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Top 10 Bird's Favorite Berry Plants
From their behavior it’s quite clear that birds love the berries on the plants on this list. So if you enjoy watching birds then you should grow a few of these plants in your garden. Apart from anything else the berries are attractive in their own right and provide a splash of color to the...
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Garden Design Trends For 2018
With a title like the one above I had expected to be told about all sorts of exciting new plants and design ideas that we could expect to see in 2018. In fact it appears that the forecast is that we will by and large carry on doing what we are now but with a few variations. For instance Al Freso...
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21 Inspiring Ideas For DIY Garden Decor
The term Garden Decor covers a wide range of objects that can be displayed in the garden. The article quoted below is mostly concerned with items that are no longer used for their original purpose and can be converted into a feature in the landscape. Starting with conventional flower pots and...
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How To Mix Color, Form and Texture In The Garden
One of the secrets of a great design in the garden is to create a successful contrast of the three elements of color, form and texture. While large groups of a single plant can become boring, adding a mixture of flowers and foliage plants can give extra interest. These ideas are explained in an...
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Raised Beds are the Best Idea Since Sliced Bread
Every article you read about raised beds gives the impression that this is the best way to grow vegetables and so this is the method that everyone should adopt. There are certainly many good reasons for growing plants in a raised bed, but there is a contrary view which is rarely heard. In the...
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Top 5 Tips For Success With Houseplants
These five tips or secrets as they are described below are aimed at those of us who have trouble keeping their houseplants alive. Top of the list is location, the fact that plants have different light requirements and so the best way to keep them happy is to place them in a suitable position. I...
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There's Treasure in Those Fallen Leaves
If your lawn looks anything like the picture above you may rejoice at the awesome autumn colors and at the same time realize that your next task is to clear up the leaves. While using a rake is good exercise it is not the most enjoyable way of spending time, but the effort will be well...
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Top 10 Ways To Use an Old Boat in the Garden
I’m not sure how many of us will have an old boat lying around, but if you do here are ten interesting ideas on ways to transform it into a garden feature. In fact an old rowing dinghy filled with soil and used as a planter is a fairly common sight. On the other hand instead of floating on...
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10 Simple and Stylish DIY Seed Labels
When sowing seeds either in a pot or outside in the open ground you need to record the name of the plant on a marker of some sort. While you can just mount the empty seed packet on a short stick there are more attractive ways to remind you what you have planted. These ten ideas which I came...
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5 Ways to Enjoy Fresh Herbs in Winter
With the approach of winter and the cold weather that it brings many of our perennial plants including herbs will lose their leaves and become dormant until the arrival of spring. So how can we continue to grow herbs through the winter? This article by Noelle Johnson which I found on the Houzz...
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Enjoy Summer And Fall In This Woodland Garden
This is an unusual opportunity for a virtual visit to an amazing country garden and enjoy both its summer glory and the gradual progression into fall. The woodland is complemented by two ponds in part covered by the blooms of water lilies in summer and then becoming a splendid mirror for...
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Top 7 Good Luck Houseplants
We all buy houseplants to decorate our homes. Usually the main reason is just to add a feature to a room for us to admire and enjoy. Some houseplants have special properties which enable them to act as natural air purifiers and are bought for this specific purpose. But the seven plants described...
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7 Amazing Ideas For DIY Garden Decor
These are seven great ideas for ways to transform old household items that are no longer used into interesting forms of garden decor. The unusual items include such things as a broken laundry basket, an old cutlery set and a ceiling fan blade. These seven unusual upcycled garden decorations are...
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Best 4 Ways To Control Dandelions
The old saying that a weed is a flower that is growing in the wrong place is never more true than in the case of dandelions. These attractive yellow flowers appear every spring, but unfortunately they insist on colonizing our lawns where they are not welcome. And controlling them is not at all...
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The Debate About Adding Gravel To A Flower Pot
Since time immemorial, or so it seems, all gardening books and magazines have advised us to add a layer of gravel or a piece of broken crock to a container before filling with compost. We were always told that this would aid drainage and prevent soil from washing out of the pot. Now it seems...
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All About Our Favorite Spring Flowers
What do the words Yellow, Wordsworth and Spring have in common? The answer, of course, is daffodils. And since now is the time to plant the bulbs I thought it would be a good idea to feature this comprehensive guide to planting, growing and caring for these members of the Narcissus family. This...
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Join The Trend With Bath And Shower Plants
It has been known for many years that the bathroom with its moist and steamy atmosphere is the ideal place to grow plants, but apparently this is now a modern trend. Of course plants do require some natural light from a window although some can manage with less than others. This article by Kathy...
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