Coffee Grounds in the Flower Garden
Coffee grounds are a free and nutrient dense source of material in the flower garden. Use them as a compost amendment or directly in the garden as a soil enhancer. Sources of Coffee Grounds If you’re...
Coffee grounds are a free and nutrient dense source of material in the flower garden. Use them as a compost amendment or directly in the garden as a soil enhancer. Sources of Coffee Grounds If you’re...
Some people are geographically blessed to live in a zone where all year flower gardening is a reality. However, for most of us, there is a time in the winter months when the flower garden lies dormant....
People may view flower bouquets as a luxury item in a weak economy, but growing flowers at home is always affordable. Organic gardeners have another reason to tend flowers in a natural cutting garden:...
Flower gardeners often look for ways to stretch their dollar by using household items in the garden. Using newspapers in the garden is frugal and environmentally sound. When households toss their newspapers...
When gardeners admire their landscape, they don’t always make the connection between the health of the flowers and foliage above ground and the nurturing of the plant happening below the soil’s...
If it seems like the hottest summers on record have occurred within the past decade, you’re not the only one feeling the heat: your flowerbeds are at risk every year of stunting, flower drop, and...
Visitors of Mediterranean climates may wonder what it’s like to grow a garden there, under skies that always seem sunny and in temperatures that never require more than a light jacket. A Mediterranean...
If you follow the gardener’s adage of spending nine dollars of your ten-dollar gardening budget on the hole, and one dollar on the plant, part of that nine dollars needs to be allocated towards mulch....
Although these flowers will never supplant roses and cosmos as flower garden staples, it’s fun to grow unusual flowers for the challenge, or as a conversation piece. Many uncommon flowers are tender...
The smallest toddler can get in on the gardening game when you start a flat of flower seeds at home. If a child is dexterous enough to pick up oat cereal circles, he can grasp a hyacinth bean vine seed...
When you see standing water in your garden in the spring, but the same area transforms into a web of cracks in the summer, you have clay soil. There are several ways to improve clay soil in the flower...
Most gardeners are aware of the major plant nutrients listed on fertilizer packaging: nitrogen (N), potassium (K), and phosphorus (P). However, six other nutrients play a vital role in healthy flower growth....