Tag: horticulture
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April 29, 2008 05:19 AM EDT --
"It is well for people who think to change their minds occasionally in order to keep them clean. For those who do not think, it is best at least to rearrange their prejudices once in a while." . . .
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July 04, 2008 03:38 PM EDT --
Last month I shared some photos of my garden and today I took some new pictures. It's amazing how differntly some of the flower beds look and which new plants have come in bloom. I suppose . . .
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April 23, 2006 01:55 PM EDT --
Finally some sunshine! It has been very cool and rainy here in California for much too long. I got out in the garden today only to find an unspeakable crime, that despicable act of barbarism that . . .
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July 16, 2006 06:38 PM EDT --
The evil tomato is native to the American continent. It was first cultivated by the blood drinking, cannibalistic Aztecs, who used it as ketchup for their human BBQs. The expression "Bite me!" . . .
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July 01, 2008 09:53 AM EDT --
Hubby and I have been working dilegently(GATHER CAN WE PLEASE HAVE SPELL CHECK?) on this garden..
We have planted in this garden: Hostas, Day Lilies, Astilbe, Lung wort and Ferns
Hope you enjoy!!!!! . . .
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October 17, 2009 03:58 PM EDT --
Ginger Cultivation: In-Ground & In Containers
Ginger plants can be cultivated in containers as well as in the ground. If you like to garden and you have an interest in growing . . .
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July 29, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
This "behind the scenes" book about the cut flower trade was recommended to me by Scott Kunst, owner of Old House Gardens, to help get me through the long, cold, gray flower-less days of a typical . . .
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February 09, 2008 01:11 PM EST --
The still red branches
make autumn planted dogwoods
February's hope.
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September 18, 2009 09:33 PM EDT --
Sharing & Packaging Your Seed Stocks
Many gardeners are also seed-savers. They collect seeds from their plants towards the end of season by allowing some plants to “bolt” . . .
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July 01, 2008 11:11 AM EDT --
This is our west garden that we have just recently been working on.
There was a Sweet Gum tree taken down last year.
We are still working on the garden.
Larger Rocks have been . . .
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June 23, 2009 01:24 PM EDT --
Irrigation is something all plants need. In a bucket farm or garden it is a critical necessity. Some people go to elaborate lengths to achieve this simple task. I prefer the simpler methods my self. . . .
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September 18, 2009 09:38 PM EDT --
FLORIDA GARDENING HINTS & TIPS
Control Weeds With Newspaper!
Rather than the expense of the purchase of expensive landscape cloth, herbicides or your labor spent in hours on your . . .
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March 07, 2009 02:50 PM EST --
In 1859 near Lancaster, Massachusetts, a 10 year-old boy sat on a hill overlooking the railroad tracks as a locomotive pulling several boxcars went by...
The young, intelligent and precocious lad had . . .
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September 24, 2009 11:32 AM EDT --
Honeybee Populations Continue Mysterious Declines
Honeybee populations in the USA, indeed all of North America, is and has been undergoing a devastating collapse for sometime now. . . .
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September 21, 2009 02:50 PM EDT --
Pumpkins In Your Bucket Garden
Recently I was informed by a lady, who had no idea that I am ‘bucket gardener’ , that “viney” plants such as pumpkins, squash, cucumbers, . . .
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May 18, 2007 11:25 AM EDT --
Come join Gardening Hints 'n' Tips! This is a place for gardeners and plant lovers to share what works for them or what doesn't work for them. This is a group where you . . .
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April 21, 2006 08:03 AM EDT --
Bonsai: A Living Artform
Bonsai…what is it?
Bonsai is to put quite simply is the training & miniaturization of bushes, shrubs & trees by artificial means to specific shapes & . . .
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January 12, 2008 09:48 PM EST --
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh is currently hosting a collection of works by renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly. If you're not familar with Phipps, it's a huge glass and . . .
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April 29, 2008 02:01 PM EDT --
So I just wanted to share with you this editorial I read this morning, I believe written to The Boston Globe ...it's GOOD! LOL!
Below are some photographs of a baby cherry tree--weeping. . . .
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May 11, 2008 01:46 AM EDT --
I stress Leica because it struck me as funny last week when, in Target, with my friend, looking at cameras for her, we bumped against a pushy salesman who clearly was obsessed with cameras himself. . . .
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