Do you want to start gardening from the comfort of your own home? Well right now is a great time to start. As the New Year comes in, you can start to do new things and begin planning your first vegetable garden. This is a great time to browse seed catalogs and take stock of your resources. Firstly, you will have to assess the amount of garden space you have in your place. Even those without a lot of space can create a vegetable...more
When it comes to grow boxes, hydroponics system and other stuffs concerning indoor gardening, NaturesHydro is your one stop online shop. NaturesHydro offers the best and only the best grow boxes in the market. If youre looking for a grow box to start your indoor gardening, you can find a huge array of NaturesHydro Grow Boxes in out website www.natureshydro.com, which gives you the advantage to choose one that best suit your needs. To give you...more
Most all new homes built in subdivisions are covenant controlled and managed by a homeowner’s association. Homeowners who desire to build a wooden garden shed on their property will most likely need to get the wooden garden shed approved prior to building the garden shed. We will discuss the issues involved with this process. FIRST QUESTION: Why do I have to get approval of my wooden garden shed from my Homeowner’s Association (HOA) before I build the storage shed? FIRST ANSWER: Because most developers record a set of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions (CC&R’s)against your lot before they sell it to your builder. These CCR’s will most likely control what additional sheds or structures you can build on your property. The developer gives the HOA the right and authority to enforce these restrictions. Additionally, the developer may have also filed a document with the city or county when getting the subdivision approval that places additional restrictions on what you can do on your lot. These are often contained within the zoning approvals for the subdivision and may be called Planned Unit Development (PUD) documents or zoning documents. These documents...more
Wooden garden sheds are becoming more popular as each year passes. Builders are building new homes with the attention to providing living square footage and not paying a lot of attention to storage space needed for outdoor yard and garden items. Therefore, many homeowners are building wooden garden sheds, also called storage...more
Juniper bonsai are one of the most versatile styles of bonsai that you can grow. Suitable for use in all styles except the broom style, this conifer tree is adaptable, takes well to wiring, and is easy to care for as long as you pay close attention to the tree. However, there are a few things that you should keep in mind when you tend to a juniper...more
If you are one of those who have come to realize the many health benefits of organic food, then you are off for a good start in starting your own organic garden. Learning how to start an organic garden is easy. It does require some techniques and adequate knowledge on the important elements of growing your plants but with a good guide, you can learn it fast and easy.Here are just the very basic on how to start an organic garden.Planning your gardenThe first step on how to start an organic garden is planning. You need to plan before getting too excited in digging a hole and sowing those seeds right away. Of course, you don't want to plant something that does not thrive well in your area, given the soil type and the climate. Find out which vegetables grow best in your area. It is also common sense that if you want to grow your own vegetables for consumption, you have to grow different kinds of vegetables that you need.Preparing the soilTo make more your soil more fertile and to make it easier to grow healthy vegetables, you can start mixing and raking animal manure in the soil before planting, but make sure they are not fresh. Compost is one good organic fertilizer that you can also...more
Keeping the garden green can be tricky for the enthusiastic horticulturalist, and not just in the drier months. Even during the winter garden irrigation is a very important factor for attaining optimum growth for plants. Whether you are a person that...more
Among the beautiful flowers and healthy vegetables you can grow in a home garden, you can also help to cultivate your spiritual center. With the reward of having beautiful plants, you can also use the garden space for meditating. With the proper...more
If you are a homeowner that takes great pride in your yard or garden, then you probably appreciate any helpful tips that could help to make your outdoor area more attractive. There is little doubt that you have spent some long hours outdoors tending...more
It is important to have an area within the garden that is dedicated to shade; it means in the summer months there is an area of your garden that you can enjoy. Most people like to have a shaded area where they can relax, eat and keep away from the...more
Inside your herb garden, you may have observed those plant creepers forming in some of the body structure of your plants, growing from their pots and places in the garden. The fact of the matter is that these plant creepers are part of a plant's...more
Water conservation is a big issue, and not just in the drier parts of the world. As such, gardeners, and more precisely, horticulturists that grow their own food supplies have to find ways to collect and use water more efficiently than ever. There...more