| 311 | Blue Wild Flowers for Your Garden Preview: Planting wild flowers in your garden, or simply scattering wild flower seeds around an area of your yard are both ways to take advantage of Mother Nature's treasured gifts. Wild flowers are carefree, colorful, and tend to attract bees, butterflys and birds. So planting wild flowers not only gives you an easy maintenance flower garden... it also p... (more) Published By: Kathy Burns-Millyard Submitted: 17 March,2005 |
| 312 | 5 Secrets To Growing Beautiful Roses Preview: A rose is a rose is rose - and there are few things in the garden more beautiful. There are 5 secrets I want to share that will help you to grow healthy roses. 1. Sunshine: Plan to put your rose bush in a spot where it will get as much sun at least 6 hours of sunshine a day. 2. Water: Drops of water on the leaves can cause burning, and lead to b... (more) Published By: Abigail Baker Submitted: 17 March,2005 |
| 313 | New for 2006- Granite Flexible Preformed Rock Ponds Preview: So you’ve decided to build your very own backyard water garden. You are in the process of actively planning out your design, and you’re visualizing the end-result. But have you paused to consider what kind of pond construction you will be using? Do you know what kind of pond constructions exist? The majority of garden ponds utilize one of two type... (more) Published By: Gerry Fung Submitted: 18 March,2005 |
| 314 | Flower Meanings Preview: Certain types or colors of flowers mean different things, and you don't want to send the wrong message if you give them as a gift! Of course, not everyone knows what a particular flower means, but you can never be too sure! FLOWER NAME and/or COLOR -- FLOWER MEANINGS Carnations Carnation (General) -- Fascination Carnation, Pink -- Emblem of ... (more) Published By: The Gift Wizard Submitted: 18 March,2005 |
| 315 | Planning a Water Garden... Preview: A water garden is the area of your landscape that will provide you with relaxing sounds of the water, while adding to the overall details of your landscape. The water garden is a project that you must 'plan' for continued success. If you are lucky enough to have the room in your lawn for a water garden, you are already one step ahead of many garde... (more) Published By: Gordon Goh Submitted: 24 March,2005 |
| 316 | Understanding Weeds – How to Kill them? Preview: When I was a child, I loved to pick Dandelions. The pretty yellow flowers were small, colorful, and looked nice tucked behind my ear! However, if one had popped up in the front yard, my hair accessory would have been considered an atrocity! I often feel sorry for weeds. They are plants too. In fact, if you flipped through a botany field guide, yo... (more) Published By: Chris Coffman Submitted: 24 March,2005 |
| 317 | Fertilizing Your Lawn Preview: Your lawn takes nutrients out of the soil that it is bedded in and uses these nutrients to aid its growth. If your soil lacks these nutrients your lawn will ultimately suffer. So while fertilizing makes your lawn greener it also provides a top of any nutrients that your soil is lacking helping grass to grow. When the nutrients are available, the l... (more) Published By: Chris Coffman Submitted: 24 March,2005 |
| 318 | Care of Moth Orchids Preview: Do you have a knack for being with moths? Most people would say, "no way". Yet, the moth orchids that I am talking about are the ones that sway nicely in the breeze and some of the newer hybrids have a nice fragrance. These moths are easy to care for, especially a beginner. These moths are found very frequently in gardens. These are the phalaenops... (more) Published By: Robert Roy, orchids-plus-more.com Submitted: 26 March,2005 |