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Growing Tomatoes in the Garden

Growing your own produce in the garden is something that is really rewarding and can save you money in the long run too. Tomatoes are a really easy fruit to grow in the garden, but with so many variet...More...

How First-Time Homebuyers Can Check for Termites

Did you know that termite damage occurs in approximately 600,000 homes throughout the US each year? Even worse, this mass damage has cost US residents roughly $5 billion to repair their property per year. For ... ...More...

Organic Herb Gardening

Organic herb gardening is a wonderful way to add beauty to your landscape or to your kitchen and sun room. You can plant herbs directly into your vegetable garden or flower garden, or you can grow them in containers that you can place anywhere you wish. If you don't have the space for a full-si...More...

What Are the Basic Nutrients in Fertilizers?

A carefully compounded fertilizer can be the magic ingredient in transforming a dry, dead lawn into a lush green carpet of grass. Six nutrients, three primary and three secondary, are required for healthy plant growth....More...

How to Plant a Spring Vegetable Garden in North Carolina

Vegetable and flower gardens grow and bloom through the summer, and may last for years with the right care, but always require specific planting times. This is especially true for vegetable plants, which grow only during one season. North Carolina's USDA growing zones 6 to 8 offer hot, humid summers...More...

A Guide to Lighted Topiary

Topiary is the art of sculpting shrubs into magnificent shapes and designs. However, given that they are grown outside, they can only be enjoyed during the daylight hours. This is where lighted topiary comes in. Lights are attached to topiary forms such as shapes and figures, creating an impressive ...More...

How to Repair Garden Sheds

Garden sheds receive a fair amount of abuse from weather conditions and lack of care. It is important to repair your garden shed, because a dilapidated shed can hurt the aesthetics of your yard. Likewise, sheds house expensive gardening equipment that should not get rusted. Generally, sheds suffer f...More...

Peonies - Old Fashioned, Fragrant Perennials

Peonies are prennial stars of the spring garden. Grown in a mass planting, they can be a garden anchor. Peonies are beautiful, often fragrant, clump forming perennials with large cupped or ruffled showy flowers....More...

Rose Bush Care

Now that you have planted your new rose, or if you have a rose garden you need to care for, there are several things you need to know about rose bush care [http://caring-for-roses.com/rose-bush-care]. Thinking of ... ...More...

Bright Ideas For Better Organic Gardening

Many people that do gardening like the idea of eating or selling fruits and vegetables grown by themselves. Moreover, it gives individuals interested in these type of undertakings the opportunity to go all organic, and plant vegetables or fruits without using any pesticides and chemicals. The idea o...More...

How to Cut and Remove Crumbling Sod

The ideal lawn is smooth, bright and healthy. Unfortunately, because of dry conditions or overwatering, sod does not always set smoothly into a lawn or garden. Crumbling sod must be removed with precision to protect the growth around the damaged turf. With a few gardening tools and little care and p...More...

Don't Over-Fertilize Your Lawn!

Depending on the type of lawn fertilizer you use, you could be spreading harsh chemicals that might be great for your lawn, but are lousy for the water supply. To make sure you only fertilize your law...More...

Why Container Gardening?

Why container gardening? Perhaps you live in an apartment with nowhere to plant. Maybe you can no longer keep up with a large garden. Container gardening has been popular for decades....More...

Types of Orchids

There are lots of types of orchids and a list of its type is like listing the types of people here on earth. However, orchids are divided into two main categories: air and ground orchids. Some experts...More...

Container Flower Gardening

Most people think that planting their own flower garden is difficult. Well if you learn how to do container flower gardening right, it does not have to be time consuming and difficult. It can be pleasant and an enjoyable experience....More...