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Landscaping a small yard.

07 Jun

If you have a small yard that you are going to landscape, you do not have to lose all landscape ideas and designs. Whether you have a small front yard or a small back yard, there are a variety of things you can do to make your yard look great if you use the space wisely. The key to a great yard, is a planned design, so take the time to plan.

Remember to be realistic, if your yard is small, large rocks or boulders or a large pond is not doable. However, there are things that you can do to make your yard look beautiful without all those large things.

Since space is limited, consider building up raised flower beds for your plants. One of the positive things about small yards is that you can landscape and save money in the process. Another idea for small yards is plants in containers. Container gardening is a great way to maximize space and it can be moved around for parties when needed. Planters today have their own design flare and come in all different sizes and shapes.

Colors can “effect” the space also. Colors like blue can make a space appear larger and plants like evergreens offer a yard a feeling of largeness. Blue spruce and Alberta pine are great examples.

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An environmentally friendly way to rid your garden of bugs.

03 Jun

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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) websites.

02 Jun

Once you figure out that you have a fungus in your garden, you should not overreact. You do not want to reach for a spray bottle, instead you need to practice Integrated Pest Management (IPM). This approach to management of pests involves evaluation, monitoring, control and prevention. You need to understand and accept damage that is only cosmetic versus damage which may kill your plants. Figuring out which is which is not easy though.

The University of Maryland has a website to assist in identifying what’s going on in your garden which is the HGIC Plant Diagnostic Website. This site takes you through a series of steps to help identify the pests. Take a look at the infected plants. You will find a non-chemical approach to treating the pests and guidelines for when to use methods that may be less toxic.

It will also guide you to determine damage and not to jump to conclusions. For instance, sooty mold on a plant can look like a classic fungal infection. You will need to find out where the infection came from instead of jumping to conclusions.

Some gardeners like to make up their own homemade concoctions for treating the fungus and pests. Fine Gardening website called 355 Pest and Disease Remedies which discusses common products that most have in medicine cabinets or pantry. There is use for a chamomile tea to treat fungus.

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More gardening tool tips.

27 May

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Gloves you may want to consider to protect your hands.

25 May

Though you will have many tools that will be utilized in your garden, your most used tool will be your hands. You use your hands for dividing, mulching, digging and weeding, and though there are tools you can purchase to do these jobs, it is often much easier just to use your hands. You will need to protect all of your tools, including your hands. We will review gloves now. We will look at each of the jobs and the right glove for each.

There are lots of different gloves to choose from for basic gardening. You have choices of composites, leather and cotton gloves. Cotton gloves are cheap yes, but they wear quickly and weigh a lot when they are wet. All leather gloves are better, but still get wet and are better protection for thorns.

The new spandex/lycra composites fit relatively well for men but women have a harder time making them work. There are one size fits all gloves, are stylish and colorful and do not hold water at all. They keep the moisture away and last well due to the hard wearing nylon on the palms and fingers. These are great for the ladies but not so much for the guys. Bionic gloves look familiar if you have ever seen sports and they are tough and convenient.

Rubber coated gloves are great for comfort and if wetness is a major factor, work wonderfully. Mudgloves shed water well and come in lots of colors and are reasonably priced.

When working on rose bushes and dealing with the thorns that come with these beautiful flowers, there are rose gauntlets with protection to the elbow. If you have rose bushes, you will definately want to consider these.

If you are one of those people who don’t particularly like gloves, the answer may be the new spray on gloves. These are a silicon spray that seals the hands from grime and cleaning up is a breeze.

These are all ideas to protect your most precious tools: your hands.

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