Search Results for 'Gardening'

The revolution will be composted: adventures in radical gard...

Type "gardener" into the Google in your head and you'll probably get something a little like this; gentle, patient, fond of pottering, sartorially biased towards corduroy. Yes, yes, not all gardeners are like that, but [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Gardening year: review and plan

It usually takes a period of enforced inactivity – illness or bad weather perhaps – for gardeners to stop and contemplate their gardens, but the new year is just the right time to view progress, pat ourselves on the back or ad [...]

Posted On : Jan, 17 2012 | Comments : 0

Wakefield teenager in TV gardening contest final

Green-fingered teenager Jamie Butterworth is set to take the gardening world by storm. And he hopes to make his mark in front of millions after reaching the final of a prestigious TV competition. The 17-year-old from Durkar, Wakefield, ha [...]

Posted On : Jan, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Vegetable Gardening Is a Hobby That Can Save You Money

Vegetable gardening is actually practiced by a few for money by most for the type of satisfaction it provides. Doing a bit of vegetable gardening, having your own vegetable backyard up and then while using fresh vegetables directly from y [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardening Landscape Planting Guide - Guides To Making Your P...

The article aims to educate people on the importance of following landscape planting guides. Discussed below will be the different kinds of guides and the ways that it should be used. Getting Started Landscaping is an endeavour that t [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Phuket Gardening - beautiful bauhinias

PHUKET: I was recently asked to offer my advice about landscaping the entrance area to an up-scale estate. After studying photographs of the site area and making a long list of possible plants, I paid a visit to my favorite nursery to dis [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardening with Lynne Allbutt

Animal trainers Derek and Sue Williams have a busy month ahead as they hire out their six reindeers for festive events. Derek, who was a dog handler in the police force had wanted to keep reindeer for many years. “The reindeers [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2011 | Comments : 0

How gardening helps Alzheimer's sufferers

As well as keeping you fit and trim, taking regular exercise and watching your weight helps prevent many of our modern ailments: cancer, heart problems, diabetes, strokes, and even depression, dementia and Alzheimer’s. Gardening is [...]

Posted On : Nov, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardening Matters: Here’s some applause for Nature Center’s ...

The folks at the Dunwoody Nature Center are going native on us. They have announced that the Nature Center will henceforth be a “living lab” for the use of native plants. According to their press release, “Th [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardening: Our brains needn’t hibernate

Long, dark days and chilly weather needn’t dampen a gardener’s spirits. Just because winter is approaching doesn’t mean you have to hide inside and yearn for spring. Go back to school: Take advantage of all the workshops [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardening Against the Odds awards 2011: Our runners-up

While we’re all eager to hail wounded heroes, we seem less ready to help those who have been damaged mentally by their efforts on our behalf. The stigma of mental illness is everywhere, discouraging sufferers from asking for help. [...]

Posted On : Nov, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardening with the Masters: Fall pruning ...?Is this a good ...

Long before gardeners were running around with pruning tools, Mother Nature was tending to her plants with her own form of pruning. In nature, pruning is done on a much grander scale with tools such as wind, ice, fire, disease and snow, j [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

NZ Gardener digs up country's gardening dynamos

A small Northland primary school that's created a natural cure for nits using ingredients from their garden, a young mother of four helping out families struggling with skyrocketing food prices, and an Auckland community garden using [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardening: We all say tomato

I wrote about tomatoes this time last year, but such is the enduring popularity of this seasonal favourite that here I am again going through the motions with our friend "tomato". Besides it just wouldn't seem like Labour We [...]