Flower DIY – How to Make a “Steel” Flower!

Okay, I really admit it this time, the only flowers I can really maintain are those low-maintenance cactus, which I have one on my desk right now. (and it’s still ALIVE!) For those of you who have hard time maintaining a “real” garden, you might want to try the alternatives (like me cactus) or learn how to make a steel flower . Make sure you put some anti-rust coating so your flower will be maintenance-free even if it rains. Brought to you by: Zedomax.com Flower DIY – How to Make

The Many Flavors of Outdoor Patio Sets

by Orben Petershein Whether you can use outdoor patio sets year round as in Florida and California, or just during the summer, you want patio furniture that sets off your garden, matches the style home you have, and very importantly, is as comfortable and easy to use as possible. After all, everyone needs to relax, whether poolside, or lounging in the great outdoors with a good book. Imagine being able to sit in your garden inhaling the sweet fragrances from you own flower bushes, a veritabl

Helen’s Flower

A couple of years ago a new summer flowering plant was added to the Fairegarden. Not especially showy or splashy, but with a name that could not be denied. Helenium, or Helen’s flower. Helen was my mother’s name. Her middle name was Frances. (Shown above trying to break through to center stage between two Eryngiums.)The flowers were so cheerful and brought to mind such fond memories, a second plant was added. Both were H. ‘Mardi Gras’ and they were indeed like a joyful party. The little buzzers

Soup Grows Good Plants

by Thomas fryd With summer in the West, your garden will soon show how well you’ve taken care of your soil. If you have plenty of humus in it, there will be plenty of moisture to keep everything growing fine without constant watering in spite of the heat. That brings us to the subject of “gardener’s gold” compost flower stalks, lawn clippings, leaves, trash, etc. Just as the wealth of the small French farmer is said to be determined by the size of his manure pile, so may a gardener’s status

Design Your Own Rose Garden

The hardness and a generosity of a rose is distinct any alternative flower, and they come in a far-reaching accumulation of scents and colors which operation from a really splendid yellow to a dim low red. It is extraordinary which such a pleasing flowering plant is additionally versed with such a troublesome stem. A small of a great and a bad from inlet we suppose. Roses creatively came from a northern hemisphere, and there have been over a hundred class flourishing in often ascetic regions.

No space for plants? Try indoor planters

Not everyone has the luxury of space for gardening, especially those living in urban areas. But it doesn’t mean we can’t have some greens in and around the house. I have blogged about my indoor gardening before which was inspired (or forced?) by our lack of gardening space. Unlike in my hometown where my parents’ property has a vast (okay, not so vast) front and backyard for some flower and vegetable gardens, our rented place here in Metro Manila doesn’t have that space. But we have a rooft

Growing Good Plants By Soup

by Thomas fryd With summer in the West, your garden will soon show how well you’ve taken care of your soil. If you have plenty of humus in it, there will be plenty of moisture to keep everything growing fine without constant watering in spite of the heat. That brings us to the subject of “gardener’s gold” compost flower stalks, lawn clippings, leaves, trash, etc. Just as the wealth of the small French farmer is said to be determined by the size of his manure pile, so may a gardener’s status

Garden Soil For July

by Thomas fryd W ith summer in the West, your garden will soon show how well you’ve taken care of your soil. If you have plenty of humus in it, there will be plenty of moisture to keep everything growing fine without constant watering in spite of the heat. That brings us to the subject of “gardener’s gold” compost flower stalks, lawn clippings, leaves, trash, etc. Just as the wealth of the small French farmer is said to be determined by the size of his manure pile, so may a gardener’s sta

Growing Good Plants By Soup

by Thomas fryd With summer in the West, your garden will soon show how well you’ve taken care of your soil. If you have plenty of humus in it, there will be plenty of moisture to keep everything growing fine without constant watering in spite of the heat. That brings us to the subject of “gardener’s gold” compost flower stalks, lawn clippings, leaves, trash, etc. Just as the wealth of the small French farmer is said to be determined by the size of his manure pile, so may a gardener’s status

Growing Good Plants By Soup

by Thomas fryd With summer in the West, your garden will soon show how well you’ve taken care of your soil. If you have plenty of humus in it, there will be plenty of moisture to keep everything growing fine without constant watering in spite of the heat. That brings us to the subject of “gardener’s gold” compost flower stalks, lawn clippings, leaves, trash, etc. Just as the wealth of the small French farmer is said to be determined by the size of his manure pile, so may a gardener’s status