How to use foliage plants to make a diverse, low-maintenance and visually interesting garden display When you hear the term ‘foliage plants’, many tend to think of house plants used to decorate your home. However, the term extends to the garden as well.
Foliage plants may be used as an artistic device to create a fascinating mixture of color, height and texture that makes a stroll in the garden a true delight.… Read More
Making an Organic Lawn Possible When you’re faced with a barren patch where you envision a lawn, it is admittedly not an easy job getting started. As with anything that’s worth doing, your first steps putting down an organic lawn tend to be the hardest.
With a bit of the groundwork laid in, most of the rest of your plan can pretty much coast along.… Read More
Choosing Neat Gardening Gifts If you have a gardening fanatic in your life, or know someone who would like to get into it, gift giving time can be much easier for you if you think about great gardening gifts. There are many great things that you can get for the gardener in your life if you do some simple shopping.… Read More
Clay garden soil is not all bad. Clay soil is often rich and fertile and may be quite good for certain kinds of plants. In some areas, clay is much more common than silty soil, sand or loam and people make do for the most part. Unfortunately, clay has a few major problems.… Read More
Start a herb garden with 5 easy herbs for cooking and your medicine cabinet! In medieval times, the ‘lady of the manor’ always had a herb garden to supply the villagers under her care with healing herbs.
Needless to say, some of these herbs were also used for cooking in her own kitchen.… Read More
