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      • The Difference between Plant Food & Fertilizer.
        03/31/07
        The way most people use the expression, plant food and fertilizer are synonymous. Fertilizer is not plant food, plants create their own food through a process called photosynthesis. Is basically building blocks (basic elements) which can be compared to "raw materials" used in the photosynt

      • Pruning Grape Vines.
        03/29/07
        Pruning grape vines is best managed right from the start. This means doing a little bit of research before you put the vine in the ground to make sure the soil is well prepared, the grape vine is has full sunlight, it has a trellis to grow on, and that the ongoing growth is then managed to produce t

      • Wonderful Wild Blue Flowers For The Garden.
        03/23/07
        A garden becomes complete only with variety of flowers. This brings more beauty and loveliness to the garden. In the same manner, planting wild flowers along with other flowers would make it even more beautiful. Shopping for wild flower seeds could be something wonderful and these seeds could be sca

      • Planting Daffodil Bulb Tips.
        03/20/07
        Planting daffodil bulb advice is relatively easy to give because daffodils are very resilient flowers that are easy to grow. It is almost as easy as putting the daffodil bulbs in the ground and waiting for the growth. Almost, but not quite.

        The first word of advice is to decide what kind

      • Crocuses
        03/17/07
        A crocus is a well loved perennial flower that grows that grows to be 3 to 6 inches tall with yellow, purple, lavender and white cup shaped blooms. A member of the iris family, the crocus is a hardy plant that commonly blooms in the spring, with the exception of a few species of crocus that bloom in

      • Choosing Ground Covers.
        03/13/07
        When you switch from planting lawn grasses to planting ground cover the possibilities are practically unlimited. Grass is great for ball games, picnics, playing, and normal traffic areas. But grass requires more maintenance and uses more water than any of the rest of your landscape. Ground cover is

      • Ideas for Beautiful, Low-Maintenance Hillside Landscaping.
        03/10/07
        Hillside landscaping is one of the most common landscaping challenges homeowners face. A slope of 4 degrees or more requires special treatment not only to make it look better, but to keep it from causing problems in the future. The upside is that because the need for landscaping on a slope is so com

      • How to Grow a Forest of Sundews
        03/05/07
        Cape Sundews (Drosera capensis) are native to South Africa, and it is one of the most common carnivorous plants grown in cultivation. It is very easy to grow, and an adult plant will get up to 6 inches tall.

        As with all sundews, Cape Sundews produce a thick sticky substance, technically c

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