wherever you decide to shop, here are a few pointers to advise you.

Do you have small garden or a large one? A small garden will not require the same large equipment that would be of use in an extensive one. A ride-on mower is unnecessary if you only have a small strip of lawn. Another point to consider is who does most of the gardening? Some tools are too heavy for use by women.
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October 10, 2006

How To Choose the Best Plants for your Garden

Filed under: Tree — dwihari_p @ 5:33 am

best plantsMore than one times we buy the plant for our garden. Before buying plants, please examine your garden carefully to see how much sun and shade they gets, whether the soil is well drained or waterlogged and whether your aspect is sheltered or windswept. You’ll then be equipped to go and buy the best plants thats fit with your situation; shade-loving plants for the sheltered areas, sun-lovers for the warm spots, drought-resistant plants for the parched areas which may be either sunny or shaded, and swamp plants for the poorly-drained parts.
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