Thursday, September 10, 2009
GROW DAFFODILS, NATURALLY
GO WILD THIS FALL WITH DAFFODILS THAT, PLANTED NOW, WILL BLOOM NEXT SPRING AND FOR YEARS TO COME
Happy little harbingersof spring,daffodils are dollar for dollar the best buys in the bulb bins.They're generally inexpensive and adaptable to most climates;squirrels and deer usually don't eat them; and while other bulbs decline and die out, daffodils increase in number and bloom better year after year. While it's fine to plant daffodils in borders, beds, or pots, these spring-flowering bulbs, with their grassy foliage, look most at home in a more instructured settings. This is referred to as ''naturalizing'', which simply means that bulbs are planted randomly in masses and left to grow and multiply by themselves. Naturalizing bulbs like daffodils is an easy weekend project-so simple, in fact, that once you get started you might find hard to stop.
Happy little harbingersof spring,daffodils are dollar for dollar the best buys in the bulb bins.They're generally inexpensive and adaptable to most climates;squirrels and deer usually don't eat them; and while other bulbs decline and die out, daffodils increase in number and bloom better year after year. While it's fine to plant daffodils in borders, beds, or pots, these spring-flowering bulbs, with their grassy foliage, look most at home in a more instructured settings. This is referred to as ''naturalizing'', which simply means that bulbs are planted randomly in masses and left to grow and multiply by themselves. Naturalizing bulbs like daffodils is an easy weekend project-so simple, in fact, that once you get started you might find hard to stop.
LAWN SMARTS.Go green,save some green
All those clippings you mow off each time you cut your lawn are chock-full of nutrients. So why throw them away? Equip your mower with mulching blade,then leave the clippings on the lawn where they'll feed your grass all over again.over the course of a season,you can return enough nitrogen to your lawn to equal an additional fertilizer application. And since you don't have to bag clippings or pay to have them hauled off and composted ,its easy on the environment, your back, and your wallet. Work less, pay less. What more could you want?
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Thursday, April 9, 2009
How does your garden grow ?
How does your garden grow?
While we don't always have control over our lives-in the existential sense , at least- we can control what grows in our gardens.We can determine what colors and fragrances we want, the ideal balance of shade and sun,the routes that patways will take trough the land skape.We can even create a certain mood.In short , those patches of land that encircle a home are our chance to be a mother to Mother Nature.
Planning your plantings is all about a human being exerting some level of control over of his or her own surroundings.
As its guiding principles,the encyclopedic book poses four fundamental questions for every gardener:What do you want to do in your garden?How do you want to feel in it?What do you want the garden to look like?How much maintenance are you prepare to take on?
Once these are answered -and answered honestly-you can start to think of your garden as an outdoor room , one that deserves all the attention a room inside the house gets.The "decorations" may be change every season,but your design will endure.
While we don't always have control over our lives-in the existential sense , at least- we can control what grows in our gardens.We can determine what colors and fragrances we want, the ideal balance of shade and sun,the routes that patways will take trough the land skape.We can even create a certain mood.In short , those patches of land that encircle a home are our chance to be a mother to Mother Nature.
Planning your plantings is all about a human being exerting some level of control over of his or her own surroundings.
As its guiding principles,the encyclopedic book poses four fundamental questions for every gardener:What do you want to do in your garden?How do you want to feel in it?What do you want the garden to look like?How much maintenance are you prepare to take on?
Once these are answered -and answered honestly-you can start to think of your garden as an outdoor room , one that deserves all the attention a room inside the house gets.The "decorations" may be change every season,but your design will endure.
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