Pruning -
Pruning includes not only the cutting back or removal of sound branches but also the taking out of dead and diseased wood. The purpose in pruning flow...
Green Manure -
In a large garden a good plan is to rest one seventh of the area devoted to vegetables and cut flowers every year, and to sow this seventh with a gree...
Winter Protection for Bonsai -
In areas where winters are severe, bonsai need protection not from the cold so much as from high winds that cause the plants to die from parching. Whe...
Cactus Cultivation -
A general rule is that a densely-spined or thick-skinned plant is more able to stand the full sun than a thinly-spined or spineless one which would do...
Grass Seed -
Except for very special purposes (making a putting green, for example) it is always better to sow a grass seed mixture than just one kind. In a way it...
Water Garden -
First dig out a sufficiently large hole to the size of the water garden required, plus about six inches in floor depth, and at least four inches in wi...
How Much Should I Water Indoor Plants? -
If you can collect rain water, this is better for plants than tap water. You can also use water-softening tablets or a handful of peat left in a can o...
Annulas in Planters -
After properly mixing the right time-release plant nutrient with the medium and pouring it into the Planter, tuck seeds or seedlings into the Planting...
Know Your Tree's Soil -
A most important factor and one that determines the success of your garden is knowing what kind of soil you have and then choosing shrubs and trees th...
