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Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Fighting Plant Enemies

The devices and implements used for fighting plant enemies are of two sorts:
(1) those used to afford mechanical protection to the plants;
(2) those used to apply insecticides and fungicides.
Of the first the most useful is the covered frame. It consists usually of a wooden box, some eighteen inches to two feet square and about [...]

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

How To Create An Attractive Rock Garden

One of the most economical ways to enhance the landscape surrounding your home is to build a rock garden. Rock gardens are most often associated with the British Isles, where the climate is rarely accommodating to delicate plants. Rock gardens bring with them the assumption of having very few plants, and those of a very [...]

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

How To Save Money On Your Planting

There are many interesting ideas that can help you save money on your planting and landscaping. Most of these ideas involve a little creativity, but you end up with an attractive and distinctive yard. And some of the ideas look nice and can save you money in other areas of your life, like food. At [...]

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

What You Should Know Before Starting a Vegetable Garden

Some people will plant their own vegetable garden so they can have fresh, quality produce. However, sometimes the backyard garden doesn’t work for everyone. Some gardeners will use special gardening techniques that will help them get the most from a smaller garden. Another option for gardeners is using vegetable containers. We [...]

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

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Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Gardening Guides and Reports

I know I have mentioned these elsewhere but I just wanted to summarise our recent Gardening Guides and Reports in one place for you!
The following are the ones we have recently issued:
How To Start an Herb Garden
For centuries people have been growing and using all kinds of herbs. They have been used as medicine and [...]

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Gardening With Little Effort

A number of people have let me know that they are looking for a resource that will show them how they can do their gardening with little effort so I have been on a search for them!
Ed Rykeil has put together an excellent package called The Comfortable Lazy Garden which certainly seems to address how [...]

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Mr GreenFingers!

I was amused and a little humbled the other day to receive an email from one of your fellow Landscaping Ideas Blog readers which commented “Hey, Paul you really are Mr GreenFingers - thank you for all the great advice!”
Now that set me think about branding all our Gardening/Landscaping sites and Blogs under the name [...]