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How To Make The Perfect Potting Mix For Anthuriums

If you want to raise a vibrant anthurium plant, choosing the correct planting medium is vital. Pick the incorrect soil mix and your plant may develop slowly, stop making flowers, or worse, it might even die....More...

Flowers to Grow in Winter

Winter is known for a being a cold and dreary time, when landscapes become barren. But there are plenty of flowers that bloom in the winter, giving your yard or garden a pop of color. People who live in a region with mild winters have more possibilities for winter flowers, but some varieties can eve...More...

How to Plant Cyclamen in Zone 3

There are 19 species of cyclamen, hardy in USDA plant zones 6 to 9. Cyclamen are not hardy in zone 3. In zone 3, cyclamen must be grown as a houseplant. Cyclamen persicum is the species commonly grown as a houseplant. They flower in autumn, winter or spring. Their attractively colored leaves range f...More...

Re-Engineering Your Garden

The term re-engineering is being thrown around a lot within the gardening community as of late. Most people hear the term and partly understand its meaning, but don't really grasp what it means in terms of their garden. Re-engineering in general simply means analyzing what is going on within a ...More...

How to Dig for Drainage

Improving the drainage around a home or other building decreases the potential for water seepage problems. The simplest drain systems use gravity to carry water away from the home. This is accomplished by digging in sloped drain pipes, starting at or near the home, that end in an area where the wate...More...

Erosion Control & Desert Plants

Deserts are places that have little rainfall. Few plants are hardy enough to withstand a desert environment. However, deserts and areas that border on deserts need plants, because these plants help control erosion. Erosion is the movement of solid material like sand or soil from one place to another...More...

How To Use Your Herbs

It's Harvest time. Your garden of herbs has really taken off and grown healthy and strong plants. Now that you have successfully grown your herbs, what to do with them? Take snippets of fresh herbs as you need them for cooking, adding to salads, pesto and dips. They taste so good you will wonde...More...

How to Grow Bonsai - The Beautiful Styles of Bonsai

Bonsai trees are miniaturized versions of the bigger trees. These bonsai trees are shaped into many different styles and forms to please the beholder. These variations enhance the beauty of the trees themselves. The pots in which they are planted in must also be correlated to the style the tree is t...More...

Asian Decor

Using Shoji screens with other Asian influences will give a truly authentic feel to the space....More...

What are Sod Webworms?

The most common type of sod worms are the sod webworms. These are a common sighting in yards, golf courses, and in turfgrass areas. These worms are typically are gray or tan in colour when in the larv...More...

Tips for Choosing the Best Orchid Pots for Your Plants

There are three orchid pots that orchid growers commonly use, and these are plastic pots, clay or terra cotta and baskets. Each of these pots has its own advantages and disadvantages-let's talk about that so you can decide what you want to use for your orchids....More...

Autumn Containers

As late summer turns autumn the begonias will still be at their best, with all their glorious reds, oranges and yellows creating an explosion of fiery colors. By now the cannas, too, will be in full flower, revealing a mixture of orange, yellow, red and salmon, but their large, paddle shaped leaves ...More...

Seven Simple Steps on Repotting Orchids

Experienced orchid growers usually recommend repotting orchids at least once every two years, and once a year if necessary. Doing so can help your plant to stay healthy. One reason is that just like any ... ...More...

How to Start Your Herb Garden Inside

Herb plants are grown for either their leaves or flowers which are used dried or fresh as a seasoning when cooking. Some herbs are rarely used in cooking, but instead are pried for their use in teas. Starting your own herb garden indoors allows you to have fresh herbs available year around. There is...More...