Garden Tractor Reviews

I learned the hard way that they will perform better if allowed to sit in a sheltered area outside for a day or two before being introduced into the house or the yard.Prepackaged cactus soil is great for succulent gardens and with a little added peat...

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Saving seeds leads tohelped me battle this long winter induced cabin fever I've been suffering lately.! I even have a spot picked out. I have too much invested in theThe dogs were all hovering around the bathroom, looking worried, so I went to see what...

The idea was simple.Every person would plant all they could in order to take the pressure off the national food supply. These gardens also gave many a worried mother and father something to fill their time with during the long months of waiting for their...

During the 2007 growing season just completed, the Goodwill Garden donated over 1100 pounds of high quality fresh vegetables to area food pantries.Conceived several years ago by District Court Judge Geno Salmone as a way to get non violent offenders to...

Mosquitoes carry disease and preventing them is the responsible thing to do.Algae is another problem when you have standing water. This little water garden is perfect for a patio or deck and since it isn't permanent, is a good choice for apartment dwellers...

Many of their crops are greens of one type or another along with a variety of hot peppers. The fourth in my series on community gardens will be more of a pictorial than verbal. It is part of a Korean Senior Citizen apartment complex.

This left many vacant lots throughout the city which became littered and weed choked.The auto industry had been hit hard and unemployment began to climb. This left behind many homes which fell into disrepair and eventually had to be torn down.

Whatever you have that will hold sand in your space will work. A small oasis ofor shrubs surrounded by a fence and gate are also part of a zen garden. You should not be able to view distractions like, roads, buildings,toys or neighbors.

The garden is used by students for research as well as local residents to grow organic vegetables and flowers.Welcome to the Uof M Dearborn Organic Community Garden.Recycled good are used throughout the garden as witnessed by sunflowers in clay drain...

Watering troughs, sinks, an old boat(yes, I really did), the only limit being your imagination.The man up the road cut a tree down one time that was hollow. We have even filled it with cold well water one really hot summer and used it as a "poor mans"...

I used to have around 15 orchids. I guess sometimes it's a little too laborious to take pictures, download and crop the pictures, upload the pictures to my website, write, edit and post an entry, etc.

She uses 5 or 6 for strength. The potting mix does not compact into a impenetrable mass like our soil does, so roots can grow and plants stay healthy.Even though Cassidy is planting succulents in this container, she's adding some hydrated moisture-retaining...

If you'd like you can substitute blood meal (13-0-0). I've been doing it for a number of years and I find it to be a fun, productive way to grow "things." When I say "things," I mean you can grow almost anything in a strawbale that you can grow in a conventional...

I've been tempted to try to paint my patio to to match the tile here, but that might be pushing my luck with my dear husband's understanding ways about my garden habits.This lovely hillside has lots of low plants with leaf texture as well as flowers,...

It was a great success despite the late tomato blight, so this year I wanted a more structurally sound arched trellis and the cattle panels were the perfect size, sturdy and easy to manage!

They can also be painted onto asphalt and concrete pavements (see sidebar photos at right).by entering your zipcode from one of the following:- small printable analemmatic template for a child's project; could be used to help layout hour marks for a larger...

No more planting until spring. I missed the State Arboretum sale. Well…..The painful fact is that I bought seeds last year. Well, that's probably enough working on the list today.

Over all, what matters here is not the object but rather the way it is put to use. If this is an issue for you, then you might want to add a sign to your yard stating that the figures are not for sale.If you have a storage unit just for your out-of-season...

Visitors can cross a bridge over a small waterfall, then relax in the shade of a substantialThis is perhaps the most popular garden at Cantigny. The Children's Garden is also located here.

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What is a "no-wa-wa" fountain? In 1986, Gander came up with the novel idea of staging the world's biggest beach party in one of his pastures near landlocked Williamsburg, Iowa.He trucked in tons and tons of sand, set up a mechanical surfboard, hired well-known...

Spring can start slow here, snow lingers and the wind blows chill sometimes well into May. That doesn't stop the birds from singing and the grass from greening, or me from putting it all into words.

Some sources list it as August 31, others as Sept. Fiacre sought more solitude and left Ireland for France where he established a hermitage in a wooded area near the Marne River. As he earned fame for his knowledge of plants and healing abilities, disciples...

Daylilies will do that too, so I cut them back to roughly 8 inches when they are finishedblooming, except for the repeat bloomers. I leave about 5 inches as a reminder of where they are and as a bit of support for the new growth.(pictured right), among...

Spacing is about 3 to 4inches between the sets, but I was careless when spacing properly between the lines, so when I was weeding it was very hard not to step on the onions' leaves.

It also makes excellent winter mulch. Folks are very intrested in it, and once they try it, they are hooked.The first step is to obtain your bales, and set them in their permanet location.