How to Prolong the Life of Cut Flowers -
A little extra time and care can give your flowers a longer lease of life. Ideally, you should take precautionary measures before giving the flowers t...
Moving Your Roses -
Roses may be successfully moved at most times of the year, even in full flower and when the soil is dry, provided precautions are taken. Remove all bu...
Choosing House Plants -
When choosing house plants, consider first their shape, habit, texture and colouring for the place they will occupy and in relation to each other. For...
Plants for Window Boxes -
Plants in window-boxes tend to have a somewhat hard life, with periods of drought and wind, draughts and little protection. Certain hardy plants are, ...
Temperature and House Plants -
A chief consideration is the temperature of the room in which the plants are to live. If the night temperature falls to between degrees and 10ÃÆâ...
Garden Feng Shui -
Garden Feng Shui. The design of your garden can have an amazing affect on your family's well being and health. Here is how you can create harmony in y...
What is soil pH? -
What is soil pH? pH are symbols used by chemists for describing the degree of alkalinity or acidity of soils. There is a scale of values centred aroun...
Dolomite -
Dolomite is a natural limestone rock containing roughly equal parts of magnesium carbonate and calcium carbonate. The breakdown can alter according to...
Bonsai - Buy or Grow? -
There are basically two ways of obtaining a bonsai- either you buy it or you grow it. If you buy one you lose some of the absorbing work of pruning it...
