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Add some splash to your garden with a fountain
One great way to add character to a garden is to add a fountain. Fountains, also called water features and water elements, can add elegance, a sense of peace or a feeling of fun to nearly any landscape design. The sound of flowing or trickling water...
Burnings Bushes ....Brilliant Fall Foliage
Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus)
A deciduous shrub from the Staff-Tree Family (Celastraceae)
Burning Bush, a non-native species from China and Korea, has
escaped from the ornamental plantings into neglected urban and
rural areas. It...
Decorating with rocks, the beauty of rustic decor
Rocks are dirty, crude, hard, and just plain nasty. But there is another side to rocks. They are also durable, beautiful, and come in a huge variety. When a piece of stone is cut from a mountain, it is cut into a giant slab. This slab looks like...
How to choose a riding lawn mower for your property
Most riding lawn mowers are machines fun ride and extremely cool to look at. However, they are just a dream for many gardeners who can not afford one of these powerful gardening equipment. A riding mower can be a practical time saving machine for...
Installing landscape lighting
The tools you will need when it comes to installing your own
landscape lighting are an edger, screw driver, shovel, trowel,
and some wire cutters. Remember, one of the most important parts
of this fun project is to ensure that you lay out your...
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Spring is around the corner - How is your Garden?
Spring is in my opinion the most wonderful time of year for the
gardener. You can shake of that winter weariness and get ready
for a new gardening season.
The most difficult part of spring gardening is trying to manage
your impatience. Don't start digging around too early. The soil
must be dry enough to have it fall apart when you pick it up.
When it still sticks together like glue that's definitely not
the case.
Early spring is the best time of year to change (parts of) your
garden design. You can transplant existing shrubs and perennial
plants before they begin to leaf out. This also is the time to
prune your trees and shrubs. Cut back the remaining dead foliage
from last season and remove dead, damaged or diseased branches
of trees and shrubs.
And then flowers! That's really what spring is about isn't it!
There are many that are suitable for cool spring weather. Think
of sweet alyssum, some snapdragons, stock and sweat peas. You
can also start some perennials like hostas and daylilies.
Start some Violets, Marigolds, Carnations, Geraniums and
Impatiens inside to transplant to your flower beds in early
spring. Or if you have some space left in your garden you can
set up a "Cold Frame". Ready-made cold frames are available in
different
sizes. A cold frame "captures" the spring sunlight and
warms the soil it surrounds. That way it is ideal to "harden
off" houseplants and transplants for your summer garden. You can
use the cold frame for direct seeding as well.
If you have unplanted areas in your garden a great spring
project is to lay out landscape cloth on that unplanted area.
Landscape cloth is an excellent weed barrier. It comes in
different weights, heights and fabric choices. This cloth can
then also serve as a great map to precisely plant your
transplants.
Weeds start to grow very early but still have shallow roots in
spring so get them out when you spot them. Getting on top of the
weeds now means a lot less work in summer, and I'm sure that
digging out weeds in the burning sun in not your favorite
pastime.
These two measures will definitely intimidate your perennial
weeds to the extent that they will prefer your neighbor's garden
over yours.
And most of all enjoy your spring garden, watch it grow and
blossom into summer!
About the author:
Anita is one of the authors of
http://www.gardening-guides.com and http://www.lawnmower-guide
.com/
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