How to take care of your garden. In this category we will be looking into garden animals, constructions, fences, gates, grass, hedges, manure, patios, planting, plants, ponds, recycle, seeds, slabs, structures and weeds.
Vines are useful in the landscape for covering trellises, hiding unsightly views or climbing over a bare wall. You can also allowed them to grow freely through a flowerbed. Some…
Prevalent during periods of excessive rain, black spot disease is a fungal pathogen that can affect trees, ornamental plants, crops, shrubs and hedges. Plants infected with this fungal disease will…
As with all plants, shrubs are prone to diseases, and when grown together to form a hedge, they can pass these conditions to each other due to their proximity. Diagnosing…
Tall hedges can provide privacy and noise control for your home. A tall hedge can replace a privacy fence. Some hedges may grow higher than 20 feet without proper maintenance.…
Carrots are best grown in sandy, well prepared soil which has been previously manured at least 6 months before you decide to sow your seeds (don’t worry if you have…
Collecting carrot seeds is fairly easy. Producing them takes a lot of work. Carrots will not seed until their second year of growth, so they must be dug and kept…
Starting onions from seeds is simple. Greg Speichert, Director of Hilltop Gardens, shows the differences between onion seeds, sets and transplants, and he demonstrates the first steps in planting onion…
Onion seeds are not usually difficult to grow or to collect. The only thing to keep in mind is that onions are a biennial, meaning that they seed once every…
Growing flowers from seeds is a fun and economic way to transform your garden into a personal haven. No more wasted trips to the local gardening nursery only to discover…
Collect seeds from flowers by waiting until the plant is done blooming and then gather the seed pods before it starts to rain and freeze at night. Hold on to…