Italian cuisine is enjoyed all over the world. The distinctive array of herbs that tradition has mixed for flavoring has gendered the unique blend that Italian meals are always a pleasure to the pallet.Adding Italian herbs plants in the vicinity of an already existing vegetable garden adds flavor to them, especially tomatoes and peppers. You will also enjoy the unmistakable scent of the Mediterranean anytime you stroll by that area.To achieve...more
Do you want to boost productivity of soil in your garden? There is no need to turn to expensive fertilizers and pesticides. Aside from bringing about health and environmental hazards, such products are less effective compared to natural techniques. You should start learning biodynamic farming. The concept is not that hard to understand. For quite some time, scientists and experts have been emphasizing the advantage of using natural means to take...more
Earthworms or night crawlers are best used as fertilizers for vegetables, whether in small or large areas. Such organisms are best suited for a type of composting called vermicomposting. The composting type is a process wherein worms are fed to excrete a form of soil that is very rich in necessary and productive nutrients essential to growth of vegetable crops. This is clearly one technique to implement biodynamic farming. It is not surprising that these days, more and more farmers are treating earthworms as their real best friends. Studies commissioned by different governmental agriculture institutions globally have found that vermiculture castings or earthworms' excretions, when mixed in the soil, have seven times more phosphorus, five times nitrate, 11 times potash, thrice amounts of magnesium and almost two times more calcium than normal soil used optimally for vegetable cropping in the most fertile agricultural lands. Vermiculture is indeed one effective way to maintain richness and fertility of soil. In the past, or in some agricultural areas elsewhere in the globe today, some vegetable farmers regard earthworms as pests. That is why they keep on killing and removing worms...more
As the name suggests the, cellulose attic insulation is a special type insulation used to keep our homes insulated from the atmospheric conditions. When outside it is too cold we do not feel so in the insulated homes and vice versa. Nowadays the market is flooded with the materials used for insulating homes but, the most reliable and sought after...more
Everytime a new chemical is produced for commercial use a watered down version appears in the local garden Centre which claims to do wonderful things for pest elimination. The reality is that by cultivating your own natural Organic garden you will not face the same issues as those that opt to use synthetic products and you Will have much more fit...more
Camellias are permanent plants. Grown in pots or tubs, in a soil mixture of two parts sandy loam, two parts peat and one part coarse sand, their deep green glossy foliage is attractive the year-round. They need partial shade in all but the coldest months. During the summer, they are best plunged in a protected spot outdoors where they will benefit from a weekly soaking and a dose of a water-soluble fertilizer about every 10 days.After flowering, they need a rest period and should almost dry out between waterings. More failures with camellias are due to overwatering during the winter, than to any other one cause. They also resent sudden temperature changes and cold drafts. When repotting is necessary, it should be done in the spring after new growth starts, seldom more often than every two or even three years. Attention to such details is more than compensated by the wide-spread waxy blossoms.Still another plant commonly seen in the late autumn greenhouse, yet no less worth growing on that account, is cyclamen. Because it takes 18 months from seed to produce a flowering sized tuber, all too often cyclamen plants are bought in full flower from a florist. In most cases, such plants...more
When it comes to biodynamic farming, people are turning to natural and traditional ways to help keep the soil fertile and organically rich in nutrients. One of the modernly developed techniques to arrive to biodynamic agriculture is vermiculture...more
Plantations are wide areas of land designated for planting and cultivation of industrial and trading crops like tobacco, cotton, sugar cane and coffee. There are also plantations that exist for wood or timber. These large pieces of estate and farms...more
The development of a landscaped fountain can make a home or business look truly unique. Fountains possess great visual allure which is one of the many reasons they are so popular. Of course, a fountain also has to operate properly or else it will...more
We cannot see colors of life without light, we cannot, now, live a day without light. If suddenly lights go off we are reduced to almost blindness. Therefore, light has taken an important place in our lives. When it comes to uses of light, we cannot...more
If you think earthworms would not be useful in orchards, you are mistaken. Worms are small soil-inhabited creatures that are present wherever there is moist soil. They are present in farms, vegetable gardens, backyards and yes, even orchards. There...more
Biodynamic farming emphasizes interrelationship among soil, plants, and animals. Natural inhabitants of soil could be of great use to farming. This is what earthworms are all about. Usually, people are scared and disgusted to see earthworms. It is...more