How to Use a Grub Hoe
A Grub Hoe, also known as an Azada, can be one of the most versatile tools in your gardening arsenal. This nifty little tool is known to accomplish four times the work of your average shovel or spade with 1/3 of the time and effort. The Grub Hoe is best when used for digging and cultivating earth, but it can also be used to chop ice, turn compost, mix cement, and take care of a variety of other garden and outdoor tasks.
Setting Up a Basic Backyard Bird Feeding Station
The special enjoyment of having songbirds serenade you while they eat tons of insects and garden pests is just 4 easy steps away. Once you have set up your basic feeding station, you can add fun items like suet cakes, peanut butter logs, and specialty seed feeders to attract even more colorful feathered visitors. Let’s get started.
6 Exciting Reasons To Create Your Own Herb Garden
You know what you need to do for your herb garden like weeding, watering, and pinching the leaves. But what will your herb garden do for you? From health benefits, to relaxation, and creative recipes, there are many rewards to reap from growing your own fresh herbs! Here are just 6 of my favorite reasons to cultivate an herbal oasis.
Building a Home – Things to Think About In a Log Home
Everybody wants to have a beautiful house with a high-quality furniture and cozy atmosphere. Today, new technologies goes very fast and gives us an opportunity to live the houses of our dreams. With the increasing number of log houses, it is clear that more and more people are dreaming about the timber houses. Everybody knows that log houses can be small, rustic, and simple but not everybody know that they can also be very big, luxurious, and prestigious…
7 Crucial Steps To Successful Herb Gardening
Watching your tiny 4 inch herb plants grow into a flourishing herb garden is magical and simple to achieve if you follow these easy steps. You’ll be rewarded all summer long with fresh fragrant ingredients, a healthy relaxing hobby, and a safe haven for song birds.
Expert Lawn Mowing Service – Leave Your Lawn Impeccably Beautiful
Your lawn forms a part of your property. Unfortunately, as we humans are, we often tend to take the bare essentials for granted. In due course of time, the lawn becomes messy and overgrown, reflecting the negative side to your character and individuality.
Crafting a Post and Beam Shed – Setting Up A Wooden Barn Shed On Your Land
Crafting a post and beam shed involves quite a lot of efforts. The easiest way to build one is to buy one of those ready-to-build kits. It saves you a lot of time and money. The kit consists of all the necessary materials and a proper plan is provided. You are provided with pre-cut angles where the holes are already drilled into them. All you have to do is assemble all the pieces and put them in place.
Who Should Compost?
You may be completely new to the idea of composting, you may have been tinkering with the idea of starting to compost or you may be an experienced composter. You may consider that we are a little biased in our view, but really there is nothing complicated or difficult about composting and it makes sense from every viewpoint. If you compost waste materials from your garden and/or kitchen then you will be contributing towards the wellbeing of our planet by not sending this waste to a landfill site. You will be saving money as the end product can be used in your garden instead of buying expensive composts from the garden centre. You will have the satisfaction of knowing that the material you are using in your garden to improve then life of your plants, flowers and vegetables is completely wholesome as you know exactly what the source of the compost has been. Composting does not need a huge amount of space; even if you only have a small composting bin sited in your kitchen then a slightly larger one under the stairs or outdoors, you can compost.
5 Extraordinary Benefits of a School Garden
Does your child’s school have an active working garden? Research is repeatedly showing how critical school gardens are to your child’s health and overall educational experience. Not only will your child learn science and math… which is great for his/her brain, but your child will also reap the benefits of fresh air, exercise, and exposure to direct sun light! Not to mention, there will be good fruits and veggies to consume!
Is a Pole Chainsaw or a Pole Pruner Better?
Pruning trees is essential for their health and appearance but which tools are best for the task? Pole chainsaws and manual pole pruners both have their advocates.
How to Choose the Right Type of Mulch for Flower Beds
One way to quickly and easily enhance the appeal of your flower bed is by adding mulch. The type of mulch you choose for your flower bed could improve the health of your flowers and make them stand out as well. As you think about which type of mulch is best for your flower bed, keep the following advice in mind:
Reducing Florescence Size – Making Crape Myrtle Flowers In Scale For Bonsai
The Secret on how to dwarf the florescence of a crape myrtle. At least it’s not a deliberate secret, but it hasn’t been talked about much. The tactic is how to reduce the scale and size of the overall flower mass (the florescence). With these techniques, you can dwarf – and make into small scale – even those crape myrtles with the largest florescences.
