Gardening

Victory Gardens Enjoy New Popularity
What's A Victory Garden?
Two years ago, I remember reading news stories about people planting vegetable gardens because the high cost of gasoline (remember that?) had increased the cost of fresh produce at the grocery store. I've toyed around with vegetable gardening for years, but I knew then it was time to get serious about it. As I became more involved with my new vegetable gardening skills, I found that there is a growing movement to grow your own vegetables or buy from local farmers' markets. With all the news ...

Xeriscaping
  Xeriscaping is the practice of landscaping using drought-tolerant plants. The term derives from the Greek word, xeros, meaning "dry," and scape, meaning "scene". Hence, xeriscaping literally means dryscaping, or "dry scene". There are several reasons why you should consider xeriscaping. First, water is an increasingly valuable resource, and is becoming more and more expensive. Second, even if you don't live in an arid region, using plants that don't need more water than the natural plants i...

Lilliput Container Gardening
Gardening In Containers
We all have conditions that limit the type or size of garden we can have. Either the space outside is limited, the soil isn't rightfor what we want to grow, the plants we want will get too big,and so on. There is, however, a solution to these constraints and that is gardening in containers. Even if you have a huge yard, you can still do some of your gardening in containers. Using containers around the entry to your home can add charm and drama. You don't have to be constrained by not having ...

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