By The Garden Site on May 26, 2009
Gardening can be lots of fun and very rewarding. You get to plant little seeds in the ground, and if you’re lucky, watch them grow into big plants with lots of flowers, fruits, or vegetables. Your green thumb can help your plants come to fruition and that’s a nice reward. But along with your successful [...]
Full Story »By The Garden Site on April 26, 2009
Heirloom seeds have made a dramatic comeback in recent years. It is said that there are more than 5,000 heirloom tomato varieties alone. But heirloom seeds are much more than tomatoes, each variety has its own life story. Each seed has been sown, cultivated, harvested, saved, and passed on, often for hundreds of years, down [...]
Full Story »By The Garden Site on April 25, 2009
As anyone who has made the mistake of overfeeding their worm box can attest to, you can hot compost indoors. Depending on the volume an indoor compost pile can reach temperatures of at least 130 degrees Fahrenheit.
It’s pretty easy to do. First you put some holes in the bottom and around the top [...]
By The Garden Site on April 24, 2009
Not everyone has the capability or desire to have an outdoor compost pile. What if you could compost indoors on a smaller scale? You can compost indoors using small quantities of material and there are at least two ways to do it.
A form of indoor composting that is gaining in popularity is worm [...]
By The Garden Site on April 23, 2009
Just about everyone believes in recycling these days. Out of all the recycling possibilities out there, I can’t think of any one more natural and cost effective than composting. Composting transforms organic leftovers and scraps into rich humus that can improve the soil used for your garden, landscape bushes, fruit trees, or potted [...]
By The Garden Site on April 22, 2009
Ahhh…spring has finally arrived and that means the soil is warming up. And this change in temperature is the indicator to plants everywhere that it’s time to sprout up and bloom, bringing forth an abundance of flowers, leaves, and for the gardener in us, home-grown vegetables.
And as experienced gardeners know all too well, the foundation [...]
By The Garden Site on April 21, 2009
In recent years, one of the most common backyard design ideas has been adding a fishpond to the yard. Now this can usually only be accomplished in those yards that are large and sprawling and that have some sort of walkway. However, if you are really adamant about having your own fishpond, yet you have [...]
By The Garden Site on April 20, 2009
If you would like to control insects better in the summer, attracting birds to your landscaping or garden is a great idea. It is also wonderful to enjoy birds throughout the dark, gray days of winter.
A wonderful way to attract birds is to provide them some year-round protection such as trees and shrubs. These can [...]
By The Garden Site on April 16, 2009
Koi fish are a form of carp fish originally from Japan. They are very similar to goldfish, and some experts believe kois were an attempt by Japanese breeders to imitate goldfish. Raising koi fish was not introduced worldwide until 1914, and before that date it was solely a Japanese affair. During this time [...]
By The Garden Site on April 15, 2009
When it comes to water gardening, know that there is a difference between a water garden and a koi pond. In a koi pond, the well-being and health of the fish is of utmost importance. Also, koi eat plants so if you want lots of plants this will always be an issue you [...]
By The Garden Site on April 11, 2009
Growing your own plants from seed is very rewarding and considerably cheaper than buying seedlings or plants from the shop. The first thing you will need is a box or tray approximately 3 to 4 inches deep, 12 to 14 inches wide and 20 to 24 inches long.
Once you have your box it will need [...]
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