29th April 2008
Greenhouses are often thought of as the exclusive preserve of the dedicated gardener. However with greenhouses and frames to suit every pocket and size of garden, there is no need for even the novice gardener to feel daunted by the prospect of installing ...
14th November 2007
Garden perennials are popular with many gardeners, though there is a danger that the new gardener will over-plant them as they wait for those already planted to mature. The secret with perennials is patience, and if you want something to add color to you...
30th October 2007
There are many reasons for growing plants in garden containers, flower pots and planters. An obvious one is if you are growing exotic plants that can be placed outdoors in summer in a location that suits each plant, and then taken indoors or into a more s...
10th October 2007
Fall bulbs are, naturally, planted in the fall and flower in the spring. Many believe that they should be planted in the early spring, believing that the winter frosts can harm them. In fact nothing could be farther from the truth.Bulbs, corms and rhizo...
01st October 2007
Whatever the reason most people enjoy seeing butterflies in their gardens and would welcome more.The good news is that it is not that difficult to add the essential ingredients that attract lots of these beautiful creatures, and keep them happy once they ...
20th September 2007
When visiting a supermarket have you never wished you had a few garden fruit trees? Have you ever noticed how purchased fruit these days is bit inconsistent in quality? Sometimes it will be fine, but mostly is tasteless, too hard or too soft. The pears ...
20th August 2007
Floribundas are available in a vast array of colours and styles and can grow as high as 4 feet. They are often grown for display rather than as a cut flower. Planted as an elegant landscape bush, they can produce abundant colour for many seasons.
Flori...
07th August 2007
The maxim "prevention is better than cure" applies particularly to gardens
Increasingly gardeners are turning away from the chemical control of problems recognising that to rely on chemicals, EG. pesticides and fungicides can create more problems that ...
25th July 2007
Bonsai Basic Care
Watering is fundamental to all plant life.Without water a tree will die, in a bone dry bonsai container a tree will die of thirst as little as 48 hours.That is where most new commers make thier first mistake, more bonsai are killed th...
23rd July 2007
Buck the trend for hot sizzling summer colours and opt for cool pastels instead.
Osteospermum
There are lots of little osteospermums in garden centres and nurseries in the summer months of May June and heaps of colour choice.I like them because they...
11th July 2007
Roses seem to grow and produce flowers for only a few years before becoming exhausted and starting to develop flowers down the lower part of the stem.Pruning is therefore needed to prvent the plant becoming a tangled mass of dying and living wood with inf...
21st May 2007
If you are an affiliate looking to promote a product it is very important you are not wasting your time and money on a poor quality product or poorly promoted offer.One key factor in this is the sale letter the merchant provides.
What is a �Sales Let...
06th May 2007
Some tips to use on your (wordpress) blog to help improve the look and experience of your blog for you and your readers.
Pick a topic you enjoy for your blog
Pick a general topic you are passionate about, and stick with that focus as you post. Near ...
30th April 2007
There are so many criteria that search engines follow to determine a site's rank for certain keywords or search phases. One of these includes links to your site.
The page rank of your site is directly related to the number of links it has. The more lin...
23rd April 2007
Every online publisher needs traffic to their site, but how do you get a steady increase of traffic each month? How do you even get traffic started coming to your site?
Blogs automatically get traffic coming as soon as you make your first post. With a ...