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An In-depth Look At Paphiopediliums
By Carl Harrison · 16 years ago
When you’re looking at a paphiopedilium, what you are looking at is a very small orchid family that contains about 60 different varieties. They are often known as Lady’s Slipper because of the petal’s distinctive ...
A History of Hemp in the United Kingdom
By Michael Hanna · 16 years ago
From the ninth century right through to the nineteenth century cannabis plants were widely grown throughout the United Kingdom. Noone is able to state definitively whether the plants were ever used in this period for ...
What Are Auto Flowering Cannabis Seeds?
By Michael Hanna · 16 years ago
The breeding of auto flowering strains of cannabis plants is constantly becoming more and more popular. New strains and auto flowering hybrid seeds are appearing on the market rapidly but why are these seeds so ...
Introducing the Weathermatic Smartline SL800 Controller
By Richard Gilliland · 16 years ago
The Weathermatic Smartline SL800 Controller is an example of weather-based watering. The SLW series of this cutting-edge weather station uses information about onsite conditions, weather data, and plant material data to track evapotranspiration. This data ...
Hypertufa Art
By Marcela Shiflett · 16 years ago
Many avid gardeners search for fun and easy ways to make our gardens and yards look spectacular. Using hypertufa offers imaginative gardeners a great variety of ways to express themselves in the most original, artistic ...
Hay Bale Gardening
By Timothy Samuel · 16 years ago
Hay bale gardening technique is a low-cost and convenient way of growing flowers and vegetables. Growing vegetables in a hay bale garden is similar to the technique used to grow vegetables in a raised bed ...
Orchid Pruning In Five Easy Steps
By Carl Harrison · 16 years ago
Pruning an orchid after it has flowered is essential if you are to encourage new growth and have a healthy plant that blossoms repeatedly. Many orchid novices are very nervous about pruning lest they should ...
Garden Lighting - Makes Your Home and Garden Safer
By Ian Dewar · 16 years ago
Garden lighting has increased in popularity in recent years and is now a worthwhile investment as the illumination quality of solar-powered lighting has improved.
In the early days of solar lighting, many people were put ...
Orchid Leaf Problems
By Carl Harrison · 16 years ago
It is not very difficult for even the most unobservant gardener to tell if something is amiss with their orchid. These remarkable plants are very adept at communicating with us through their outward appearance and ...
Bio Fertilizer Advantage
By Ram Kumar · 16 years ago
Bio-based industries--and the biotechnologies associated with them - are increasing at a greater pace around the world. In India, this lump is obsessed by implore to address global warming. Other factors lashing tumor include the ...
The Mystique Surrounding Koi Symbolism
By Alan Deacon · 16 years ago
Many think that the the Koi fish originated in Persia, Eastern Asia and China. Wild carp are called Koi by many Japanese. The term itself was later applied to all carp, both wild and colored. ...
How to improve your garden
By Andrea Roberts · 16 years ago
Your garden should be a place for relaxation after a tiring week at work or a restless mind racing night. A garden should provide you with tranquillity, inspiration and most of all enjoyment for you ...
UV Poly Tarps - Innovative and Useful
By Melville Jackson · 16 years ago
The importance of the use of tarps in one’s home as well as at construction sites cannot be ruled out. Tarps are large protective sheets, with a coating of latex or plastic which offer protective ...
Colloidal Humus Compost
By Ronald Hudgins · 16 years ago
If you want the most delicious, problem free and glowing plants and soil then you need to make colloidal humus compost. Colloidal humus compost feeds itself and the nutrients do not wash away because they ...
Growing Tomatoes in your Home Garden
By Charlotte Cheadle · 16 years ago
Growing tomatoes is one of the easiest and most fun vegetables to try in a home vegetable garden. There are many great varieties to choose; from small cherry tomatoes, to medium sizes for salads and ...
Considering Vegetable Container Gardening?
By Charlotte Cheadle · 16 years ago
Do you want to have a garden, but don't have a lot of space? Vegetable container gardening is an easy and convenient way to grow fresh vegetables. Many city dwellers are realizing that this is ...
How To Ripen Green Tomatoes
By Ann Cohen · 16 years ago
One of my favorite things about summer, is being able to pick lush red tomatoes off the vine. Sad thing is that at the end of the summer, I always have some green tomatoes left ...
After Bloom Care for Orchids
By Alex Vitti · 16 years ago
There should be proper water drainage, as the roots will decay in waterlogged soil. You can remove the dead scales and leaves regularly. Like other flowering plants, orchids have two major stages, viz., the quiet ...
Garden Bench Storage
By Tonya Kirneva · 16 years ago
Inside your home, there are countless closets, cabinets, nooks and crannies for storing all the things in your life. But when it comes to the outside, there’s not the same kind of resources available. A ...
The Lutyens Garden Bench
By Tonya Kirneva · 16 years ago
If you’ve ever seen a Lutyens garden bench, then you are familiar with the intricately carved backrests, signature scrolled armrests, and a sensibility that epitomizes Victorian England. Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) was one of the ...