Home & Garden: Vegetable Gardening Tools

Vegetable Gardening Tools

Garden tools help you prepare and maintain vegetable gardens.garden tools image by MichMac from Fotolia.comVegetable gardening tools have improved over the years, allowing you to choose traditional tools or, thanks to technology, tools that make gardening easier and faster. They give you...

Home & Garden: How to Care for a Cycad Plant

How to Care for a Cycad Plant

Growing a cycad is like taking a look into the distant past. Cycads are members of the ancient gymnosperm group of plants that originated some 240 million years ago. Cycads are frost-tender plants that grow outdoors only in warm climates. In most of the United States, cycads are better suited for co

Home & Garden: The Basics Of Artificial Turf

The Basics Of Artificial Turf

Ever heard of an artificial turf? Artificial turfs are made from artificial grass, made to look and feel very much like natural grass. Because they are artificial, the grass don't grow so there's nearly nothing to maintain. No more mowing. No more watering. There might be a bit of weeding

Home & Garden: The Best Time to Start Planting Flowers

The Best Time to Start Planting Flowers

Flower gardening is not only a popular hobby, a beautiful flower garden increases the curb appeal of your home. One of the first things a flower gardener learns is that there is not one date when it is best to plant all flowers. Different flowers are planted at different times, and even the state th

Home & Garden: Seven Pieces You Need to Build Your Greenhouse Dream

Seven Pieces You Need to Build Your Greenhouse Dream

Greenhouse building plans are the place you begin. These plans give you all the information you need to start putting your greenhouse together. Without a plan, you are just guessing. Plans usually come with standard ...

Home & Garden: How Do I Dye Fabric With Plants & Vegetables?

How Do I Dye Fabric With Plants & Vegetables?

Whether you want a fun experiment for the kids or a creative way to keep from wasting your garden leftovers, dyeing fabric with plants and vegetables is the way to go. While not quite as convenient as store-bought dyes, these recipes can still produce excellent results. Just gather a few materials a

Home & Garden: Provide Light to the Plants During Winter

Provide Light to the Plants During Winter

For more attractive appearance of the plants during winter, put the pots near the south or east window. In November, indoor plants that in the summer enjoyed the nice weather on the balcony or in ...

Home & Garden: Mini Greenhouses Are a Great Way to Keep Plants Fresh All Year Long

Mini Greenhouses Are a Great Way to Keep Plants Fresh All Year Long

Many mini green houses are small enough to keep inside the house in in-climate weather so you never have to worry about your plans when it rains, snows or is too dry. You would provide the "comfort" your plants need. They also keep seedlings alive and healthy, giving them protection from h

Home & Garden: Modern Gardens - The Innovations Within

Modern Gardens - The Innovations Within

Modern gardens have a very fresh, calm look around them which soothe us at the end of a busy day. Their borders are comparable to those used in ordinary gardens; the garden design is based on geometry

Home & Garden: Information on Texas Goatweed

Information on Texas Goatweed

Texas goatweed (Croton capitatus) is a wild plant that is rarely cultivated--it truly can be considered a weed. Despite the similar name, it is not the same plant known as horny goatweed (Epimedium grandiflorum), which is grown in Asia and has specific medicinal qualities, particularly for sexual he

Home & Garden: Choosing the Right Trees For Your Fruit Orchard

Choosing the Right Trees For Your Fruit Orchard

There are so many fruit trees available, that choosing the right trees for your fruit orchard may become difficult and very confusing. The choice becomes slightly easier when you know that you have to choose the right tree for your climate.

Home & Garden: Home Greenhouses

Home Greenhouses

If you love gardening and hate the winter months when your garden is for the most part bare, a greenhouse is the perfect solution. With a greenhouse, you can enjoy spring all year round, because a greenhouse is a gardeners haven during winter. Just like normal gardening, greenhouse gardening can be

Home & Garden: Knotweed Eradication: On A War-Footing

Knotweed Eradication: On A War-Footing

With the spread of the "killer bamboo" or Japanese Knotweed in many parts of the UK and North America, steps are being undertaken on a war-footing to eradicate and control the spread before this weed causes irreversible damage to property and danger to life and limb, chokes out other speci

Home & Garden: How to Plant a Pot

How to Plant a Pot

Are you in need of a very simple and inexpensive way to add a decorative touch to your yard or garden? Well, I have the answer for you. In fact, you'll be recycling something that might have otherwise ended up in the garbage.

Home & Garden: Different Types Of Gardening Equipment

Different Types Of Gardening Equipment

The types and worth of tackle you use to take caring of your plants not only have an effect on your plants' wellbeing, but your own as well.

Home & Garden: Chainsaw Sharpening Tools for Homeowners

Chainsaw Sharpening Tools for Homeowners

A chainsaw is a necessary gardening device. It is used for trimming, limbing, and dressing tress. Also you can use it for cutting overgrown bushes and shrubs. Round files are no longer considered or used ...

Home & Garden: Top 5 Faux Pas To Avoid When Redesigning The Kitchen

Top 5 Faux Pas To Avoid When Redesigning The Kitchen

Irrespective of their lifestyles and preferences, people do spend a lot of time in the kitchen. From preparing a snack or a cup of coffee to putting together a nice dinner for the entire family, ...