Gardener Articles

1). Organic Gardening - The Pros And Cons By : Judith Schwader
Picture three ripe red tomatoes arranged on a wooden cutting board awaiting your pleasure. They've each come from a different source: can you tell which one was grown organically? Two of the tomatoes were lovingly tended in backyards - one in a conventional garden and the other in an organic garden. The third tomato came from the supermarket, and it's easy to eliminate from the guessing game.
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2). A Personalized Christmas Stocking - The Perfect Christmas Gift By : Jennifer Carter
Most of us have enjoyed having our own Christmas stocking, an empty sock or shaped bag that we hang up on Christmas Eve so that Santa Claus can fill it with small toys, candy, fruit, coins, and other small gifts. These are called stocking fillers or stuffers. Tradition claims that a child who has misbehaved during the year will only receive lumps of coal in his/her stocking.
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3). The Art of Japanese Bonsai By : Fran Black
The Japanese refined and developed Bonsai techniques and evolved the art form it is today. For the Japanese, bonsai represents a fusion of strong ancient beliefs with the Eastern philosophies of the harmony between man, the soul and nature. The major aspects of Japanese bonsai, has not changed significantly over time. Bonsai initially originated in Egypt thousands of years ago and moved to China.
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4). Savvy Gardeners Use Mulch To Make Garden Work Easier By : Emily purles
Mulch provides many benefits to plants and soil: insulation, shade, moisture retention, weed reduction, and soil building. But when mulch is applied at the wrong time or in the wrong form, it can do more harm than good.
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5). A Natural Alternative To Fencing By : Paul P. Duxbury
In a world of increased industrial activity and an overabundance of manufactured beauty, people are becoming more and more interested in the natural world. It is only natural then, that when considering how to divide their property from others; consumers are skipping past the chain link fencing and going directly to the garden center.
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6). How to Plant Gardening Containers Or Gardening Pots In Your Container Garden By : Mary Hanna
When you are ready to mix ingredients for your container garden, be sure the soil is damp and workable. To determine this, take a handful, squeeze it and allow it to drop. If water comes out, it is too wet; if it breaks apart, it is too dry. But if the lump of soil retains its shape or cracks just a little when it is dropped, it is in good condition to work into your gardening pots.
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7). Organic Gardening - A Growing Trend By : Judith Schwader
In the past decade and a half, organic products have achieved almost mainstream status. Where organic produce was a specialty item in a few upscale grocery stores in the early 1990s, today's supermarkets commonly offer organically produced items. An upward spiral is happening: Organics have become more available and more affordable. The result is that a larger proportion of the population buys organics.
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8). Gardeners Go Organic By : Lee Dobbins
As a gardener, you must work with nature to be able to promote the ecosystem inside your garden.
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9). Annuals- Tender, Hardy and Half-Hardy By : Sandra Dinkins-Wilson
But to start with annuals, you may wish to know a bit about the basics. This begins with knowing the difference between tender, hardy and half-hardy plants. Just what do these mean...
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10). Plant Flower Bulbs For Beautiful Container Gardening By : Mary Hanna
As a group,flower bulbs are outstanding plants�colorful, showy, and generally easy to grow for container gardening. Many have evergreen foliage; with others, the leaves ripen after flowering and the bulbs are stored and started again, year after year. Some flower bulbs are hardy, others, tender, though what is, and is not hardy, in a particular area is a matter of winter temperature averages.
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11). Is Your Gardening Harming The Environment? By : Christopher Byrnes
Learn some of the surprising, but little-known ways in which your gardening can actually benefit the environment, and avoid harming it too.
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12). How To Use Rain Barrels To Make Your Garden Survive In Droughts By : Bercle George
Gardeners who have sufficient water supply are lucky to grow plants in their area. There are various areas that belong to the drought zones where gardening and watering laws are so constrictive to the growth of the plants.
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13). Encourage Visitors to Your Garden By : India Cooper
Is your garden your oasis? If so then how can you encourage others to join you? Frogs, birds and insects all need a home and with minimal effort you can invite them into your garden and watch them help you maintain it.
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