Most people dont think of Fall as a time for planting new landscaping and garden plants. To most, its time to put garden ventures to sleep until Spring. While it may not seem so, Fall planting of trees, shrubs, Perennials, bulbs, and cool weather grasses like Fescue is a very good...
Fairy Angels come in many shapes and sizes. It is easy to find the one that you want that best suits your style. There are fairy angel statues that fill up the shelves in lawn and garden stores. Not to mention the hundreds of websites that specialize in hand crafted fairy angel yard figurines....
Exotic Lumber Products -Reserved for those who love the feel of forever!
Exotic lumber is simply exotic wood that is found around the world. Remember that the term exotic as it’s used here in the US is not what is used in the rest of the world. Consider Mahogany is not considered...
May in Southwestern New Mexico & west Texas can be hot, dry and/or windy. Take precautions to make sure all watering systems are working at their best.
Use Cypress mulch to help keep roots insulated from the HOT sun. This helps keep moisture in the root zone as well as the keeping...
One of the delightful pleasures of life are herbs. Besides adding beauty to your garden they make foods taste better and provide a pleasant scent to the air we breathe. In George Washington days everyone had a herb garden that they used for culinary, teas and medicinal purposes. That practice is...
Container gardening is fantastic. On its own, a terracotta pot is just a container and summer bedding is just some plants. However, selectively plant the summer bedding in the container, add a few sprinkles of green-fingered expertise and you have created a miniature garden-scape. You are...
Ethan Allen Furniture is one of the finest brands of furniture available in the entire continent of North America. Ethan Allen furniture is produced by one of the giant furniture company, Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. Te foundation of the company was laid down by Nathan S. Ancell and Theodore...
Water gardens or garden pools have become a popular part of landscape architecture in the United States. Water gardens are visually soothing and seem to connect people to the natural aquatic world. The esthetic value of water gardens is enhanced by the almost endless variety of design and...
The right tool can help make any job easier and the garden is no exception. More than 91 million households gardened in 2005, the most ever, according to the National Gardening Association. Gardening is an incredibly enjoyable activity, but if you don’t want to end up sore, blistered or...
I found that prevention is better than cure! A garden pond must be constructed correctly to prevent a load of problems later on. This collection of tips covers pond construction, some ideas to copy nature, pump selection and even something on a bog garden.
These ten tips on how to build a...
If mowing the lawn is a pain in the neck-or your shoulder or wrist-consider the ergonomic design of your lawnmower.
Garden gurus hold that working smart, not hard, stems from what’s called the ergonomic design of their tools.
Increasingly, ergonomic industrial designers are...
Enjoy Life With Your Own Flower Garden – Beautiful, Easy!
In our hurried, stressful world, we’re often looking for ways to relax and enjoy the things around us. Your own flower garden is a terrific way to do that. As the saying goes, you can improve life simply by stopping to...