suegold's Articles in Landscaping-Gardening


  • Alternative Energy Source And The Need For A Proper Storage Technology
    A number of energy storage technologies have been developed or are under development for electric power applications.

    This is the future that we can safely anticipate, especially when there is a rapid depletion of other energy resources. Of course, the most important energy resource still remains the sun from ...

  • Building Your Own Composting Bin
    Probably the best homemade composting design is the multiple bin system where separate compartments facilitate continuous decomposition. Each bin is about four feet on a side and three to four feet tall. Usually, the dividing walls between bins are shared. Always, each bin opens completely at the front. I think the best de ...

  • Container Gardening And Similar Gardening Methods
    In my days of youthful indiscretions I thought I could improve life on Earth by civilizing high school youth through engendering in them an understanding of gardening history. I confess I almost completely failed and gave up teaching after a few years. However, I personally learned a great deal about history and the telling ...

  • Container Gardening Creative Tips
    Container gardens can create a natural sanctuary in a busy city street, along rooftops or on balconies. You can easily accentuate the welcoming look of a deck or patio with colorful pots of annuals, or fill your window boxes with beautiful shrub roses or any number of small perennials. Whether you arrange your pots in a gro ...

  • Controlling Problems With Annuals
    Annuals are among the most varied, most beautiful and most colorful flowers on the market. The sheer variety of annuals, the many colors, shapes and textures they come in, has made them a favorite among gardeners for many years. With so many different annuals on the market, their ability to resist common plant diseases and ...

  • Fighting Plant Enemies In The Garden
    The devices and implements used for fighting plant enemies are of two sorts:
    1. those used to afford mechanical protection to the plants.
    2. those used to apply insecticides and fungicides.

    Of the first the most useful is the covered frame. It consists usually of a wooden box, some eighteen inc ...

  • How To Care For Perennials In Your Garden
    Perennials have long been one of the most popular classifications of flowering plant, and this is likely to continue for some time. There are many advantages to using perennials in the garden, not the least of which is their ability to regenerate year after year. The ability to plant once, and enjoy season after season of ...

  • How To Split Garden Bulbs Properly
    One of the features of bulbs that make them so attractive is the ability for the gardener to divide their bulb plants to produce new growth, share with friends, or just plant in different areas of the landscape.

    In addition, many bulb flowers become overgrown, and reducing the growth through dividing bulbs is ...

  • Your Quick Guide To Container Gardening
    There are other less obvious tumbler disadvantages that may negate any work avoided, time saved, or sweaty turning with a manure fork eliminated.

    Being top-loaded means lifting compost materials and dropping them into a small opening that may be shoulder height or more. These materials may include a sloppy bu ...


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