Many cultivars are affordable as well and hundreds of varieties cost less than $10 for a double fan division. A nice natural dye can be made from the blooms and the buds and flowers are edible.
This little succulent is native to the dry slopes of southern European mountain ranges like the Alps and has been a familiar house-hold plant for over a thousand years. Without a little guidance from seasoned veterans, they often choose seeds and plants...
Work the ground to about 6" deep after danger of frost has passed, removing rocks, grass and weeds. This all circles back to not overcrowding your zinnia plants, so don't be tempted to sow your seeds thicker than recommended.Zinnias make great cut flowers.
As a senior, I didn't have much extra time, but I did have a bee in my bonnet about this new project. It doesn't bother me though because if nothing else, I got everyone I know and love to try gardening at least once and had a wonderful experience doing...
Lovely clusters of small, deep blue flowers appear from midsummer through early fall to light up the bottomlands where it grows.LEFT: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. By minnows that use the plant for cover and also seemforms a rhizome and will...
Pond-keepers tell me that fish need additional aeration and water movement. They resided in a little aquarium in his room, and he watched closely while they grew into frogs. I think my above-ground pocket ponds are simply too warm for goldfish, although...
The pond will establish its own healthy ecosystem which will self-clean and self-promote. When they run out, they run out.So I had to do a little bit more searching to get the few plants I did.
No matter what decision you make, you have to check your pond consistently through the winter. Different people will winterize their pond in various ways, but there are a few things that you have to do to maintain healthy fish and plants for the future.
Seems nasty but this is far from true. I feel it important to add a disclaimer: some people caution this liner can harm your fish, though I truly doubt it. They are distinguished from protozoa in that they are photosynthetic.
Some water gardeners refer to an algal bloom as pea soup, because of the green, opaque appearance the water takes on.Sometimes the water will appear to be tea colored or have stringy algae in it.Any manifestation of an algal bloom is irritating but most...
Listed here is just a starter list of plants that are simple, easy to grow, and, on the whole, a no mess, no fuss plant.This large plant has leaves that can reach up to three feet tall.
The real pleasure of Wakins is their double tail that looks like a pompom skirting around the pond when viewed from above. As compared to other goldfish, their tails are small, only growing in length about 25% of the body length.
You can build on this knowledge and branch out into more elaborate projects if you like. They are easy to make, and the materials can be as inexpensive or as elaborate as you wish.
Underneath the pond forms, there used to be a tree in our front yard, fairly close to the house. No matter how muchchainsawed and whacked it with an axe, there was still lots of the old roots and wood in that hole.
For added aroma, add some dried lavender or other essential oils into the melted oils before you pour it into the molds. I usually end up with so many that I have no room to plant them, so they sit in a box until I can find someone to pass them onto.
Whitcher described a marshland in the approximate location where the lake later appeared.He was surveying the land for the U.S. government, so that it could be sold to settlers.(Iowa was a territory at the time, achieving statehood in 1848.)It was not...
Just right for showing off your "New Fangled" pond plants! Another plant I like to use are sedums. I tuck them in with my mosses where they are growing partly in the water. It will bloom this way too.How about a nice raspberry?
This feature was bred into Japanese koi from German carp. Their long flowing fins are striking in the water garden and add a whole new dimension to hobby koi keeping. The most popular ogon varieties are platinum and yellow (Yamabuki).Tancho koi have a...
The foliage and stems are well proportioned on this plant, so it has a tree like form at any size. The thin graceful leaves grow in clusters as they do on its cousin, the common Schefflera umbrella tree.
A minor point but one that some readers may find importantMoney Tree art at left by the incomparable "Inky" Used here with permission, Thank you! Inky Art not to be used elsewhere without express permission of the creator.
I visualized a simple tree made of grapevines. After a time, the cage was interwoven with circle after circle of grapevine. My brain kicked into gear, and I began to ponder. A garden angel added just the right touch to the top of the tree.Special ornaments...
A database of plants is another tempting app. I can email the pictures to myself, and then post them on theif need be. Portable and versatile, my phone is now my number one management tool, in the garden as in the rest of my daily life.
A mesh cover would allow the water to flow unrestricted while preventing debris from gathering around the pump. I looked like I had had a fight with a litter of kittens before I was finished.The mesh was very rigid, but could still be bent and forced...
According to Victoria Adventure, evidence suggests that lEven if a seed is in the ideal conditions, it might remain dormant for decades. Fellow gardeners will frequently have extra lotus seeds on hand either because they've given up on successful germination...
I tried them for awhile but I continued to shiver.From the north came the words: “Lots of exercise will warm you up.” I already run through my days like a spinning top, but I added to that, and all the time I continued to shiver.A friend from the...
The decaying food will feed the bacteria. Sometimes they are compared to aliens but i think their chubby faces will brighten your day.e Fantail is one of the most common fancy goldfish.
If the weather becomes too hot or the ground too dry, they will go summer-dormant which means you may have a gap in the border for several months, so plan accordingly. Rid globeflowers have quite full flowers (15-20 sepals) on bushier, more compact plants...
