Among popular fruits which many people love to grow in their garden during the summer months is the tomatoes. Although tomatoes are easy to grow, still not many of us can successfully grow large bushes and vines covered with lush, big and bright red tomatoes. If you want to know how to grow the perfect ...
Category Archives: Gardening
Repotting your roses
Every third year, you should repot your roses to maintain the plant\'s growth and health. The best time to repot your roses is towards the end of the autumn season when the day temperature has come down. By the middle of October, this is the most preferably time of pruning to your roses. Here are ...
Growing board beans
The broad beans or some people call the fava bean is a common legume species cultivated almost all over the world although it comes from northern Africa and southwest Asia. Egypt, Italy, Greece and Portugal are among the countries which traditions involve using the broad beans. These beans are essential parts of your diet and ...
Killing weed plants easily
There are many types of weed plant killers available in the market nowadays. Although they are very affective, commercial weed killers can be very costly to purchase. These killers also utilize harmful chemicals that many people should avoid. If you want to spend less money yet still have an effective weed plant killer, you can ...
Dealing a plant with root ball
Cleaning your Water Cistern Tanks
Having a safe and clean water cistern is very important. To ensure that you have a guaranteed source of safe and drinkable water that flows from your water cistern tank, you should take the time to clean it every 5 years or so. This can be done on your own, without the need of experts\' ...
Collecting Water Using a Rainwater Cistern
A rainwater cistern is what used to be used back then in those days when there were no modern technology and pipes didn\'t even exist. Back then, when there were no main pipes to bring water into the house, people relied on natural sources for water. These sources consisted of rainwater, wells as well as ...
Useful Tips for Rain Water Storage
Harvesting rainwater from a rainy day. It may sound outdated and medieval in this century but don\'t be quick to dismiss its usefulness in times of drought or water supply disruption.Rainwater storage is not a difficult task, as it seems to be but always take precaution from water overflowing before it becomes a breeding ground ...
Using Recycled Materials to decorate
Using recycled materials that you can find in your house does not mean that you are using old or worn out materials. The materials can be restored into something really good and also help your interior decoration look good and attractive. Below are some of the tips and ideas of using recycled materials for your ...
Using tea leaves as fertilizer
The tea manufacturing industries always end up with lots of leftovers or waste products daily. The leftover teas can be used as fertilizer for your gardens and the tea manufacturing companies normally sells these wastes to whoever wants it. Some of the waste tea nowadays has been mixed with horse stable manure and sandstone sawdust ...
Creating a self-watering container for your plants
Self-watering plant containers are helpful for the environment if you are living in a green lifestyle. This creation is such a brilliant gardening innovation which helps the gardeners not only to save time and effort but also the water source as well. They are excellent tool to reduce the amount of wasted water from over ...
Growing Plumbago
Plumbago is a tender perennial shrub with beautiful blue flowers that blossoms from July to winter season. This plant grows easily in hot and dry condition; in fact, it is drought-tolerant and likes the heat. However, if you are living in a cold area and still want to plant Plumbago, you just have to use ...
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Planting dragon fruit
Dragon fruit or the pitaya is actually a cactus species. The plant comes from the genus Hylocereus, as the fruit usually grows at night. Tropical conditions are the best conditions to grow dragon fruits. If you are not living in a hot and dry weather, you can also grow dragon fruits in a greenhouse. You ...
Being a good garden coach
A garden coach is a person who works the same job as the landscape architect, a therapist and a landscaper. A homeowner, who has a garden that she/he is unhappy with, will usually hire a garden coach which, most times, two homeowners are involved. Usually, garden coaching is not a full time job. However, if ...
