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Using Copper Plant Rooters for Your Home

Hanging plants indoors is a favourite thing for many gardeners to do. For some it is a way to bring the outdoors inside during the winter. For others it is simply a way to make gardening a little easier on their joints.

How Can I Avoid Using Monsanto Products in My Garden?

If you (like many organic gardeners) would rather avoid using Monsanto products in your garden for ethical reasons, this article will give you some tips for avoiding seeds owned by Monsanto and its subsidiaries.

Decorative Garden Plants

Intersperse annuals with perennials and evergreens to achieve maximum impact.Dougal Waters/Digital Vision/Getty ImagesFinding the right plants for your garden can be a challenging task. Select plants that have showy flowers or attractive foliage to add visual interest to the garden....

How to Care for a Morning Glory Plant

Caring for morning glory plants is surprisingly easy, and you can have morning glories every year without resowing seed. You will want to get up early to see the beautiful red, blue or purple flowers before they close for the day. The vines will grow to at least six feet tall and can be grown in any

Heirloom Seeds - Excellent For Our Next Generations

Planting heritage seeds at home is an excellent way to ensure our future. With many plants and species becoming extinct today, raising just one heritage vegetable can make a major difference. The more heritage garden plants we cultivate within our gardens, the more we're helping to preserve the

Different Front Yard Garden Arrangements

Make the most of your creativity and start to build a feasible plan for your front yard by using the different plant gifts that suit your environment. Have a flower power front yard that could marvel

Herb Garden Plants Have Powerful Benefits

There are many different types of herb garden plants and each herb has its own unique benefit. If you look at them as a whole herb plants supply a wide range of benefits but to make things easy they are grouped into categories for what they are used for.

The Best Way to Grind Aluminum

Aluminum is considered a soft metal and requires special care when being ground. Unlike steel and other hard metals, aluminum has a lower melting point. This means the heat generated by the spinning wheel of a grinder can easily melt the aluminum, creating a metallic gum that clogs the abrasive surf

Benefits of Medicinal Plants

A study conducted in 2004 resulted in the discovery that at least 30% of all adults have tried herbal or alternative medicine. In recent years, that percentage has grown due to an increased awareness. The ...

Creating a Water Garden

Water gardens are an attractive addition to any area of your home's exterior. They are beautiful to look at and can be very relaxing to listen to. Setting up a water garden is relatively easy- you just need to get a few supplies and can have your water garden set up and ready to go in as little

Contemporary Back Gardens and You

Staying in your garden, it suddenly dawns on you how you would like to have the contemporary back garden design in your home instead of the old-fashioned look you see each time you spend time ...

Growing a Liriope Plant in Your Sustainable Garden

Enjoy your sustainable garden design this year. Choosing the perfect plant is part of the experience. The liriope is a great foliage plant that produces beautiful flowers that will compliment any landscaping design.

Outdoor Path Lighting to Highlight the Gardens

Outdoor path lighting is used to highlight all the hard work that was put into you put into building our landscape and garden. Other reasons for using outdoor path lighting is for safety and to deter