Home and Garden

Let’s say that winter is approaching & you are mournful at the prospect of no fresh vegetables on the table. With a tiny planning, your season of vegetable gardening doesn’t must finish with shorter & colder days of winter.

My experience in November in Wyoming, with temperatures in the teenagers & twenties, shows healthy & vigorous turnips, lettuce, bok choi & Swiss chard in a single layer greenhouse. The greenhouse is not heated either. Read the rest of this entry »

When designing a flower garden, color perhaps the single most important consideration, but need not be the one. Bedding or herbaceous plants have form, size, & shape. Their leaves also possess a sure, visual texture.

Examples of such bedding plants to name a few, would include, Achillea, (Yarrow) Brachycome, Bidens, Felicia, & Chrysanthemum frutescens. While all the above belong to the same botanical relatives, (Asteraceae) plants belonging to other families may even be found to possess similar leaf shapes. Verbena & Linum, (Flax) are cases that spring to mind. Read the rest of this entry »

When it comes to a Japanese garden, you will notice that they are very well designed & they offer a sense of tranquility as well as fantastic style.

Designing Your Own Japanese Garden

Whilst a Japanese garden chiefly makes use of water, there is a variety which is named ‘Karesansui’ & that does not use any water in its designs at all. So it would suit somebody who does not like the thought of incorporating water in to their garden for whatever reason. However, despite the fact that it contains no actual water, the objective of this style of Japanese garden is to give it the atmosphere of water. This is done through the use of pebbles & patterns. Low shrubs also come in handy so keep that in mind. Read the rest of this entry »