Kitchen Remodeling -
A well constructed plan is a must before you start. You need to first assess the current good and bad points in your kitchen. Then you need to decide ...
Red Scale -
Red scale (Aonidiella aurantii) is the most important insect pest of citrus trees (orange, mandarin, lemon, grapefruit) and may occur wherever these t...
Medicinal Tea - Chamomile -
Chamomile is perhaps the queen of medicinal tea herbs. It is a beautiful annual (although there is one variety of chamomile that is a perennial plant)...
Home Improvement - Windows -
As always time spent researching to make correct choices will pay dividends to owner builders and renovators. This is particularly important when maki...
Hydroponic Systems - Aquaculture -
The hydroponic system of water culture is probably the simplest to set up on a small scale. In this system the plant roots are totally immersed into a...
Seedling Transplanting -
Transplanting of seedlings should be done as soon as the seedlings produce their first true leaf. The earliest "leaves" to appear are the cotyledons o...
Propagating Cactus by Cuttings -
The best time to take cuttings is early spring. Once the cutting has rooted pot up in the usual way. Another way to obtain offsets is to temporarily d...
Potting Cactus -
When potting, choose a pot big enough for the plant to grow in. The ideal size for globular plants is one that is slightly larger than the plant, incl...
Soil Substitutes for Sowing Seed -
Substitutes for soil are often used for indoor seed sowing. Most popular of these are vermiculite, perlite and milled (pulverized and sifted) sphagnum...
