Lawn And Garden: Less Lawn More Garden // More natural, and native style gardens may offer answers to some of the difficulties facing the homeowner. Traditional lawns require a lot of resources like extra water, fertilizer and pesticides to keep them looking the way we have grown accustomed to seeing them. Good landscape planning using [...]
Garden Shed Uses Garden Shed Placement Portable buildings, that is, the common buildings used for outdoor storage, can serve many practical functions around the home, and even in the workplace. There is one spot around the home where work and home life meet on a regular basis and that place is the home lawn and [...]
Garden Management Garden Maintenance // Curing And Storing Sweet Potatoes Curing sweet potatoes // When potatoes are dug, they usually have some abrasions and cuts. It is important to let these “cure” or “heal.” This… Growing Sweet Potato Slips Sweet potato slips // Growing sweet potato slips is a mystery to many people, and at [...]
Curing And Storing Sweet Potatoes Curing sweet potatoes When potatoes are dug, they usually have some abrasions and cuts. It is important to let these “cure” or “heal.” This is the process of air drying them, until the abrasions are covered with a dry layer. If you can, spread them out thinly on a rack [...]
Reproducing Plants From Hardwood Cuttings Buying shrubs and trees for your landscape can get a little expensive. Having a few replacement plants available in case one dies is nice, but it can get to your wallet. If you want to plant the front of your property with a line of your favorite tall shrubs, the [...]
Growing Sweet Potato Slips Sweet potato slips // Growing sweet potato slips is a mystery to many people, and at one time, seemed to have “well guarded secret” status. It isn’t all that complicated, and it can be very rewarding, in many ways! Materials for starting sweet potato slips A growing area. You will need [...]
Garden Products Gardening Products // Home And Garden Press Garden Products Gardening, both vegetable garden gardening and landscape type gardening, offer a lot for the homeowner, not only by way of the vegetables produced for the table, and the savings and healthy nutrition they provide, or the aesthetic value of a well maintained landscape, but [...]
Fall Garden Fall Gardening // Springtime will soon be upon us in my part of the world, so it is time to start thinking about your garden. I already see an erratic array of gardeners buzzing around like June bugs on a summer night here in my area. We have a very strong and vibrant [...]