27th April 2009
Most of the roses purchased today are a two-part plant. The part you see above the ground, stems, leaves and flowers belong to the named variety but below the soil the roots belong to something quite different. To many gardeners this might be a puzzle, wh...
27th April 2009
side straight the other at 45-degree angle. Add 2-inch (5cm) layer of sharp to the trench to help drainage. Insert the cuttings into the sand allowing 6 inches between each, propping them against the straight side of the trench, refill with soil.
Watc...
27th April 2009
The smaller the seed, the shallower it should be planted.
Mix small seeds with dry sand for easy sowing.
To collect seeds, place the ripe seed heads in a paper bag and shake.
Seeds that are still in the pod should not be stored in airtight con...
27th April 2009
Potting Mixture for cuttings and transplanted seedlings: - 2 parts sharp sand, 1 part loam, and 1 part leaf mould (or peat moss for acid tolerant plants). Potting Mixture for general potting, especially for such plants as the pelagoniums, fuchsias, chrysa...
27th April 2009
Leaf-bud Cuttings: - These are made from half-ripened wood and consist of one leaf with a dormant bud at its base and also a portion of the stem. They are planted in the same way as stem cuttings, but with the leaf and bud just above the surface of the ro...
27th April 2009
Organic Pest Controls: - Many of us who garden with the idea of working with nature, would choose to use products in our gardens that are safe or less harmful to the environment, ourselves and the creatures who live their lives in and around our gardens. ...
27th April 2009
ground clean, and hoe deep and frequently between the plants.
When they get to a good size, they are to be bleached before they can be used as salad; for, while green, they are bitter and not very crisp.
In order to bleach them, you must take ...
27th April 2009
To give minute rules for the propagation and cultivation of this plant, in a country like this, would be waste of time. However, if you wish to have them a month earlier than the natural ground will bring then, do this.
Make a hole, and put into it ...
27th April 2009
If you have a hotbed frame, or a hand light, the thing is easy. A large flower pot will bring up out of ground, plants enough for any family. As soon as the plants are three inches high, and it scarcely matters how thick they stand, make a nice little b...
27th April 2009
come. Yet, they are very tender. They will not endure a South of England winter without a covering, occasionally at least, of some sort; and the covering is, almost always, glass, either on frames or in a hand light. So that, to keep them through an Ame...
27th April 2009
This is a very delightful fruit. It comes earlier than the peach: and some like it better. It is a hardier tree, bears as well as the peach, and the green fruit, when the size of a hickory nut, makes a very good tart.
When ripe, or nearly ripe, it m...
27th April 2009
In America there must be heat; but, how easily will any of the ingenious men in this country find the means of furnishing the necessary heat with hardly any expense or trouble! In most cases the warmth might go from the parlour fireplace; for, all that is...
27th April 2009
GRAFTING is the joining of a cutting of one to another tree in such a way as that the tree, on which the cutting is placed, sends up its sap into the cutting, and makes it grow and become a tree. Now, as to the way, in which this, and the way in which bud...
27th April 2009
Calcium is important for cell-wall integrity and root and leaf growth. If you lime your soil regularly to keep the pH above 6, calcium deficiency would be unlikely. However, on alkaline soils (pH above 7) add gypsum (calcium sulphate) instead of lime. L...
27th April 2009
Slugs and Snails are an absolute menace in the garden. Not only do they gorge themselves on our plants, they leave behind the most disgusting, slimy trail. On food crops, once they have slithered their way over the plants, greatly reduces our enthusiasm t...
