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I'm always bragging about how tough (my) heirloom roses are. Today, I would like to show you how tough they are. I purchased two roses from Jackson & Perkins. They arrived in mid-April as dormant bareroot plants. …
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Surfing through some interesting gardening articles, I came across this post about the 2007 Lawn and Garden Show in Springfield, Missouri. It seems that more gardeners are on the lookout for better trees that are able to survive …
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I had a conversation with a gardening friend about watering the other day. We each have strong personalities and the talk was lively and interesting, filled with opinions and advice. When the time… [[ This is a content summary only. …
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Anyways, here are your fabulous gardening looks! This week is showing more and more of your personalities every day, peeling back more layers just like the little onions you are. Shrek gave me that precious analogy. …
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NYC GROWS will feature healthy cooking demonstrations by celebrity chefs, explorations of art in nature by renowned local artists, gardening tips and advice from garden writers, a greenmarket, television personalities and radio show …
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NYC GROWS will feature healthy cooking demonstrations by celebrity chefs, explorations of art in nature by renowned local artists, gardening tips and advice from garden writers, television personalities and radio show hosts. …
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
What Are The Four Steps For Easy Successful Gardening?
It doesn't take long to appreciate that every garden is the end result of four basic steps: Planning, Preparation, Planting and Maintenance. Not only that, but these four steps can be as simple or as complicated as you choose to make them because whether you are a gardener who wants a small and simple cutting garden or one who prefers a large and elaborate garden, you will use those same steps.
Let me give you an overview of these four simple steps to create your dream garden.
Planning
You can't really do anything else until you plan where you want to put your garden. It's like everything really, if you don't plan to succeed, you'll fail. Get this right and everything should fall into place. You should check carefully for such aspects as sun exposure and know how much sun the plants you want to grow need. Equally important is knowing how much water they will need. Plan to plant sun loving plants together and water loving plants together. Make sure you do not place plants with heavy water requirements next to plants that like dry conditions. Sounds common sense really doesn't it? But I discovered over the years that just because something is common sense, you don't always do it or even think of it before it's too late.
Preparation
Your soil is the foundation of your garden. You shoulf give your plants the best foundation possible by preparing your garden spot in three simple steps.
Step One: Remove all grass and weeds from your chosen gardening spot.
Step Two: Till the soil, removing stones and breaking up large clods of earth.
Step Three: Amend the soil.
Planting
A good tip is to sketch a rough drawing of what you want your completed garden to look like and follow through with planting seeds and established plants according to your plan. Try to guard against late spring freezes and give your new seedlings and plants plenty of water to give them a good, healthy start.
Maintenance
Maintain your garden simply and easily with consistent attention to weeding and watering. Feed your plants well but do not over feed them. Deadhead your flowers to encourage re-blooming and to keep plants from expending energy on seed production. Be prepared for the onslaught of destructive insects and take steps to control the damage.
You can can lots of great advice like this by taking a look at our page http://blog.mygardeninghome.com/gardening-made-easy
Watch Out For Your Next Gardening Weekly Entitled:
Organic Gardening Basics That Will Ensure A Healthy Happy Garden And A Healthy Overall Environment.
Bye for now!
The My Gardening Home Blog Team
Author: teddybear Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 5:37 am (GMT 0) I think you can plant most veggies in containers even hanging baskets. You just have to watch your water. Also if you have a vine…watermelon, cucumber, ect. support the fruit …
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Hi everyone
Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:
How roses can be easy to grow
Many people ask whether roses are hard to grow. The answer is, no. Roses are really quite easy to grow and require little more care than any other perennial plant. All you need is a little bit of the right knowledge and you can grow beautiful, healthy roses. Here is an overview of the planting, care and maintenance of roses.
Planting Roses
Soil preparation for roses is extremely important because roses use a lot of nutrients. Preparing the soil bed for roses using 100% organic compost is a very good practice, not only for the nutrients that the compost provides, but also because compost will drain well and still retain plenty of moisture. While Roses require a well-drained planting bed, they also require plenty of water.
Maintaining Your Roses
Because roses bloom throughout the growing season, they are heavy nutrient users and will require regular fertilizing. Feed your roses in the spring when the leaves begin to bud out and again in late summer or early fall, depending on the part of the country you live in.
Dealing With Diseases That Effect Roses
Roses are susceptible to fungi and mildew, as well as insect infestation. Many of these diseases can be prevented and all of them can be controlled with regular applications of fungicides and insecticides. There are also several beneficial insects that can be imported into your garden to help you control insect infestations without the use of chemicals.
Winterizing Your Roses
If you live in a warmer climate you will not need to do much in the way of preparing your roses for winter other than a good layer of mulch. In climates where temperatures regularly go below 25 degrees Fahrenheit , you will need to protect your roses with additional mulch. Building cages around your roses and filling the cages with mulch after the first freeze will ensure that your roses make it through the winter to bloom again in the spring.
At our page Gardening Made Easy you can find lots more of the right and useful advice about roses. There is also a very user friendly guide called Old-Fashioned And David Austin Roses and you can read more about it at our page.
Watch Out For Your Next Gardening Weekly Entitled:
How do you choose the right tree for your new garden?
Bye for now!
The My Gardening Home Blog Team
Hello everyone
Hope you are all well and have been able to get out into the garden recently!
Anyway, I've found a few more help tips that I thought you might be interested in, so here you go……
Question - Kiwi Fruit. Can You Recommend One For My Garden?
Answer - One of the most reliable kiwi fruits (Chinese Gooseberry) is a self-fertile variety called "Jenny". It is a vigorous deciduous climber and has creamy-white flowers in the summer, as well as decorative leaves and sweet tasting green brown walnut sized fruits in the early fall (autumn). It should be trained against a sunny, south-west facing wall sheltered from strong winds using horizontal wires (15ft in length) to support the stems. During the growing season, keep the ground moist in dry weather and remove all weeds. In cold gardens , this plant can be raised inside a greenhouse. Use a large container filled with No.3 compost.
Question - Is there a miniature Gunnera I can use as "gunnera manicata" is far too big for my bog garden?
Answer - Gunnera manicata is an enormous, moisture loving perennial with architectural, rhubarb like leaves that can be up to 5ft across and chunky cone shaped flowers spikes in he summer. Fortunately, there is a much smaller species called "G mgellanica". This perennial has a low, creeping habit and produces a display of dark, kidney shaped leaves, as well as panicles of small green flowers followed by orange-red fruits. It reaches a height of about 6in with a 12in spread. For the best results, position the plant in a semi-shaded area and a damp, fertile soil and a bog garden is ideal.
Bye for now!
The Gardener
