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Growing bulbs in spring

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How do you grow bulbs in spring? Now here is a different idea. Instead of growing them in a formal-looking bed, try growing them naturally. All this means, a more natural look, and less maintenance; a win-win situation for the…
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Winter Aconite and other blooms for March

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In temperate countries in the northern hemisphere, March is that time of the year when spring rouses from the slumber of winter, but it’s still not quite the time when you can predict the weather at all. In fact, you…
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Artificial plants anyone?

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Is your indoor decor important to you? If yes, than you would probably have realized that many a couch and wall will dull with age, and turn frayed and old, but how do you replace them? A fresh look is…
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Some ideas in looking for gardening magazines

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Gardening magazines are plentiful, but how do you find out which ones are the best choices for your particular garden? Gardening in itself is as vast as the world outside, and there are many branches of gardening with their own…
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The indoor herb garden

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Herbs are really the best plants that you can grow indoors. For indoor gardening, nothing beats herbs, and for that matter, they don’t cost a lot to get growing and producing, even on weekly time frames. The indoor herb garden…
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Starting a compost heap

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Everyday life in the modern age is marked by a large amount of rubbish which we throw away. Increasing rubbish has meant more landfills, and greater stress on the environment in general. Gardens are not exempt from this. In the…
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Simple frost protection measures

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Plants are location specific when it comes to climate tolerance. Although there are plants that will thrive in many weather or climate conditions (up to a certain degree), most plants cannot survive outside of their native climate zones. And then…
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Living Christmas trees vs artificial Christmas trees

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Christmas celebrations have taken on added new meaning in recent years. Climate change, depleting resources, and pollution being some of the more important reasons why we all need to adopt more environmentally conscious Christmases. At the heart of it, stands…
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Lawn care tools: Mowers

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Maintaining a nice looking lawn is easier with the availability of lawn mowers and shears which are battery operated. If you’re looking for lawn mowers, there are basically two kinds: the reel mowers and the rotary mowers. Reel mowers differ…
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