Best Kink Free Garden Hose

Sprinkler hoses are oftentimes used for watering lawns or new planting beds.are made from a porous material that allows water too slowly seep into the root zones of newly planted beds.

I am now using a double thickness of the landscape fabric material to make them more durable (just in case I need to pick them up to run with again).Viewer comments offered excellent ideas for reusing fabric feed sacks, recycled shopping bags, burlap...

That fourth cage is for the cucumbers, so put the last cage in that area. Thankfully, next year's list will be smaller. If you have any questions and can't reach me, you can always yell for help at davesgarden.com.

How many shirts or skirts have you ruined by pulling them up and filling with nuts, herbs, fruits, and vegetables? Altering a pre-made apron is a quick and easy craft with very little sewing and would be a great project for kids with a little help from...

Check the view of your miniature garden from various angles and make changes if needed.Now that you are pleased with the arrangement, tuck the plants in with more soil, and begin placement of groundcovers, mulch, and the smaller accessories.Clean up any...

It prefers well-drained sandy loam, with plenty of organic matter, 6 to 6.8 pH, and prefers high potassium and phosphorous content, but will survive in poorer soils. You can extend the growing time by starting the seeds indoors a few weeks before your...

I grew them myself last year. There are many forums here. I have just brushed the tip of the iceburg. A fine morning it is too. The words highlighted lead to their matching forum, just click on them to be taken there.

Victory gardens---an idea that was lost to me. The idea was simple.Every person would plant all they could in order to take the pressure off the national food supply. Growing up in a family that had members in every war from the War forto the Gulf Wars,...

Many who live in condos, apartments or have home with small yards need someplace to grow things and the Goodwill Garden gives them a place to do this.For a small fee residents can rent a plot for their own personal gardens.

They make great water garden containers.My kettle had been exposed to the elements, so I decided to remove most of the rust with some rough grit sandpaper. $30 for the kettle, $18 for my plants, $7 for the mosquito dunks (which will be enough for the...

I estimate the garden is about 2 acres in size are divided in plots that are about 20X10 feet in size. Every inch of space is utilized...They have dammed up a ditch that carried rain water from the parking lot and created a rice paddy which is very productive.

This location is actually the second spot this garden has been located. Community organizating and how to go about obtaining vacant parcels of land. The program would be similar to the Master Gardener program, but would also cover grant writing, procedures...

A zen garden is a place for reflection, meditation and enlightenment. That is an example of Koko.There is one last thing you can add to your zen garden if you find a bit more green pleasing and calming.

The second garden in my series on community gardens has a lot of historical significance behind it. 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...

Eventually they broke down and rotted, but for a few seasons they wereWhat I'm trying to say is that there are no rules to container gardening. It had a drain so water could escape if it rained too hard.

My collie loves to lurk back there and dig at the awful soil, pretending he's some kind of wild forest creature. I will not mourn the loss of the three Indian Hawthorn bushes that were moved to the side yard.My landscaper warned me these lovely shrubs...

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 crystals.

Insert the plant and using your ands push the hole closed around the roots. The premise of SBG is that the plants feed on the decomposing straw in the interior of the bale.In my opinion preparation is the key to successful SBG.Bales are readily available...

He gives this section of the garden a quiet feeling. 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...

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!

This special monthly positioning causes the human shadow to fall more closely on the appropriate hour mark in "solar time."But, what about Daylight Savings Time (DST)? The analemmatic clock can be created with an outer offset row of hour markers to represent...

Maybe this item should come off the list just to spite the ones that can't take it.This year I went to the University's Horticulture Club sale and the local Iris Society sale to the tune of 99 plants and 15 rhizomes respectively.

No one but you can know for sure. When you are out and about, you will find these things and you will want to take them home and plant in them.You might even have a burning passion to build a whole little kitchen or bathroom (with plantings in everything)...

Most of the displays are changed frequently, and the garden is always a scene of novelty and fun.This is the newest of Cantigny's plantings, a three-acre prairie restoration where native plants flourish.

Please scroll down to the form below. Thanks to Catherine Ursula Johnson for the wilted flower photo.If you enjoy gardening-related quotes, check out the daily fun random quote on the DG home page.

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 rock bands from the 50s...

Spring can start slow here, snow lingers and the wind blows chill sometimes well into May. Late in the season, I begin to feel a part of it all, down to the very small.: "March 1" "Equinox" "April Fool's Song" "Spring Ahead" "A thousand little spiders"...