Best Garden Nursery

Grown for foliage, not flowers.Coleus is another annual that's "been around forever. That link will connect you to a source., Lincolnwood, Publications International, Ltd., 1998 The weather was very cold but dry, and a border of dusty miller gave a lovely...

Three generations work together, all bringing new ideas and plants to the gardening community. The seedlings' flowers are then observed very closely. It was always a pleasure to do business with them.

Had been to all the nurseries and garden centers within a 40-mile radius, searching for a particular petunia without success.Big box stores sometimes offer up such unexpected treasures and at very reasonable prices.If the plants are healthy, you can hardly...

Little did I know I would become addicted to mints and creeping thymes. I ordered it fromin Phippsburg, Maine. There are chimney flue tiles just to contain the mints; chocolate, pineapple, lemon, lavender, apple and curly.

You might want to create a garden-specific calendar, create a word document, or use a journal to keep up with all the places you will, might, or want to go. Read on for some inspiration on how to plan you plant quests ahead of time.Plan and decide which...

There is something so relaxing to me about browsing through a place like Esbenshade's; walking around, smelling the smells, reading the seed packets and thinking about all the possibilities.

I don't buy them, of course (not because I don't want to, but because I would blow my gardening budget in one afternoon), but I love to browse and gawk and dream about what my garden will be like when we win the lottery… I have always had a true admiration...

If I wanted to, it would be a short jump to the point where I had crops of thousands of these spectacular perennials that I could market to the big retail nurseries and local landscapers.

Keep reading for information on the common pot sizes used in nurseries so you can take some of the guesswork and confusion out of your selections.Nursery containers come in a number of sizes.

Planting potatoes in a container with little soil and lots of mulch keep the plants happy and the spuds covered.My friend Pam and I prefer containers for potatoes, mainly because there is no digging to harvest.

Fertilizer is probably needed in our sandy silty East Coast soil, as my last soil test showed. (If we're not prepared for wind, we'll look like a scene fromchasing flying paper sheets across the yard.

You can buy it under various names, in small pre-cut sheets; in narrow 1/2-inch strips on a roll (like tape) for mending seams and hems or on bolts sold by the yard like fabric.Buttonholes can be made by using the fusible web to sandwich layers of fabric...

Sometimes "less is more," so do not try to use everything you have collected in one container. Select a sturdy vessel big enough to hold the number of plants you will use, plus room for your mini landscape structures.

The sponges can also be used to exfoliate the skin during bathing, as a back scratcher, or scrubbing dirty hands. Save the seeds from the fruits that best fit your needs, like: straightest, longest, largest diameter, hardiness, thin shell, dense fiber...

Spend a day with me here at Dave's Garden. It occured to me that I should probably hire aare in need of reworking. I've already started someunder the lights upstairs. Putting up your own vegetables and fruits is a good step towardWhat a day it has been!!...

Until that time, he still planted it to remember those who never came home and honor the bravery of those who did.The war department told people to plant the following vegetables in their home gardens: beans, beets, carrots, peas, radishes, lettuce,spinach,...

They weed, water and generally tend to the garden during the growing season. Community barbeques are not an uncommon event in the garden.By the way the Goodwill Garden is organic, Integrated Pest Management is practiced.

Frugal Gardeners are found world-wide and we constantly search for money-saving ways to stretch our garden budget. Be sure to use pennies minted before 1983, as newer pennies are mostly zinc.

They have the seeds, plants and most importantly the knowledge they have brought from their native land. It is part of a Korean Senior Citizen apartment complex. One thing that I found very interesting, I didn't see on tomato plant in these gardens.Rice...

The garden has two sections, one to provide members their own produce and a “community” section which supplies fresh produce to a food depot.Several bee hives are in the garden for honey productionMany of the ash trees were lost to the Emerald Ash...

Zen teaches that you gain enlightenment and experience realization through meditation and intuition. You need enough sand for your area to be 2 inches deep. The gate represents enlightenment.

The monies are used to purchase equipment for the garden. It's located on property that was Henry Ford's home. Located on the banks of the Rouge River it offers hands on opportunities for students to study aquatic life, botany, forestry, ornithology and...

We've all used the normal containers for plants. It has had an interesting life so far. The one pictured in the photo belongs to DG member carrielamont.Over the years I have used many things to hold plants.

I used to have around 15 orchids. Most seeds will remain viable for at least that long.)The most commonly recommended method involves storing seed packets in any type of airtight container - jars, plastic food tubs or zip-top baggies - and keeping them...

This attractive little planter was created from a $1 chair, some pass along plants and an old terracotta flowerpot. This prevents the potting mix from seeping out the hole and making a mess on your patio.We purchased a bag of potting mix for this project.

Carefully dig down with your hands to inspect the top-most layer. Make sure to keep it well watered and in a location with full sun.Crates are excellent choices for apartment and condo balconies as well as patiosThis is another method taking off like...

Small touches in the home garden often make the difference between a nice garden and a garden with real character, never lacking at MoBot.This palm is striking against the geometric patterns of the Climatron.