Guerrilla Gardeners
Posted on Oct 20, 2008 under gardening | No Comment
Meet the Guerrilla Gardeners in this video, part of Columbia Sportswear’s new brand campaign featuring the Pioneers of the Greater Outdoors.
Duration : 30 sec
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Gardening Tips - How to Build and Maintain A Garden
Posted on Oct 20, 2008 under gardening | No Comment
A garden adds beauty to the surroundings with its colorful treasure of trees, plants, flowers, butterflies, fruits and more. Gardening is an infinitely pleasurable exercise and a hobby for some. If you have enough space to plant herbs or small plants, it becomes your garden. So, it is not a tough task, even if you do not have the experience. Here is a gardening tip for amateurs - start small instead of overdoing things at your first shot.
Gardens tend to have a soothing effect on our minds. You can just sit or lie on your back on the lawn you mowed or in your garden to relax and unwind. The garden should not only look good, but should also be in a place easily visible to everyone. Here is a gardening tip - Build your garden in front of the house. It not only adds to the beauty of the place but also creates a delightful impression on people entering your house.
Basics Of Gardening
The first important gardening tip is to learn the basics of gardening. Most people are very taken in with the idea of creating a garden but you need to know the basics before taking the plunge. One would start dreaming about flowers, fruits and vegetables all over the place even before beginning to build the garden. Which plants to grow, where to plant it, how to do it, and when to do it are common confusion areas for novices.
Selecting The Right Place
Another important gardening tip is to choose the right location for your garden. You should get a great view of the chosen place from inside your house. Now that the problem of where to garden has been dealt with, you have to think of what to plant. If you want to grow any particular plant, you should first check out whether the climatic and other conditions are conducive to its growth. If you live in a place that is hot, then make sure you do no plant in areas exposed to afternoon sun, which is hotter and drier than the morning sun. Also, ensure that the chosen place is not directly exposed to heavy, dry winds.
Selecting The Plants
After the location is finalized, the next gardening tip for you is - choose the right plants. Select appropriate plants in accordance with the environmental conditions in your area. You can grow roses or vegetables - it is up to you. Herbs are ideal for any place as their growth can be controlled, if there is not enough space.
Common Problems
Lastly, here is an important gardening tip for you on tackling the common problems. If your garden is attractive, you can expect unwanted visitors like pests, insects, animals, children to cause damage to your plants. You should be careful and safeguard your garden. You cannot keep watch 24 x 7. However, while you water your plants, make sure that you check for changes in the color, or if insects have damaged the stems, leaves, or the plant itself.
You should also prune the extra growth of the plants so that they are not only healthy but also serve their purpose.
With a helpful gardening tip or two, your green thumb, care and attention, you too can create a beautiful garden at home.
Gardening and Smoking Salvia — Part 2
Posted on Oct 19, 2008 under gardening | No Comment
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Gardening can be a very rewarding experience and can also relieve stress.
Our expert shows you the basics of gardening while enjoying salvia!
Duration : 2 min 59 sec
Container Gardening: Container Herb Garden
Posted on Oct 19, 2008 under gardening | 25 Comments
Container gardening is a great way to grow plants, vegetables and herbs without needing a lot of space. Herbs do especially well and can be grown right outside your kitchen door. In this video, you’ll learn how to use an old farmer’s market basket to make a great container garden. Fill it with your favorite herbs and your cooking will be full of flavor all summer long.
Duration : 0:6:7
Garden Girl TV: Harvest Part Two
Posted on Oct 18, 2008 under gardening | No Comment
Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, continues to harvest from the Urban Sustainable Garden. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Duration : 2 min 30 sec
Free eBook about Rose Gardening
Posted on Oct 17, 2008 under gardening | No Comment
http://www.i-love-loveland.com/rose-gardening.html is a free ebook about rose gardening. It contains lots of information in a "how-to" format, from planting to fertilizing you great rose garden.
Duration : 1 min 6 sec
Los Angeles County Smart Gardening Program
Posted on Oct 17, 2008 under gardening | No Comment
If you want to make a smart move for your family and the environment, you might want to learn about the Smart Gardening Program. And talk about a deal, these workshops are free! The County of Los Angeles is offering Smart Gardening workshops, where residents get hands on training.
Learning just a few simple techniques can help you conserve water and energy, reduce yard waste and ultimately save you time and money.
Visit their website www.SmartGardening.com to see when the next workshop is scheduled or call 1.888.CleanLA for more information.
LA County Smart Gardening Program www.SmartGardening.com
1.888.CleanLA
Next Workshops:
Saturday, November 1st
Garvey Ranch Park - Monterey Park
Saturday, November 1st
Columbia Park - Torrance
Saturday, November 8th
Charter Oak Park - Covina
Duration : 0:3:8
Container Gardening Ideas for Pots and Planting Herbs
Posted on Oct 17, 2008 under gardening | No Comment
For container gardening ideas, scan the internet, the library or a bookstore. The challenge is to come up with a lovely container garden plan. There are a widespread collection of containers available for your container garden. These range in size from small-scale house-plant pots to sizeable boxes and planters. Equally varied are the materials from which they are made. These include wood, glass, clay, aluminum, bamboo, straw, plastic, fiberglass, terra cotta, tin, cast iron, zinc, copper, and brass, each with select advantages and disadvantages. What you choose will depend on availability, price, background, and attraction not to mention the characteristics of the gardening pots.
