Obtaining The Right Outdoor Garden Furniture For Your Garden Size, written 1 day ago, If you have a large garden and would like to place outdoor garden furniture in a decorative arrangement in the garden, there are several things that you will need to keep in mind. (...)

Dirty Fingers - Issue 8, written 1 day ago, This week a group of us went for a walk on Dirty Fingers Island, taking a look at the flowers and enjoying the scenery. Stephanie at Stop the Ride! tells us that It has to be done, telling us about thinning the garden. Piedro Molinero from DIY Gardening Ti...

Kitchen Garden Log, written 1 week ago, The workload continues unabated. I can't do much in the garden. In some ways it's on autopilot, except for watering.Jonagold - this is the first year for some apples.Mesclun, seeds planted late summer.Scepter'ed Isle, 8 feet tall.Hey, wait a minute! Another ch...

A little bit of both. Seeking inspirations and bumping into irritations on a journey to discover how to live with both.

Gardening Blog covering flowers to vegetables, trees to shrubs!

Ready Threader tutorial, written 17 hours ago, That's the next little thing I will do: the ready threader. I found this tutorial by Annie Ballarat from Australia on her blog FLOWERGARDEN. She has a lot how to do pics on her blog. I think this will be a nice little gift for my quiltfriends....Have a ...

... before they go to seed. Working in, on and with my garden of weeds, sl-ughs, dogs, moles, and too much rain. At least there's coffee and microbrew. Oh, there's also wine. Lovely, lovely wine.

Who 'Dat?, written 1 day ago, Have you ever seen a mystery number on your phone bill? We have, though not often. Most of the unfamiliar numbers on my bill come from prospective tutors I'd been talking to as a sort of "pre-interview" interview. Still, once in a while, there's that "wha...

Rain has passed us by, written 2 days ago, I was so excited to think we might get some rain today. We haven't seen any here in Los Angeles since about last February and I am so ready for Fall. The Summer heat has lasted longer than I wanted and I am ready for a change.Today's storm was supposed to b...

Calathea Houseplant Makeover, written 2 weeks ago, REVAMP YOUR HOUSEPLANTS Take a look at this picture, anything look familiar? Yes, those unsightly brown crispy ends make houseplants look so tatty and ugly. Most people will either cut all the offending leaves off, leaving the plant looking like its...

It's a Boy, written 1 day ago, Visser's Florist & Greenhouses has its newest team member! Little Nathan Ray Robinson was born last Wednesday, October 1st. My son Dennis and daughter-in-law Olivia are doing fine and are as happy as can be. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and (while I may be pred...

Gardens, Lawns, and Dogs: Learn to Take Care, written 2 weeks ago, Gardens and lawns require proper care. The care includes pets as well. Several gardeners around the world must be worried about the probable damages that can be caused by dogs and other pets. This worry is quite important as the plan...

If You Dig School Gardens...., written 13 hours ago,

For saving space and soil, this method also has several other benefits, including no soil-borne diseases, no weeds to pull and no soil to till, run-of-the-mill side benefits of soil-less gardening.

Earth Friendly Landscape Designs To Suit Your Every Life Style!

Heritage and History, written 1 week ago, We are pleased to announce the arrival of Heritage and History .com, the latest in a series of new activities on the Berkeley Grange Estate. Since the start of 2008 Berkeley Grange has been undergoing a massive renovation project turning underused webspace ...

Grass Fit For A Falcon, written 1 week ago, Artificial grass has many applications and it's nice to occasionally cover some of the more unusual ones for the benefit of our readers. Previously we have talked about it being used as vivarium grass where owners of lizards and snakes find grass carpet id...

You can usually find me muddy-handed in someone's garden, or just occasionally in my own (or down the allotment).

A committed organic gardener, our expert eschews modern fertilisers preferring instead to rely on his much-honed skills - and, of course a little help from Mother Nature.

Green Thumb Sunday ~ Last Of The Season, written 1 day ago, Now that the weather has cooled, several cacti gave it one last push and produced new blooms. This Echinopsis 'Elegant Lady' was the most surprising--the bud formed and bloomed within four days!My most reliable bloomer, Gymnocalycium baldia...