Image via Wikipedia Choosing a Garden that is Perfect for You If you're thinking about starting a garden, the first thing you need to consider is what type of garden you will have. There are many different choices and often it can be hard to pick just one, but hopefully you can narrow it down. But by narrowing it down, you'll make the gardening experience easier on yourself and the plants. [...]

Image via Wikipedia If you’ve been growing a vegetable garden for a while, you might be feeling slightly disgruntled at how plain it is to look at. I too began my gardening career with a vegetable garden, but I decided that it wasn’t quite as pleasing to look at as I would have liked. I heard from a friend that the use of perennial flowers could be a great way to liven up my garden without [...]

Cover via Amazon Which Ones are the Weeds? I have always wondered who ever determined what was a weed and what was a flower. There are some delightful looking weeds that increase in the garden even when we don't need them to be there. I guess the best explanation of what represents a weed, and what represents a flower is, a weed is a plant that's growing somewhere that it shouldn't be. [...]

Image via Wikipedia Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <!--> To ensure that your succulents get the very best in growing conditions, particularly if you are growing them [...]

Image via Wikipedia Most plants will remain healthier and stronger if they are pruned occasionally. Trees will bear more fruit if they're pruned and plants such as roses will have more blossoms and not become 'woody' if they are pruned correctly. Bushes and hedges can too benefit from pruning as this can reduce or eliminate the possibility of diseases and problems with pests. By removing [...]

Image via Wikipedia Plants are a lot cleverer than we might think. If you are aware of the changes that occur with the plants in the garden, you can frequently predict everything from the coming weather to the changing of the seasons without ever having to consult the weather charts or your diary. The weather can, however hoax flowers into 'thinking' there has been a shift in the weather [...]

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Using Ground Cover in Your Garden Ground cover has many different uses in the garden.Posts It can be used to help reduce the amount of weeds that will appear in the garden by covering over the space in-between plants where the weeds might increase . There is a downside to this though, as weeding can become a bit more difficult when you need to remove [...]

Image via Wikipedia Gardening Can Improve Your Health While we are attending to the health of our plants, we too are improving our health both physically and mentally. Even the relatively light work of weeding the garden is good exercise and particularly with elderly folks it is an opportunity to get exterior , breath the fresh air and improve their well-being. As we bend down to drag [...]

Image via Wikipedia The appearance of wilting leaves,and leaves that have a water logged look can be a sign that your plant is suffering from frost damage. Another sign of frost damage can be the appearance of brown patches on the leaves. Other signs are shown when the shoot tips on your plants commence to die back. If the flowers on the plant don't open fully or they become discoloured [...]

Image via Wikipedia Feeding Your Plants Just like People Need Food, If you feed your plants too much fertilizer that is high in nitrogen you might get a lot more foliage but a reduction in the fruit or flowers that the plant will produce. This is because the plants will be using that nitrogen as energy to increase faster rather than produce more fruit or flowers. Plant Care Products - [...]