Here are some container gardening ideas. In addition to run-of-the-mill circular pots and tubs, there are modern and ultra-modern forms such as square, rectangular, triangular, hexagonal, and octagonal. Also eligible are old iron kitchen pots, kettles, pails, jugs, casks, vases, crocks, jam tubs, barrels and nail kegs, Japanese fish tubs, aged sinks, bathtubs, bamboo soy tubs. There are novelty containers such as driftwood, wheelbarrows, donkey carts, spinning wheels and boxes attached to a roadside mail container. There are also bird cages, decorative well heads, animal figures, and Strawberry jars. Woven baskets may be used to conceal unattractive containers. Even tar paper pots, handled by garden centers and florists are worthy if painted or veiled to upgrade their exterior. Any of these can be used in your container gardening ideas.
Where to find your container supplies? Begin with what you possess. If you explore cellars or basements, attics, garages, and sheds, you will doubtless encounter objects of interest. Old-fashioned pots and kettles, usually sold in antique shops at rural auctions or observed at old New England inns, have much attraction.
Different container garden ideas to ponder are old cookie and bean jars, pickle and other types of crocks, wash tubs, coal pails, jardinières, and ceramic bowls. For drainage, scatter a thick layer of substantial pebbles or shattered pieces of pots or bricks at the bottom and then moisten plants with care. In substantial containers, drainage material should be many inches thick. Where rainfall is hefty, be certain to keep garden containers without drainage outlets on porches, below awnings or the under sizable eaves of house. With pails and old galvanized wash tubs, holes can be easily punctured at the bottom.
Plants in containers without drainage openings stay wet longer. Some of theseâcrocks, jardinières and cookie jarsâare massive enough to be secure against the elements in exterior container gardening.
What constitutes the perfect container for your container garden ideas? A container needs to be attractive, even if it is not an object of art. It should be sturdy and lasting and able to resist all kinds of weather. This is especially true of the substantial sizes which ofttimes continue outdoors all year around. In the North, alternate icy and thawing is a predicament in winter (and could generate cracking); in blazing climates, intensive heat, humidity, and moisture are to be considered (and could cause fading). And in semiarid areas, there is the impact of searing sun to keep your attention, another source of fading. All these things need be kept in mind when coming up with your container gardening design.
The perfect container must be vast enough to hold a sizeable quantity of soil. It should have super drainage facilities through holes or various openings at the bottom or sides. It must not rust, at least in a single season, and it should have a wide enough base to perch firmly wherever placed. Further, it needs to be heavy enough to withstand average winds. In severe storms, like hurricanes and tornadoes, movable containers can be shifted to interim safety. All of these things should be factored in when you are coming up with your container gardening ideas.
Resistance to rot is another requisite. Wooden containersâexcept those made of rot-resistant Redwood, Western Cedar, and Southern Red Cypressâwill require treatment with a wood preservative. Except for lifelong containers, the capability to move your container garden is another quality, and sometimes a safety precaution, of portable container gardening. Sizable boxes and planters can be equipped with wheels, and garden centers have redwood tubs that perch on platforms with wheels. An opening in the platform corresponds to the hole in the tub. Sizeable containers without wheels can be pushed on iron or wooden rollers by two or more people; however, if you live in an area inclined to severe storms it is best to keep your containers small-scaled.
Smaller containers are ideal for cultivating herb container gardens. If you plan to plant an herb container garden be imaginative. Here are some container garden ideas for herbs that go great together.
* For an Italian selection try Sweet Basil, Italian Parsley, Oregano, Marjoram and Thyme.
* For a pleasing scented container use Lavender, Rose Scented Geranium, Lemon Balm, Lemon Thyme, and Pineapple Sage.
* For utterly extravagant salads try Garlic Chives, Rocket, Salad Burnet, Parsley, Celery.
* And to say âWe love French Cooking!â use Tarragon, Chervil, Parsley, Chives and Sage.
Any of these will liven up your meal and please your family.
So these are just a few container gardening ideas. Get out a pad of paper and make up a container garden plot that will add to the view and conceivably even the palate.
Happy Container Gardening!
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Mary Hanna is an aspiring herbalist who lives in Central Florida. This allows her to grow gardens inside and outside year round. She has published other articles on Cruising, Gardening and Cooking. Visit her websites at http://www.GardeningHerb.com and http://www.ContainerGardeningSecrets.com To read more of her articles go to http://www.ArticleBazaar.net
Garden Girl TV: Harvest Part One
Posted on Oct 17, 2008 under gardening | No Comment
Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, harvests from her garden. During the growing season an incredible amount of food can be harvested daily! For more great info, check out Gardengirltv.com and sign up for her newsletter.
Duration : 3 min 6 sec
What is the type of gardening/farming when you put different plants near each other to help protect from pests?
Posted on Oct 16, 2008 under gardening | 4 CommentsI am trying to find more information about the type of gardening or farming where you maybe plant a blueberry bush underneath an apple tree. This is supposed to allow natural type pesticides as well as keep soil rich.
Its called companion planting.
It can be used for various purposes. Some plants help to deter pests from other plants, such as garlic. Some help by attracting pests away from other plants, like planting aphid attracting Calendula next to roses. Some enrich the soil, like Dandelion that draws up nutrients from deep in the soil. Some contribute to the health of sickly plants, like chamomile (which also protects seedlings against damping off disease). Some attract beneficial insects that feed on insect that are infesting your garden, like Queen Anne's Lace that attracts parasitic wasps.
There are a number of excellent books out there that cover companion planting in depth, such as Carrots Love Tomatoes, Roses Love Garlic by Louise Riotte
Here are a few sites that might interest you
http://www.sheridannurseries.com/gardensite/subGARDENTIP25mainframe.htm
http://www.mi.ca/compendium/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companion_plants