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Sunday, August 31st, 2008

The Basics of Backyard Fish Ponds

BACKYARD FISH PONDS: A HOW TO
Aesthetics
Recently, one of the most popular backyard designs is adding a water pond or a fish pond to the yard. These projects, however, can only be achieved in sprawling and huge yards that has walkways and large areas. But if you are really certain to have your own fish pond [...]

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Creating A Backyard Fish Pond

A Backyard Fish Pond
Water gardens and backyard ponds are for butterflies, frogs, birds, fish, you, and the whole family. These ponds may be small, may even be no larger than 3 to 4 feet in diameter. These may be built in patio containers and barrels. Drawing wildlife in your backyard may be done by adding [...]

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Free Gardening Blog Theme

Here’s a small gift for you in the form of a Free Gardening Blog Theme which you can use on your own blog if you wish. To save it to your own computer click on the link below (which is a zip file) and choose “Save Target as”
Rights Statement
You may use this theme on your [...]

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Affiliate Marketing Basics for the Beginner to Affiliate Marketing

Pardon? What’s that got to do with Gardening you might be wondering! Well a number of readers here at Gardening Ideas Blog have their own blogs and websites and over recent weeks they have been asking me how they can include affiliate marketing those blogs and websites.
So I ahve brought together three great [...]

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Care For Gloxinias

Soil Mixture, Disinfectant, and Fertilizer
Gloxinias grow best in porous soil. I use equal parts of leafmold or peatmoss and sandy soil with a 6-inch pot of processed cow or sheep manure for each bushel. Before planting, soak tubersin a 1-200 solution of Carco-X or other fungicide. Apply the same solution to the potting soil of [...]

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007

Choosing a Pot For Your Houseplant

Choosing a pot is one of the most important decisions anyone interested in indoor gardening has to consider.
Even when plants are bought already in the container, making it seem as if the choice has been made for you, you need to consider whether that plant will thrive in that pot. You also need to consider, [...]

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Adding White to Your Flower Garden

Growing white flowers in the garden creates an enchanting, almost other-wordly feel that’s particularly noticble at night time. Even during the daylight hours though, there’s just something particularly striking about seeing gorgeous white flower blooms against the various shades of green from your foilage.
Planting white flowers throughout your garden is an excellent way to simply [...]

Friday, September 28th, 2007

Adding Pinks and Reds to Your Flower Garden

No garden ever seems quite complete if it doesn’t have some shade of red or pink flowers blooming in it. It’s quite possible that red and pink are the most popular shades of flowers actually, and with good reason. There are hundreds of plants which create flower blooms in these shades, and when you have [...]