Each summer, I visit the Chequamagon National Forest in Wisconsin. An amazingly beautiful and lush forest, this place is my sanctuary. I stay at a low-key resort, in a cabin overlooking Lake Namekagon. Its a breath of fresh air – quite literally – to spend two weeks each year at this place…
Have I Got A Deal For You!
Shopping the Online Deals!
Disposal of Aquatic Plants and Animals
Too many times non native plants and animals are released into the wild either unintentionally or because the aquarist can no longer care for them.
Using Bamboo Blinds To Decorate Your Home
Bamboo blinds are excellent and classy way to decorate your home. In oriental culture bamboo has been always used at homes as partitions, window blinds to allow cool breeze to come in. bamboo blinds or bamboo shades provides a relaxed and cool look to any room. It adds to the ethnic ambience and charm of your interiors and definitely environment friendly.
The distinctive grass weaves; the natural colors and fine bamboo selection used in the manufacture of finest bamboo bli…
Relax – Observe Butterflies Day
May 15th is observed as butterfly day. It is not only for children, but elders must also observe this day. To relax. All of us are always tense.
Arbor Day The Selflessness Of Trees
Arbor Day, as it is commonly known today, is of American origin and was first observed in Nebraska, USA on the 10th of April 1872.
Yard and Garden Trends for 2006
An insightful and informative article exploring some of the latest yard and garden design trends in urban America.
The Orchid-More Than Just An Exotic Flower
Next to the rose, orchids are the flowers most in demand in both the private and commercial marketplace. No plant family has as many different flowers as the orchid family. Orchids are known to grow in most every part of the world with the exception of Antarctica and the deserts.
Most African orchids are white, while Asian orchids are generally multicolored. Some orchids grow only one flower on each stem, while others can have more than a hundred blooms on a single spike.
The Organic Gardener
Its not always easy to be an organic gardener. Even committed organic gardeners sometimes long to spray herbicide on goutweed or pesky poison ivy. When Japanese beetles or rose chafers arrive in throngs just before your garden party, you may suffer an urge for the good old days the time before you understood that spraying an insecticide would kill beneficial bugs along with the bad, aggravating your pest problems. But there are also problems that are more easily addressed …
The Peroxide Phenomenon-Gardening Miracle
He unabashedly begins his stories in newspapers, magazines and online by proclaiming, This will be the most phenomenal article you will ever read. He claims to have cured his own cancer, to have removed his own warts and to be the most robust 82-year-old on the planet ever since he discovered the miracle solution known as hydrogen peroxide.
Bill Munro immediately grabbed my attention with a story titled Gardening with H2O2 in Acres U.S.A., the highly respected farmin…
The Secret To Healthier Plants? Lets Ask My Grandfather.
Farmers and gardeners of a few decades ago knew a thing or two about healthier plants and soils. This is what I learned from one of them.
Tip-Top Trailing Plants For Containers
Introducing the top three trailing plants for containers this season.
– Bidens ferulifolia
Within your containers, consider planting Bidens ferulifolia commonly known as the “Tickseed” or “Apache beggar tick”.
Gardeners who require trailing colour for containers or hanging baskets often opt for this native of North America and Mexico. Tickseed stems are quite slender, these fine stems can be expected to trail and sprawl vigorously to around 60cm (24 inches) from a co…