Find or Submit Gardening Articles and videoshttp://www.ultimategreenthumb.com Browse through 1000's of FREE gardening articles and videos or submit them to our gardening community! Give the same plants to several people, you will see several arrangements. Each one distinct and different, yet, using the same plants. This is the ultimate reward of gardening- a means to express, to create with the help and inspiration from the...more
Don't force yourself out of the most profitable hobby in the universe because you think it's too hard to learn ...It isn't!Gardening is fast becoming the world's number one hobby, and with all the latest 'alternative' information we have to hand, gardening as a natural science is fun to learn about and rewarding in the extreme... Produce your own fruit and veg - cut the shopping trips. Keep it organic!- be nice to the planet, and...more
Find or Submit Gardening Articles and videoshttp://www.ultimategreenthumb.com Browse through 1000's of FREE gardening articles and videos or submit them to our gardening community! Many of us flip through garden magazines, all the while thinking that it takes years, a professional, or tons of money to landscape the gardens featured in the glossy pictures. This isn't necessarily true. You can design a breathtaking garden and be the envy of the neighborhood by following some of the following tips. Know What You Like and What Works Drive around your neighborhood and see what's out there that grows well in your zone. You can jot down what you see on index cards, so they are organized and handy. Start gathering page clippings from magazines and collect some pictures of the designs that interest you. This can help you decide what garden style you like. You'll have an easy reference for plants and placement too. Select Location and Color Next, look at your notes and clippings and choose the color scheme you‘d like to have in your garden. Don't forget to keep in mind if you're designing and planting in shade, sun, or partial shade or partial sun. Are you looking for...more
Whatever theme of set up you have on your garden, you can always add lighting to make it more attractive and inviting. There are different ways and ideas for your garden lights. Some lights are designed for extended the living space outside the interior of the home while other are design to add safety and security. Actually, you can...more
Why does nobody grow garlic from seed? Why do we always start it from garlic cloves? Ignorance. Or rather, because gardening authors have always echoed each other's fable, that garlic seed is always sterile. Garlic can only be grown reliably from bulbs, or rather from cloves broken from the bulb, they say. Wrong!This is akin to the...more
How can we make sure that all the seed we sow in our organic gardens will germinate and give us plants? Wise gardeners store their seed, year after year, especially rare heirloom seeds. Of course, seed saving also saves money. But old seed often disappoints.If in doubt about old seed, it's always wise to pre-germinate a test sample. Soak ten seeds overnight and lay them on damp kitchen paper in a warm place in a plastic bag. After a few days, count what percentage are showing signs of life. To do this scientifically you should use at least 100 seeds. But that might be your entire supply! Ten is good enough as a rough guide.Don't waste the seed that germinates, of course. Sink it in a pot of weak compost, with its growing tip just visible, and water - ideally - with diluted kelp solution. Kelp is a great help to any young seedling.If only 20% of your soaked seeds show life you'll know that - if you plant five seeds from your remaining supply in every module - there's a good chance at least one seed will germinate.If nothing germinates from your seed test, the seed is clearly dead or uselessly dormant. Eat the remaining seed! For example, in granola or as a topping for...more
Here are nine clever tips for germinating seeds faster than you thought possible: The faster your garden seeds germinate, the sooner you'll have plants!~Pregerminate seeds in seaweed extractA friend told me she got nearly 100%...more
Not just a neat row of plants can form a garden it has more to it. The other integral parts of them are the birds and insects. At the same time, you can also make use of the man-made components as they have equal importance in lying out...more
Even the tiniest of spaces can be effectively utilised to create whatever look is sought. Well placed log cabins needn't crowd the garden, thoughtfully designed climbing frames can avoid the garden being a kids-only zone, and solicitous...more
It can be almost overwhelming to enjoy all of the plants that exist in nature. Their blossoms are so beautiful that we learn how to bring them into our homes so that we can enjoy them whenever we want. Some plants appear to be so...more
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Garden pests have become a serious problem that all lovers of plants must find a solution to if they want to actually realize their dreams of getting the best garden they have always desired. We always wish they are not there to mar the...more