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For instance, drawing it up on a piece of graph paper with each square representing a square foot of my yard, I put my imagination to work dreaming up my new instant flower garden plan.

Be sure to observe if the site you want to use getsor mostly shade, as that will drastically change the types of flowers and foliage you can plant in your beds.Be specific in your diagram, too.

Afterwards we can leisurely stroll around the abandoned thermal spring and visit the "maison Folio" which is an old Creole house surrounded by a very nice and well-kept garden. But the fierce cyclone of 1948 destroyed the spring and the thermal activity...

This means that the seedlings will have a full summer and fall to get sufficiently large that they can tolerate the coming winter.Of course many aloes do not live in a climate where there is much of a winter (temperature-wise) and many of these aloes...

There have been many articles written about starting seeds but I think that all of us can continue to learn. You can usually find the optimum germination temperatures for your particular seeds on the back of the seed package.

When buying seed in packets stay away from the brands that have no planting or cultural information on the packet.s has the most thorough instructions of any company out there. Again I'll use green beans; Ball's guidelines state that a 100-foot-row will...

You can try stratifying these seeds in a bag with moist peat moss, which can then be scattered over the surface of the soil. When starting new seedlings I lower the lights where they are only 2 to 3 inches above the seedlings; as the plants grow I raise...

They are still not advisable for larger acreages.Alternatives to gas and oil powered lawnmowers are attractive to many homeowners for a variety of reasons, so if you feel your property is a good fit for one of these devices, by all means, check them out!

With any setup, hang the light from chains so you can adjust it as the plants grow. If using margarine or yogurt containers punch several holes in the bottom. When the seeds germinate, place the light two inches above the seedlings.

(and I rarely caught one in the traps) I eventually tried road flares, which are pretty cheap and fairly easy to use... If you can tolerate slower growth and shorter plants than what you had this year, I'll bet the butterflies won't mind!"has a valuable...

Please keep in mind this advice from several Clivia society pages. I was able to find these selections in less than five minutes and there were many more offerings to choose from.Sallyg answers: By the time you read this, you may have your answer.

A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another. It simply won't happen. When I say a few...I mean a couple each season, not a couple dozen! Kudos to you for finding...

That will probably be faster for you than it would be for me. Sun or shade, and which way does the wall face? It sounds like you don't have to worry about that part! The second part is the "keep covered" part.

The ultimate height and spacing numbers are also a range of what a gardener can expect. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you.

Soil in pots dries out much faster than soil in the ground. If there is an iron problem, iron sulfate can be added. Epsom salts are magnesium sulfate, which has the magnesium that may be lacking and the sulfur lowers the pH.

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! If your question is chosen for this feature, you can be sure you've helped others with the same question.Marie Harrison, (can2grow)...

I took the picture just for this question, so the foliage looks like this right now. However, you are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the average first frost for your area is October 20, which makes October planting risky at best.

Many gardeners seeking blue are snagged by the optimistic naming of their favorite type of plant. The theory of using deep throated flowers is a good one, but some bees simply chew a little hole in the base of a tubular flower and never miss a beat.

If your plants can be cut back, as mine can, cut them back to a few inches above the ground and mound mulch over the stems. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing.

Some of the plants are new so they're still small, others have just been harvested for the last time, or they're annuals killed by the last cold snap.For more information on how to set up an herb garden with rocks, please read my article "Herbs Like Rocks:...

Those are the parts that are actively growing. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. You are going to want to do this a little bit at a time.

Other than those, though, you may have to improvise your own sensitivity test. I usually move my potted plants to another area a couple of weeks before bringing them indoors. In general, plants to be careful of are those with tiny hairs along their stems,...

Yesterday I put a little bit of miracle grow liquid in it. Are grow lights the same thing as any other lights? It has bloomed, but there are no roots, I put a miracle grow stick in it and it looks like it is dying.

Generally, holes chewed in leaves with no culprit in evidence is a dead give away for slug activity. Since they hide by day and do their destructive deeds by night, it may be hard to catch them in the act.

Heliotrope seeds can be started indoors up to twelve weeks before last frost and may take a month or more to germinate. You canon Dave's Garden. Dwarf varieties can be started a little later.

Flowers, fruits, trees, bushes, vines, this is usually what you see when walking out in the garden but where do they rise from? If you have a super eyesight you may see very close to the hilum a real tiny hole, the micropyle that is the trace of the pollen...

Turn over the soil with a spade, rake the area to break up clumps, and then smooth the bed until it is level. Growing perennial seedlings is easier than you may think. Sowing your seeds directly in the desired garden location is the easiest method, but...