Organic Fertilizer

Nowadays there is trend of organic gardening (sustainable gardening), creating confusion of using natural/organic fertilizers for home garden use. There is a range of natural and manufactured materials available in the market. People are with great misconceptions for selecting fertilizers.

Why is Earthworm Compost Essential For Healthy Plants?

Information on why earthworm compost is essential for the plants and vegetables. As a natural fertilizer and free from any chemical components, the earthworm compost can help plants to grow healthy.

Japanese Tea Gardens

I am often asked about Japanese Tea Gardens and the all important ceremony. Both are steeped in traditions that go back hundreds of years and are not quite as complicated as you may imagine. Japanese gardens in their most popular form originated in China and as time went by they developed in style and substance without ever losing their meaning and spiritual traditions.

How to Start an Organic Garden

Starting an organic garden may seem like a daunting task at first. What do I do? Where do I start? How to start an organic garden can be a very simple and easy thing to do.

Get Your Garden Goodies With Growing Tulips in the Spring

Tulips are one of the highlights of spring. They’re elegant, colorful and pleasing to the eyes. They come with an assortment of types and most of them are not hard to grow so this spring, why not plant some of them?

Strawberries and Their Health Benefits

The health benefits of strawberries provide us a vast amount of nutrients and vitamins plus having a sweet juicy flavor. Some of the other health benefits of strawberries help in the prevention of some cancers, rheumatoid arthritis and protect against heart disease.

Japanese Zen Gardens

Zen tradition in Japanese gardens, together with Shinto are a very large part of Japanese gardening. It is because of these predominant traditions a Japanese garden is a place of contemplation and reflection and a visitors state of mind should reflect this when visiting one. It is important to fully understand these principles when visiting a Japanese or Japanese Zen garden.

Herb Garden Kits – An Excellent Way to Grow Herbs in Limited Spaces

Kits are an ideal way to grow herbs even when you don’t have time or space for the hobby. Most kits contain everything needed to grow fresh herbs in your home.

Japanese Garden Design – Dry Water

Dry water is very common in Japanese gardens, and it is very eye catching too. Wait a minute, I can hear you questioning the term ‘dry water’- it’s a contradiction in terms isn’t it?

What You Need to Know About Organic Gardening

For a long time organic gardening had a kind of “Hippy” connotation it – the kind of thing people grew in communes. Today it is becoming a mainstream part of horticulture and its importance in the production of safe, healthy and chemical free decorative and edible crops is being appreciated. By the way, nothing about organic gardening is really new since before the mid 1800s there were no such things as chemical fertilizers and insecticides.

Garden Pergolas Can Easily Stand the Test of Time

Modernization has reached the point today where the people have broken the fetters of tradition and culture and taken the pledge to renovate everything around them and give it a beautiful and artistic structure. This belief has entered every immediate field of human interest and brought in drastic consequences some of which are pleasant while others portray the reflection of the growing malicious practices of the society.

Window Flower Boxes – Enhancing Your View With Window Gardens

Enhance any view your windows provide by using window flower boxes. They’re inexpensive and add a bit of nature close to your home.

The Basics of Container Gardening

Container gardening is a fast and handy way to have green growing things even if you have only limited space. Many interesting objects can be used as containers, as long as they offer sufficient drainage and space. The basics of growing plants in containers is different from garden growing. Learn how to ensure your container grown plantings will be healthy and lush.

Tips on Growing an Organic Garden Beginning With the Soil

Growing organically is something that has been around since the beginning of time. You hear a lot about it today because of all the preservatives and chemicals being put into our food.