http://gardeningcolumn.com Gardening and Landscaping Tips and Advice Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:05:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Designing your garden should be an art form; one that stirs your soul and feeds your imagination. There is absolutely nothing wrong with a garden that not only allows you to be creative in design, but to make use of natural surrounding as well. The idea of designing your garden ... http://gardeningcolumn.com/2008/07/04/designing-your-garden-around-native-plants/ Birds are wonderful additions to our gardens as they provide us with activity, color and beautiful songs. Designing our garden around attracting songbirds or native birds is easy once you learn some simple bird attracting tips. Tips: There is more to attracting birds then hanging a birdfeeder, or providing birdhouses and a ... http://gardeningcolumn.com/2008/07/04/designing-a-bird-friendly-garden/ Do you use a lot of herbs and spices whenever you are cooking? If you do, perhaps instead of buying these from the grocery, you can get this for free by making your own organic herb garden. In fact, it is so easy to do that even kids can ... http://gardeningcolumn.com/2008/06/16/organic-herb-gardening-is-something-you-need-for-the-kitchen/ Organic Gardening is perfect for you and perfect for the environment. With the world's problem now with global warming, one must wonder and suggest ways of helping find answers to such. Big or small, everybody can have their share in the solution. Organic farming may be one because it is like ... http://gardeningcolumn.com/2008/06/16/organic-gardening-is-perfect-for-mother-nature/ Organic gardening isn’t just for people who have backyards. This is because you can also do it when you live either in an apartment or a condo with the help of organic gardening containers. Organic gardening containers have advantages despite their limitations. They may serve as décor when this is ... http://gardeningcolumn.com/2008/06/16/organic-gardening-containers/ Raised bed gardening is a way of growing plants inside beds that are raised up above the normal level of the soil in the garden. They’re typically housed inside a wooden frame, generally rectangular. The soil may be mixed in with tilled soil underneath, or it can simply ... http://gardeningcolumn.com/2008/05/11/an-introduction-to-raised-bed-gardening/ Flowers are not immune from disease, and you should be prepared to take action to help your flowers if they fall prey to one of these diseases. Flowers can be attacked by all sorts of things, like bacteria, viruses, and fungi. Fungi can live dormant in the soil, ... http://gardeningcolumn.com/2008/05/11/protecting-your-flowers-from-diseases/ The first thing you need to do is learn a little bit about flowers in general. You need to learn the difference between annuals and perennials, for example. Annuals need to be replanted every year, but perennials keep blooming year after year. Always be sure to plan your flower ... http://gardeningcolumn.com/2008/05/11/flower-garden-ideas-for-beginners/ More and more people are getting into natural means of growing crops because of the benefits that organic gardening brings. Experts agree that the most basic premise that people—who are planning to do organic gardening—need to understand about the process of how it replenishes the use of natural resources. Meaning, ... http://gardeningcolumn.com/2008/04/29/the-benefits-of-organic-gardening/ As regular readers here at Gardening Ideas will know we are always looking at ways to bring you fresh ideas and ways to help you with your gardening and landscaping. I am pleased to be able to tell you that we have just launched our Gardening Supplies Store which is where ... http://gardeningcolumn.com/2008/04/26/gardening-supplies-store/