Rock Gardening For Beginners There are a wide variety of gardens which you can design that make your yard extremely nice looking in your neighborhood. These can make you the envy of your neighbors. Rock gardens can complement a nice manicured lawn and will greatly improve your yards appearance in any subdivision or neighborhood. This …
Choosing the Location of Your Outdoor Container Garden
Location of Your Outdoor Container Garden When you decide to start an outdoor container garden, the perfect location is vital. The wrong location could spell disaster for your plants. A good location means that your plants will get the right amount of sunlight. It also means protection of your plants against outside damaging influences such …
Raised Bed Gardening For Beginners
Raised Bed Gardening For Beginners If you want to try a different method of gardening, then you might consider raised bed gardening. This is a type of gardening in which the beds are raised above the normal level of the soil. These are typically grown inside a wooden rectangular frame. This can either be filled …
Edible Landscape Plants Which Have Edible Flowers
Edible Landscape Plants Which Have Edible Flowers It is common for people to plant flowers just for their looks alone. What most people dont know is that some plants have edible flowers. These are usually placed in what is called an edible landscape. Flowers can really perk up a salad with beautiful color and wonderful …
How to Create a Raised Bed Garden
How to Create a Raised Bed Garden When you decide to start a raised bed garden, choosing the right size is the first step. The ideal size should be no wider than 4ft. so that you can reach the plants easier, but the length is strictly up to your own needs. The 4X4 plan is …
An Introduction to Edible Landscapes
An Introduction to Edible Landscapes Due to the rising costs of store bought vegetables and herbs, more and more people are choosing to create natural looking edible landscapes, which means that the landscapes have plants that can be eaten. Do not think that these are ugly landscapes as many vegetables produce very pleasing flowers, and …
How to Choose Plants for Your Container Garden
How to Choose Plants for Your Container Garden Most people think that a container garden is strictly for edible plants and have never considered putting flowering plants or house plants in containers. Although it is classified differently, it is basically the same thing. There are a wide variety of vegetables and herbs which can be …
Which Plants Do You Want For Your Raised Bed Garden
Which Plants Do You Want For Your Raised Bed Garden When you are looking at plants for your raised bed garden, your growing zone plays an important role in the choice. How much sun your garden gets as well as your own personal preferences also determine which plants you will want in your garden? But …
What Size Containers You Should Choose For Your Container Garden
Choose For Your Container Garden When you are looking for the size of container your plants will go in for your container garden, choose according to the type of plant that will go in it because this is vital for it to grow successfully. If the pot that you choose is too small, the growth …
How to Plan Your Edible Landscape
How to Plan Your Edible Landscape First, you need to know what an edible landscape is. It is planting plants that you can eat in a landscape manner. There are a couple of advantages to this type of landscaping. First, edible landscapes save a lot of gardening space. This is mainly because they combine landscaping …