Gardening in an apartment usually means growing houseplants and perhaps a pot of tomatoes or herb plants on a balcony. Herb plants have many uses, right from garnishing recipes, to curing certain infections and illnesses to adding an aesthetic look to the garden. Many people want to have their own garden, but without a worthy piece of land to start a garden is almost impossible. The best part of herb plants is that there is no need of a garden to...more
Planning Regulations on Garden Buildings If you are in the early planning stages of erecting garden building on the grounds of your residence then you need to pay close attention to the regulations that are set in place concerning them. Now the good news is that they are really quite few, and are also quite simple to understand. As you read what I have listed here, do keep in mind that these regulations really only deal with the...more
Why Have a Garden Room If you've been thinking around the idea of having a garden room built at your place but are wondering just how many uses you will have for it, if any, then wonder no more. This is because I have gone through and dug up some of the "most common" popular uses for garden rooms from folks who actually own them for you to check out. One of the most popular uses for them by parents with children and most particularly older kids and teens, was as a place to get them, and their friends out of the home, "yet within reach". It's somewhere where they can listen to their music, play video games, or "whatever", and still have peace reign in the main home. Garden rooms are also the perfect get away for adults too it turns out. For instance, a lot of married men like to equip theirs with a refrigerator, card table, dart board and couple of comfortable couches for a place to hang with their mates on Friday, and Saturday nights. It's a heck of a lot cheaper, and closer than the local pub. A garden room is also the perfect venue for taking a home business idea and turning it "into reality" as so many others have already done. It's isolated from the main home which...more
The vast majority of individuals obtain their produce or vegetables from the grocery store or a farmer's market. Farming is a main industry throughout the world that allows people to consume products that they may not be able to grow themselves or in the area where they live.Purchasing veggies from the supermarket is a simple and available way to...more
Bamboo is a plant form and structure than the one of the unique plant group. China is the world center of the distribution of bamboo, bamboo has a very rich resource. According to records about the world more than 50 bamboo genera and 1,300 species. The natural distribution of bamboo species in China to about 30 genera and 500 species.Bamboo as one...more
Boboli Gardens - Florence When You book a guided tour in Florence, with us You'll realize how beautiful and magic this town is.The Boboli Gardens is a historic park in the city of Florence. Born as the garden of the Pitti Palace, it is also linked to Fort Belvedere, a military outpost for the safety of the king and his family. The garden, which annually hosts over 800,000 visitors, is one of the most important examples of Italian garden in the world and is a veritable outdoor museum, setting architectural and landscaping for the sculpture collection, which ranging from Roman antiquity to the nineteenth century. The gardens behind the Pitti Palace, residence of the Medici first, then the Lorraine and Savoy, were built between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries and occupying an area of 45,000 square meters. The garden has four entrances accessible to the public: the courtyard of Palazzo Pitti, from Fort Belvedere, Via Romana (the entrance of Annalena) and the Piazzale di Porta Romana, as well as another exit in Piazza Pitti.The name "Boboli" may have arisen from the possessions of the family Borgoli, that were within the church of Santa Felicita the...more
How to Level a Garden Pond How well I remember our first pond construction. We tried not to cut any grass. We hired a fellow to dig out the backyard for the pond. I romped around the excavation holding the transit, proudly announcing the level...more
So you want to grow a vegetable garden! Many people today are doing research on how they can grow their own vegetables. Perhaps that is why you found this article. If this is your first time looking into growing your own garden, I have to give...more
Garden statues can add a certain look to any outdoor space and ornament any garden. These types of lawn ornaments are perfect for flower gardens, any porch area, and both front and back yards. It is important, however, not to overcrowd your place...more
When people think of getting their dream home, some imagine getting a garden shed along with it to complete the picture. Many potential homeowners think that garden sheds are useful additions to their property because these can store bulky household...more
There are 6 groups of plants which you should consider for your pond. This article and a few of the following ones are all about what we call Marginals. When we talk about Marginal plants we think of them as purely ornamental as they do not play a...more
The key to saving lots of time maintaining your vegetable garden is to lay mulch over top of the soil. Mulching flower and vegetable beds reduces the amount water used to keep the soil beneath the soil moist. Mulch reduces the amount of weeds that...more