Archive for May, 2008
There is plenty to be done in the garden, in preparation for the spring. In the previous article, we were working through a list of things to do. So many people forget, that in order to have beautiful lush gardens in summer, there is work to do at the end of winter and early in the spring. We need to ready our gardens for new growth.
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Beautiful Gardens In Summer Require Preparations In Spring
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Here in South Africa, we are fast approaching winter. This means people in the northern hemisphere are enjoying Spring and heading in to Summer. Lucky you! I thought I would do an article on gardening preparations for spring, to help those of you, who maybe need a bit of planning at this stage. I have made a list of things that need doing.
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How To Prepare Your Garden For The Spring And Summer
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Who would ever have believed a few years back, that you would be able to plan and order your whole garden, online, from your desktop? It makes it so easy, to get exactly what you like for your garden, just by logging on to the Internet Garden Stores and being able to choose your plants, according to color, size, type, season and more, all while you are online.
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Gardening – Plan And Order Online
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It is easy for the home gardener to germinate seeds in trays, or containers. You can control the growing conditions and create a micro-climate, that gives the young plants the best possible protection. Once the seedlings are big enough, they can then be transplanted, into a prepared bed, or into pots, with potting soil. The trays can be used again, for other seeds, as long as they are washed well in between plantings.
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Plant Your Garden With Home Grown Seedlings
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There are many types of plants that can be grown indoors. Some need very little care, while others need more TLC. As with anything, the better the preparation and maintenance, the better the end results, but there are a few basic guidelines, which, when followed, will produce happy and healthy indoor plants.
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Indoor Plants - Basic Requirements
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The most common species, used for Bonsai, in northern areas, are Conifers. The Conifer family is huge and includes both Pines and Junipers, each of which have many sub varieties. In the northern countries, these trees are generally tall and pointed, to cope with the snow, whereas the bushveld varieties of Southern Africa are flat.
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Bonsai – How To Grow Miniature Conifer Trees
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Winter, or fall as they say in America, is traditionally the best time to prune back your plants, shrubs and trees. This is best done while they are dormant and by thinning and clearing old dead sections, the plant is at its best, to start new growth and buds in the Spring. For Southern hemisphere gardens, that time is now. For those living in the Northern hemisphere, get ready and learn a few tips.
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How To Prune Your Garden Plants
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Vegetable gardening has lately become just as popular, as going to the grocery store, for fresh produce. Vegetable gardening can produce vegetables, that are usually cheaper than store bought and vegetables from a home vegetable garden, definitely taste better. Vegetable gardening is no different from growing herbs, or flowers and if the proper steps are taken and the plants are given the proper care, they will flourish and produce very tasty vegetables.
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Vegetable Gardening – How To Start
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Most of us are ready to invest huge amounts of money into our gardens, for landscaping and to give our homes a face lift, but we are often guilty of neglect. Often we fail to prune, when the plants need it, don’t treat disease in time and then our expensive gardens become ill and they look worse than ever, so we spend even more money on it, but overlook the causes.
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Garden Fungus Problems – How To Treat Them