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  In this website, we hope to give you gardening tips based on a combination of old fashioned knowledge, down to earth practices and some modern understanding too. The goal is to help people reconnect with mother nature by working in their own garden. Heaven knows we need it now more than ever!
On that note, nothing could be more pressing than the environment and global warming. For this reason, we have put together a collection of resources to help you navigate your way through the carbon neutral minefield. These include sustainable living resources such as green living (hemp products), recycling and sustainable living, sustainable architecture, renewable energy (solar energy, solar power, solar panels, biomass and biofuels, hydro and wind power etc..)
If you are looking for botanical taxonomical information, please go to our database. You can search for over 211,000 botanical names! We aim to bring you the most complete listing of botanical names in the world!
We have many features on many types of both house and garden plants and flowers too. Some great orchid articles such as how to grow orchids and caring for orchids. Orchid flowers are truly amazing.
One of our most popular subjects is the humble tomato. It has never been so easy to create your own crop - especially if you know all about your soil type. Mulch, and the different types of mulch is invaluable knowledge so you too can grow the best organic food, right at your back door (using permaculture design techniques of course!).
In Australia horticulture types covers almost all types of topography, seasons and conditions. From Alpine and sub alpine to coastal, rainforest and even deserts. However, if you plan on buying seeds from overseas, you should first determine if it is actually legal to bring them in into the country. You can obtain this information from ICON the Import Conditions Database which is maintained by Biosecurity Australia (BA) and used by the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) when processing imports. Check out this link. You should also check with your own state authorities to see if these species can legally be grown.
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When Should I Water My Indoor Plants? -
Lifting a pot , Growing Palms from Date Stones gives a good clue: light , Annulas in Planters weight means that water , Succulents in the Home is lacking. Tapping the pot , The Blackheaded Pasture Cockchafer (if it is made of clay) provides another test: a ringing sound, rather than a dull one, indicates lack of water. , Hanging Baskets Another method is to keep a pebble on the soil: t...
Plant Bacterial Diseases -
Bacteria which attack plants , Repairing and Old Rose Bed are much smaller than parasitic fungi but infect in a similar manner by living in, and killing, the tissues. Some species are able to persist by remaining in plant , Gardens and Garden Design debris or in dormant cells in the tissue of seeds, , Noxious Weeds of Australia corms, bulb...
Growing Asparagus -
It is generally considered that Asparagus is difficult to grow , Red Legged Earth Mites but this is not so, although it does take up a rather large area of garden , Choosing Your Plants From The Nursery for the small owner, and only produces at most a crop for three months of the year....
Planning a Garden -
One of the first steps in planning a garden, , Bonsai Trees and an important one, is to examine carefully the soil , Termites - White Ants on the block chosen, noting any special points such as depth or apparently wet areas. It might prove advantageous to submit a sample of soil , Garden Furniture to a soil-chem...
Making acid soil alkaline -
If your soil , Red Legged Earth Mites is sandy, distribute kg sulphur over 9 square metres and turn it in. On heavy soils , What is a Ground Cover? use 1 kg sulphur. Then mix 225 grams manganese sulphate, 120 grams iron sulphate and 22 grams borax.
Mix these materials thoroughly with a few shovels full...
Garden Design -
The design , Soil for Groundcovers of a garden , Hydroponic Systems - Aggregate Culture is a responsibility and a challenge, for every site is different and creates individual problems. Even a narrow strip, identical at first sight to hundreds of others, can be used in an individual way. Planting a group...
Hanging Basket Plants -
Plants which trail naturally are best: Ivies, Lobelias, pendant Begonias, Petunias, Zebrinas, Chlorophytum (Spider Plant) and Geraniums (particularly the ivy-leaved varieties), with Nasturtiums sown among them to roar away at the end of the summer. , Green Manure Crops Trai...
Propagating by Cuttings -
In propagating cuttings it is advisable to select a sheltered spot in the garden, , Formal and Informal s free from cold , Furniture Beetle winds and from many hours of direct sunlight. Woody cuttings, since they have a certain amount of food , Sowing Seed in Cold Frames stored in their tissue, do not need much light, , Acclimatising House Plants but a c...
Bonsai Propagation -
Bonsai may be created from any woody or semi-woody plant, , Know Your Tree's Soil and there are several ways to obtain good material. Plants , Scale and Perspective in a Japanese Garden may be propagated from seed , Temperature and Humidity or cuttings, by layering or any other technique, or they can be found already grown in nurseries or naturally....
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