The beauty of all of this is these are to enrich your life with culture and knowledge. Take these opportunities to be creative by expanding your knowledge on both foods and the environment alike. Grow a garden and get your children involved. Give them the responsibility to water and maintain the plants and watch their smiles grow every time they see the plant grow. Take advantage of the Edible Garden and you will only get positive information and...more
Gardening is a great tool when it comes to enhance exteriors of a residential or commercial property. The trick works always as for human eyes, green is a color that signifies life. A symbol of growth, renewal, health, and healthy environment, plants and trees not only add beauty to our environment but also make our outdoors live and full of beautiful sights. However plants and trees are means to add beauty to our environment, they also need...more
If you have a gardener in the family then when it comes time for gift giving you have a ready made solution as the options available when it comes to gifts is nearly unlimited. Really the only limit is your budget.depending on what you have to spend you could go with simple tools and equipment like gloves, knee pads, a wide brimmed gardening hat or some spades and hand tools to turn over soil and break up clods etc. There are pots and watering cans, bulbs, seeds, trowels, trimmers and clippers. Most are available for a reasonable price and avid gardener's just love this stuff!I just talked to my mom on Mothers Day and she told me about some things called "water walls". You stand these around plants that you have out a little early in the season when there is a danger of freezing.You fill them with water and they take the heat of the day and warm the plants at night. Mother lives high in the mountains of central Idaho and she says she has had great success keeping tender plants from freezing with these water walls. An inexpensive gift that a gardener could use and appreciate. Go a little higher in the budget you can get more exotic choices like a magazine subscription, gives twelve...more
Hanging a potted plantSometimes the urge to garden can come upon a person like a cat springing from the shadows. What can you do if you don't have have a big yard? Container gardening is an easy way to garden using whatever space you may have, even if it's just a window sill. If you have a window you can also put a hook in the ceiling to hang a...more
One of the things that really work well for gardening in Houston is Gulf Coast humidity. The high humidity is truly great for growing a wide variety of plant species, many of whom are non-native. A significant number of Houston gardens are comprised of some very exotic foreign species mingled with luxuriant tropical kinds that normally grown in...more
Garden and landscaping services transform your property into a work of art. Like any work of art, there are key points of interest, unique variations of color, and calculated interplays of light and shadow. This makes your yard look multi-dimensional in its expression of beauty. It also provides you with more opportunities for Houston outdoor living, because the many elements that evolve from garden and landscaping services ultimately become hotspots for entertainment. Your lawn is an important part of garden and landscaping design that requires professional attention and skill. Your lawn is like a canvas. It serves as the backdrop of your garden and landscape design and establishes the degree of openness that your back yard or front yard communicates to guests. The more grass in your yard, the more a sense of vastness. The more hardscape and conscious cultivation of softscape elements, the more isolated points of interests become. Different garden and landscape methods are used in yards of varying sizes. In larger yards, the property is divided into zones of interest. Although interconnected in terms of overall theme, each zone is uniquely individual in terms of the...more
By definition, a garden pergola is a structure that is built out of pillars, cross beams, and lattice walls. The lattice walls support climbing vines that grow over the top of the structure. Much of the area beneath a garden pergola is therefore...more
A contemporary garden is distinguished by its emphasis of hardscape and geometry over softscape. Vegetation is minimized in favor of a deliberately Mentalist view of the world. Gravel, stone, sculpture, water, and art take the place of vivacious...more
People, who have an interest of starting a garden, can utilize garden seeds or directly plant the plants in soil. It is very easy to plant the plants in soil and that's why many people go for this method, but people, who have the knowledge of...more
As people walk near a portion of a large estate that has been transformed into a garden, they seem to be impelled to follow the flagstone path leading into the flora. Gently the trail bends around boxwood hedges and twists its way back and forth...more
A lot of people tend to be deceived about how difficult organic horticulture is for the beginner. When you decide to have an organic garden over a regular one, you'll have more details to attend to which will result in an greater workload. You'll see...more
Though just about anyone given enough time could become a knowledgeable gardener, some folks don't have a lot of space and therefore wave off the possibilities without considering what can be done with container gardening.One key benefit of growing...more