In Search of the Best Gardening Tools

 

Apollo Precision Tools DT3795P 18-Piece Garden Tool Set, Pink
This 18 piece garden tool set is perfect for all your gardening needs.
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Different kinds of gardens require 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.

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Choosing the Best Plants for your Garden

 

Visual Encyclopedia of Garden Plants
The Visual Encyclopedia of Garden Plants:
A practical guide to choosing the best plants for all types of garden, with 3000 entries and 950 photographs

What exactly is a succulent? How can I grow orchids? What are the best shrubs for a shady garden? All these questions and more are answered in this highly informative encyclopedia of common garden plants.
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$12.00

Many times we buy plants on impulse then find there is nowhere in the garden that really suits them. Before buying plants carefully examine your garden to see

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Hydroponic Gardening

 

hydro areo garden
AeroGarden Classic 7-Pod with Gourmet Herb Seed Kit

Enjoy fresh greens at every meal no matter what the season.
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$190.97

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.Hydroponics was derived from the Greek word hydro, which means “water” and ponos, which means “labor or water-working”. Hydroponics gardening involves growing plants with their roots in other nutrient solutions and without soil. Read More

Indoor Gardening

 


Hydrofarm Jump Start T5 Grow Light System
The 4 ft wide Jump Start T5 Grow Light System is ideal for seedlings, cuttings, flowers and house plants.
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$59.13

Plants are just as popular as furniture when one is deciding on furniture and soft furnishings.

Aside from the aesthetic value plants provide your home with, there are also health benefits – grade school science class tells us that plants cleanse the air through utilizing the carbon dioxide and producing more oxygen. Here is some important information on how to care for your indoor plants to gain the optimum health and aesthetic benefits. Read More

Dealing with Rose Diseases

 

Rose Diseases
Compendium of Rose Diseases and Pests, 2nd Edition [Paperback]

“…one of the best written books on roses and the diseases and pests that try to attack them ever written.”
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$69.00

To make sure that your prized roses remain in the best of health, simply follow these tips. Read More

Organic Pest Control Tips

 

Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control
The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control:
A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden and Yard Healthy Without Chemicals [Paperback]

An excellent handbook with entries for common fruits, flowering plants, vegetables, and trees. Each listing has information on disease and pest problems and tips on how to solve them without chemicals. Especially useful sections feature photos of garden insects and diseases.
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$28.00

Pest control must be done with utmost consideration to safety; safety in terms of the plants, animals and humans. This holds especially true for those with vegetable and organic gardens.

The main purpose of growing vegetables organically will be defeated if they become tainted with pest control chemicals.

Here are a few long-term maintenance tips to make pest control less damaging and more environmentally friendly. Read More

Azaleas: A Key To Creating A Beautiful Landscape

 

Rhododendrons & Azaleas: A Colour Guide

Rhododendrons & Azaleas: A Colour Guide[Hardcover]
Rhododendrons & Azaleas profiles over 4,000 varieties of this highly popular and striking plant. Illustrated with 1,100 color photographs, each entry includes a description of the plant and flower color; notes on hardiness, height and spread, and flowering time; advice on cultivation and proven performers; and the name of the parent plants, the raiser, and similar varieties. Practical advice is also given on rhododendrons in the landscape, maintenance and husbandry, pests, diseases, problems and disorders, propagation, and buying and collecting rhododendrons, along with a brief history and a guide to their classification.

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$45.43

For many people, it’s not officially spring until they turn on the TV and see the azaleas that bloom each April at the Augusta National Country Club in Georgia-the site of the Masters professional golf tournament.

Azaleas are a large, diverse group of… …Read More

A Guide To Japanese Gardens

 

Creating Japanese Gardens
All About Creating Japanese Gardens (Ortho’s All About Gardening)
[Paperback]
Japanese gardens have long been appreciated for providing beautiful, tranquil spaces that evoke feelings of sanctuary, often in short supply these days. This practical guide to Japanese gardening teaches you how to:
• Use centuries-old garden design techniques to create tranquil spaces that evoke a feeling of sanctuary.
• Select and arrange plants and ornaments in a traditional design while at the same time emphasizing your personal tastes.
• Calm your busy lifestyle, inspire peace of mind and reflect nature to create serenity.
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$9.36

Ready for something different in your garden?
Take a look at Japanese bridges. These beautiful ornamental bridges bring the Far East right into your back yard or garden… Read More

A Better Weekend Gardening Experience

It’s vital to start the process of having a hassle-free garden. This article gives you that first step and helps achieve some sound understanding of what you face as a weekend gardener. Our goal is to create a garden that practically takes care of itself. Read More

Herb Gardening

Herbs have been around since time immemorial and served different kinds of purposes. They have been used to treat illness and flavour cooking; they were even believed to have magical powers.  Do you want to have your own herb garden?  Here are a few ideas on how to establish an herb garden. Read the rest of this entry »

Butterfly Gardening Part 2

When creating a butterfly garden, the possibilities of what to include in your butterfly garden design are endless. Below are some suggestions to help get you started. They are designed to spark the creative process of your mind and get you started on your way to creating a lovely butterfly garden. Read More

Butterfly Gardening Part 1

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. Read More

21 Great Gardening Tips

by: Hege Crowton

Gardens come in different varieties like the plants you find in them. There are several gardening tips that can be used for all type of gardens. Read the rest of this entry »

Easy Steps to Composting

by: Fran Barnwell

It is becoming more and more obvious these days that we need to recycle as much as we can, and anyone with a garden has a head start and can make a great contribution. To many novice gardeners, including myself, this subject can be somewhat difficult to grasp; but in fact it is really straightforward – there are just a few very simple rules: Read the rest of this entry »

Constructing Garden Steps

by: Hege Crowton

Steps present as ideal an opportunity for beautifying the outdoors as any other item on your landscaping agenda. Materials which can be used vary from round-cut logs to concrete, brick or stone… Read the rest of this entry »

10 Tips for Successful Rose Planting

by: Kathy Burns-Millyard

Planting roses isn’t actually complicated, as long as you have some good advice and tips to start with… Read the rest of this entry »