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.
Originating from the Mediterranean, laurels are broadleaved evergreen bushes commonly used as hedges, borders and privacy screens. Left to grow naturally, the bushes grow 8 to 20 feet tall, depending…
Conifer shrubs, like coniferous trees, stay green year-round. When planted close together, they grow towards each other and create a thick wall of branches, forming a hedge. A hedge is…
The common hawthorn, or Crataegus monogyna is a shrub native to the UK that makes formal 1.5 to 3 m (5 to 10 foot) tall hedges. The shrubs or trees…
Privet hedges are fast growing shrubs. Planting a privet hedge around your property will provide privacy and add beauty to your yard. There are two different varieties of the privet.…
Perhaps best known as a widespread and stubborn weed, dandelions endear themselves to many people through their tasty, edible leaves. However, gathering wild dandelion greens poses several problems, most notably…
A field of dandelions can be quite beautiful, but when those darn things show up in your yard, they make you cringe. So what can you do? You can get…
Many people see dandelions as weeds, but their leaves and roots actually taste great. Although I will focus on the greens, do not think dandelions are limited to these.
English laurels that are compact or dwarf like are a species of the laurel shrub. It is an evergreen shrub with glossy, dark broadleaf foliage. It is commonly used as…
Cherry blossoms can add beauty to any landscape. Spring has not completely sprung without the cherry blossom blooms. There are a wide variety of cherry blossom trees that you can…
Poppies are vibrant flowers with distinct black centres and papery petals. They are a member of the Papaver family of flowers. Poppies grow in a wide variety of colours, including…