Archive for January, 2008



Helping Your Child Start Their Own Small Garden

Tuesday 22 January 2008 @ 3:09 pm

Childhood is so fleeting, and no one knows that better than parents. Your child is young and impressionable for such a short period of time. Finding ways to spend time, not just doing what needs to be done, but enjoyable Continue Reading »
Helping Your Child Start Their Own Small Garden




Popular Trees for the Garden

Monday 14 January 2008 @ 8:48 pm

Choosing which plants, trees and shrubs to use in your garden can be a rather difficult decision. There are is a massive range of plants, trees and shrubs to choose from and many look rather alike. Unfortunately some require very specific conditions to grow well while many trees and some shrubs prove highly Continue Reading »
Popular Trees for the Garden




Mixed Hedging

Monday 14 January 2008 @ 8:41 pm

Mixed native hedges are a common sight seen across much of the United Kingdom’s countryside for a great many centuries. At one time the British countryside appeared much like a patchwork quilt with small fields separated by mixed hedging and small areas of woodland. Continue Reading »
Mixed Hedging




Garden Roses

Saturday 12 January 2008 @ 12:03 pm

Roses have been used in gardens for hundreds of years, from the rose gardens of southern Rome during the days of the Roman Empire through to the seventeenth century bloom in popularity in France, when Napoleon’s wife established an extensive rose garden at Chateau de Malmaison near Continue Reading »
Garden Roses




Container Gardening

Wednesday 9 January 2008 @ 2:49 pm

If you are one of the many who live in an apartment or condo and you do not have a garden (or if you have a very small garden) you can experience the wonderful world of gardening by indulging in some container gardening. Continue Reading »
Container Gardening




Butterfly Gardening

Wednesday 9 January 2008 @ 2:39 pm

Butterfly gardening is a wonderful and rewarding outdoor hobby that is increasing in popularity. Simply put butterfly gardening is the designing of a garden which is likely to attract butterflies by adding plants which are known to be highly Continue Reading »
Butterfly Gardening




Lawn Care

Wednesday 9 January 2008 @ 2:28 pm

Spring is always a busy time for the gardener, clearing up the mess of winter, removing dead plants and preparing the ground ready for the years growing season. Although our lawns look tired and in poor condition lawn care is one of the most important aspects of modern gardening. Even the most sparse garden benefits greatly from a well kept, vividly green lawn and to ensure Continue Reading »
Lawn Care




Home and garden articles needed

Monday 7 January 2008 @ 3:09 pm

Hi,

I’ve just started setting up this blog today and would love some articles based on gardens and gardening, it could be tips on how to grow award winning tomatoes to how to build a shed. :-)

All authors will be given full credit, please submit articles through http://www.qualitycontent.net as this assures me that your articles are unique, it also assures you that I have posted your content and kept my end of the bargain.

This blog will be heavily promoted along with the main site.

Cheers
Neil