Book Review - Salvage Style For The Garden
I’m always looking for more accessories for my gardens, but I don’t like my garden looking like a display for the local garden centers, so I was excited to see the interesting new Marcianne Miller book, Salvage Style for the Garden. I was ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Low Cost Season Extension For The Garden
Floating row covers: Floating row covers, often sold as Reemay or Agrofabric, are made of spun-bonded polyester or spun-bonded polypropylene. The fabric allows light, water, and air to move through but enables you to ... [... more]
Do It Yourself |
Shopping Smart For The Garden
Bare-root vs. container vs. balled-and-burlapped. Bare-root is a good way to plant when the weather is very cool, usually in late winter or early spring, a couple of months before your region's last frost date. Bare-root plants don't have leaves ... [... more]
Better Homes and Gardens USA |
Beneficial Bugs And Insects For The Garden Chart
It may come as a surprise to you that the beneficial insects in our yards and gardens far outnumber the pest insects. Some insects become a part of the life cycle of the plants by acting as pollinators, while others keep harmful insects in check ... [... more]
GardenGuides |
Spraying Facts For The Garden
Watch the weather and spray before the heat of the day and always avoid spraying when temperatures are high. High temperatures cause some pesticides to evaporate and decompose quickly. Rain or watering after ... [... more]
University of Illinois Extension |
Solar Lights For The Garden
Lighting other areasA particularly dark corner of the yard has made Virginia nervous. Paul suggests a motion-sensitive solar-powered light (figure C) to attach to the wall. He then places the solar collector where it will get the maximum amount ... [... more]
Home and Garden Television |
New Ideas For The Garden
If you are looking for a soothing reminder of your summer vacation to a tropical island, recreate your own miniature version of paradise with a beach garden in a pot (figure F). First, get a container that will hold your pint-sized beach. Then ... [... more]
Home and Garden Television |
Lilacs for the Garden
 Jennifer Bennett has lived "lilac country" for more than 20 years, and is well placed to appreciate the lilac, which not only flourishes in cultivated gardens but roams wild across the countryside. Tracing the journey of a plant that will " ... [... more]
$19.95
Amazon.com |
P. Allen Smith's Colors for the Garden: Creating ...
In this landmark guide to transforming your garden settings into living works of art, bestselling author and celebrity home garden designer P. Allen Smith draws on his talents as both master gardener and artist to offer simple ways to create gardens that ... [... more]
$32.50
Amazon.com |
Lilacs for the Garden
Jennifer Bennett has lived "lilac country" for more than 20 years, and is well placed to appreciate the lilac, which not only flourishes in cultivated gardens but roams wild across the countryside. Tracing the journey of a plant that will " ... [... more]
$29.95
Amazon.com |
Shrubs for the Garden
Whether it stands as a single feature in a mixed border, climbs a trellis, forms a hedge, or spills out of a pot, the shrub offers beauty, diversity, privacy, and shelter; moreover, there's an ideal shrub for every season and every kind of soil and ... [... more]
$35.00
Amazon.com |
Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden: Making Pots, ...
Sherri Hunter, author of the best-selling Creating with Concrete, proves once again that concrete isn't just for sidewalks anymore; it's perfect for the garden too. A selection of 30 beautiful designs suggests the range of this increasingly popular ... [... more]
$24.95
Amazon.com |
