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Gardening Tips an ongoing project of short articles about
gardening and improving your garden. Here is a selection of the latest posts:-
Healthy hands are the Gardener’s Best Tools
Here are the major reasons why one should consider getting a pair of trusty gardening gloves:
Gloves protect your hands from blisters, thorns and cuts while doing rough work like digging or pruning in the garden. Investing in one or more pairs of quality gloves is a good decision.
Here are [...]
Growing Organic Berries
Growing organic berries is a very popular choice for most organic gardeners, especially in climates with good rainfall. Berries are mostly hardy and will grow without need of pesticides or chemical fertilizers, making them a great choice for the larger organic garden.
To suit the spirit of the organic garden, choose berries that are [...]
Even in the tiniest backyard, roof garden, paved patio or even a balcony, you can create a beautiful natural space with organic container gardening. People who have a bigger yard also use containers for sensitive plants that need to be brought indoors in the winter. Container gardens are for most everybody!
Containers have the advantage that [...]
Any reliable seed house can be depended upon for good seeds; but even so, there is a great risk in seeds. A seed may to all appearances be all right and yet not have within it vitality enough, or power, to produce a hardy plant.
If you save seed from your own plants you are able [...]
There is nothing nicer than receiving a gift relating to one’s passion. If your loved one’s passion is gardening, then show your thoughtfulness by giving a gift that will be truly appreciated.
There are so many great gardening gifts that the only constraint is your own budget.
If your budget is small, go for things like gloves, [...]
More and more people are switching to organic gardening now - but exactly what is organic gardening? In this article we will look at the five vital methods that will keep your garden on the right side of the organic divide.
1. Considering The Garden As A Whole
Organic gardening takes a holistic approach, seeing the garden [...]
There are many reasons why you should incorporate landscaping stones into your landscaping design. The main one however is for beauty, pure aesthetic beauty. For a landscaping design to look perfect it needs to have layer and this can be a hard thing to achieve without the use of landscaping stones.
landscaping stones are not the [...]
As summer approaches it is wonderful to be able to relax and enjoy the garden, but there is also a lot to be done in the organic vegetable garden at this time of year.
Weeding
Late spring and early summer is the peak growing time for most plants, including weeds. Being natural wild plants they will grow [...]
Organic herbicides can be used in organic gardening and farming to weaken or kill unwanted plants, otherwise known as weeds.
Selective herbicides are used to manage weeds that are either growing in between rows of crops, or to kill moss and weeds in lawns. Non-selective herbicides are used in areas where no plants are wanted, such [...]
Organic gardening for beginners is a hot topic right now as more and more people are getting into growing their own organic food. First let’s look at the benefits:
- it’s the very best way to put the healthiest, freshest and tastiest food onto your table
- it’s much more environmentally friendly to stop spraying your garden [...]