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How to Create a Garden Office or Garden Studio in a Small Sp...

There are many people who love to spend most of their time in the garden. The concept of a garden office or garden studio is perfect for such kind of people. In today's world many people work from their own home. It becomes very conve [...]

Posted On : Dec, 26 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

Gardeners' Dirt: Merry Christmas from the garden

It's so rewarding to share gifts from the garden, and particularly at this time of sharing and caring. Dill, okra and squash pickles When I retired after teaching in the elementary grades for 30 years, one of the first things I di [...]

Posted On : Dec, 22 2011 | Comments : 0

Kaiapoi gardeners rewarded with national prize

A small team of green-fingered residents have been growing something very special in the earthquake-ravaged town of Kaiapoi. The Kaiapoi community garden has survived quakes and snow storms and fostered a spirit of teamwork, and now the g [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Master Gardener Classes Organized For 2012

What does it mean to be an Ohio State University Master Gardener? It means they have completed 50 hours of course worked and have attempted to do over 50 hours of volunteer time for the residents of Williams County. The fifty hours of [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Gifts for gardeners

Gardeners may be the easiest people in the world to buy Christmas gifts for. After all, how hard is it to please a person who digs in the dirt? Then again, if you don’t like to get your hands dirty, it may not be such an easy task a [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 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

Gardener: End-of-the-year care will help preserve tools

Good garden tools are like old friends -- they're not easy to find, and it takes some time and effort to get familiar and comfortable with them. But, ultimately, they're always there for us. Using that perfectly broken-in spade, w [...]

Posted On : Dec, 07 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

Garden host out with the weeds

THE host of ABC television's Gardening Australia program has been told that his services are no longer required. Stephen Ryan, who fronted the program for three years, says the program's executive producer, Tim Mitchell, visited h [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 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

Gardener's 'compensation' to be donated to school

A GARDENER who had £400 of exhibits stolen at a county show has received ‘compensation’ fromorganisers — and will now donate the payment to his former primary school to develop its plot. Brian Storer, of Princess A [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Setting up organic kitchen gardens in Pune

The terrace at Animesh Topno’s house used to serve as a place to dry clothes, until he came across a presentation on organic kitchen gardening. The area is now home to spinach, broccoli, methi (fenugreek leaves), tomato, basil, beet [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Gardens: training fruit trees

A trained fruit tree is the very essence of gardening. We take a wild, free-form thing and bend it to our will, making it into pretty shapes that fit man-made structures: walls, border edgings and walkways. Training branches into fans and [...]