Container Gardening Secrets

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Blueberries from a high-rise balcony? Of course! Strawberries from a windowbox? Why not? Reach outside your kitchen window and pick your own salad? Yep. Thanks to container gardening, it’s all possible, plus much more! Read the story »

Vertical Gardening Secrets

Whether you live on a large farm or a small lot, you’ll get much enjoyment out of having your own vertical vegetable garden. There’s really nothing like fresh-picked vegetables, right from the vine. Gathered early in the morning, juicy and full of nature’s best – mmmm! Makes any produce bought from a grocery store seem downright sub-standard! Read the story »

Garden arbors and arches

Garden arbors and arches

One of the most elegant additions you can make to your garden is a decorative accent, and a garden arbor or garden arch not only makes a beautiful accent piece, but it’s also quite useful for functionality too.

Garden arbors and arches are often used in several different ways. Most people buy an arch or arbor for decorative purposes. They may want to create a graceful entryway to their yard or garden for instance, or they might like to enhance a specific area of their garden instead. Garden arbors and arches are wonderful for functionality too though, because many different types of flowers and vines can be planted near them, and trained to climb up the arch or arbor to create an elegant, finished look.

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Multiply Your Plants With Propagation

Multiply Your Plants With Propagation

Did you know that you can grow an entire garden starting with just one plant? It’s true. By buying and caring for just one small plant, over time and with the proper care, you can end up with many, many more… all at no additional cost. It’s done with techniques known as propogation, and dividing.

Many common indoor and outdoor plants can be multiplied easily using basic dividing and propogation techniques. And once you know how it’s done, you’ll wonder why you haven’t been doing this before now.

Dividing a plant simply means to break it up into smaller pieces. This is often done when a plant becomes too large for a container it’s growing in, or too large for the garden space it’s planted in. You can divide a plant almost anytime though, as long as it is healthy and not too small.
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