Turned their front yard into a blooming garden

July 27, 2010

It’s really amazing what you can do with the surplus places in your yard. I just read the really inspiring story, written by Leslie Kuss, about a couple that turned their front yard into a blooming garden with lots of vegetables. Some years ago John and Barbara Ashby decided to change this part of their [...]

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An Expert’s Secrets to Growing More Beautiful Roses

July 25, 2010

Do you like roses? Most people I know do. Personally I love roses, and I have a lot of them in my garden. I just saw a short but really interesting video by an expert on roses. The gardener, Paul Zimmerman, gives some really good advice on how to grow more beautiful roses. You can [...]

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Repotting Plants In a Container Garden

July 25, 2010

Lisa Hutchurson just shared some nice pictures of the process she goes through when she repots the plants in her container garden. If you do container gardening you know that it often requires some extra work to cultivate your container garden by repotting the plants etc. But as you can see, the end-result is quite [...]

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87 Year Old Man Grows Garlic and Stays Young and Energetic

July 25, 2010

I just read an interesting story about Chester Aaron who has discovered a completely natural way to stay young, healthy and energetic. Chester is 87 years, but he has discovered how to enjoy a healthy and active life, despite his relatively high age. Chester’s secret is garlic. Every morning he eats three to four cloves [...]

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Research claims that peat-free compost is most effective

July 24, 2010

For ages compost with peat has been used by gardeners who wanted to get the best results in their gardens. But according to an article by Sean Poulter research has now shown that it’s better to use compost without peat. According to the article experts compared a lot of plants that were composted with different [...]

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The Advantages of Organic Gardening

July 23, 2010

Do you use pesticides and chemicals in your garden? And have you considered turning to organic gardening? There are many advantages of organic gardening. When you grow your garden in an organic way you abstain from using pesticides and chemicals to control pests and plant diseases. Now, I know that some people think that organic [...]

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