Spring Garden Preparation
For those of you who are planning to develop your garden and make it very beautiful this summer – you need to start today.
One of the biggest things that you must do early in the spring is foundation work.
If you are planning new garden bed, pathways, a new arbor or any of those types of [...]
My Planting for Spring started TODAY!
Hi. This morning I went and got compost and all the tools and toys that I need to get my garden spruced up for Spring!
This included a bunch of vegetables, Chillies etc.
I will keep you posted on my progress
The Problem with Traditional Vegetable Gardening?
By Jonathan White, environmental scientist.
Traditional vegetable gardens require an enormous amount of hard work and attention – weeding, feeding and strict planting schedules. There is also the problem of seasonality, allowing beds to rest during the cooler months producing nothing at all. Then we are told [...]
Free E book
I have written a general guide that gives some advice to new gardeners that are looking to get started in their gardening endeavors.
Please feel free to send me your details if you are interesred in getting your hands on a copy.
In a week or three I will have done a 52 week email program, and [...]
Tropical Gardens
Tropical gardens are an extremely popular type of garden as they create the atmosphere of an exotic holiday destination.
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I am a huge fan of the tropical garden.
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What you need to remember is that for properly done tropical gardens to thrive you need to be in the correct climate, and you are going to have a [...]
Natural gardens
Natural gardens or as I rather call them indigenous gardens are brilliant.
.It is so obviously the best version of a home garden that I am amazed that we all do not keep up the practice. Sadly we do not, and there are a lot of good reasons why we stop applying the basic gardening principles [...]
Gardening with or for children
Today’s topic is very important as our children are the future farmers of this world. We are responsible for the nurturing of that caring spirit that needs to be developed within every child.
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I live in a country that was sadly disrupted by apartheid and this caused entire generations of children to grow up without proper [...]
Organic gardening
Organic gardening has become extremely popular over the last few years.
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Naturally the main reason for this is the fact that global warming has started to be felt, and sadly human natures is such that they totally ignore warning signs and normally wait until they are knee deep in the dwang before they sit up and [...]
Landscaping overall
Generally when spoken about the term landscaping is generally referred to the overall design and planning of a garden area. This is normally done as a complete project and is very close to interior decorating where you call in a professional landscaper and consult with them on your ideas and then they control the overall [...]
Internet gardening
Here we are again, and I for one am very happy to be here. Today’s topic for the newsletter is one that I have been doing a lot of digging into, in a manner of speaking. It does not really mean much if you say it slowly – Internet gardening? Now I interpret it as [...]
Garden Art – Outdoor Art
OUTDOOR ART
I am hoping that you are in good health today.
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Let’s get right into it today. The subject that I have chosen to tell you about today crosses over from one of my biggest passions – gardening – into another part of my life that is more of a calling than a passion – art.
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Gardening [...]
Luxury Padded hammock
Luxury Hammock Chairs
Luxury Land-chairs
Solid Large Swing Benches
Food For Wealth
Turn It Into A Business
Grow Orchids
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