Plant Gardens 101

Establishing and maintaining a garden requires a basic set of knowledge. Mother Nature insists that certain rules be followed and the gardener must work with Mother Nature to help plants grow bloom and produce fruit abundantly. Here’s an overview of the gardening basics every gardener needs to know. The Bones of the Garden The walkways, patios, decks and borders, along with trees buildings and different planting areas make up the bones of the garden. Working with the existing elements and adding to the structure will enhance the overall appearance and practicality of your garden. Planting Zones Planting zones have been established using the average minimum winter temperatures in each geographical area. When choosing plants for your garden spot, the gardener must know which plants will survive in an outdoor garden in that area. A Quick Overview of Fertilizers Commercial fertilizers all contain three basic ingredients: Nitrogen for new foliage and overall plant growth, Phosphorus for a healthy root system and Potassium for the development of blooms and fruits. Fertilizers come in dry, soluble and time-release forms, giving the gardener choices in how quickly the fertilizer is absorbed and a choice in the strength of the solution to be applied.

Mulch Mulch is much more than just a decorative dressing. Mulch protects the soil from the sun’s damaging rays, helps the soil retain moisture and helps prevent weeds. Mulch can also protect your plants from freezing. Deadheading Deadheading does more than just keep your garden looking neat and tidy. Deadheading keeps the plant from going into a reproductive mode and encourages it to put on more blooms, giving your garden more flowers throughout the season. (more…)

Although it is often believed that bonsai trees had their origins in Japan, they were first developed in China during the 2nd century AD. These trees were developed by growing them in containers, being its name very representative of this fact since the Chinese term for Bonsai can be translated as “container planted”.

It is believed that the art of developing Bonsai trees arrived to Japan during the Heian Period. During its beginnings, Bonsai trees were known as hachi-no-ki, a term that can be translated as “tree in a pot”. According to historians, these trees were not called Bonsai as we know them nowadays until the 19th century.

Japanese Bonsai trees are based on a principle which combines three forces: truth, essence and beauty, and which are based on “heaven and earth in one unique container”. As it can be seen, these trees have a lot of symbolism and growing them implies balancing the forces and elements which are part of their principle. (more…)

Removing the top or central growing point of a plant to promote the development of side shoots. See also apical dominance. See also apical dominance.

It is clearly evident nowadays that the world faces such big economic crisis that every one of us is affected, you can see everywhere that people are complaining due to the effect of recession. You can see or hear from different mass media sources that most people are suffering from lack of job opportunities, massive job layoffs and great financial kick off. Due to this saddening news, more and more people are getting in to the danger of hunger zone and most of them experiences food shortage and massive malnourishment. On the other hand, if these people experiences hunger and pain, then most of us suffers from big financial bug down. If before we can buy small things that aren’t necessary for our living but tend to be a want rather than a need, now all of our money should be much budgeted and be spend very wisely. There may even be a time when shortage of food is greatly experienced amongst us. To resolve this pressing dilemma we don’t have to blame the politician, stock analyst or everyone else; instead we should make a move rather talk and don’t move. Luckily, Safe Fertilizer Reviews shares with us on how to make our own survival garden that will benefit us a lot by saving more money on eating home grown nutritious foods. (more…)

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Whether you’re planning a September wedding, want to send flowers to your aunt in Hawaii or simply want to plant some flowers in your garden that won’t die, it’s important to know which flowers belong in which season. Some flowers are popular year-round, such as roses, and don’t have to be reserved for Valentine’s Day. Here’s a quick-reference-guide to flowers by season:

Great Summer Flowers:

• Sunflowers
• Lilies (more…)