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Perovskia

hammerhead — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:58:13 +0000

Perovskia
Perovskia, or Russian Sage, is a widely popular perennial garden favorite. The foliage is finely cut gray-green leaves that are slightly scented. When fully in bloom it looks like a purple haze. As you can see here, these plants are very easy to grow.

Garden Planter Box
This image gallery contains pictures of all of the About.com Free Woodworking Plans. Click on any image to see the step-by-step instructions for building these woodworking projects in your workshop.

Killer Snakeheads

hammerhead — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:56:18 +0000

Killer Snakeheads
Most fish are content to live out their lives swimming in their own little pond. Not so for the northern snakehead, who is among a class of fish that possess the ability to breath air. They can literally hop out on dry land and take a hike for greener pastures - or bluer waters, as the case may be.

Full Sun Plants
Full-sun plants with drought-tolerance that are perennials are often perfect for rock gardens, for instance. Learn what qualifies as full-sun plants before you buy your perennials at the nursery.

How to Build Rock Gardens

hammerhead — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:57:10 +0000

How to Build Rock Gardens
This tutorial illustrates how to build rock gardens. The look of rock gardens is enhanced if attention is paid to color choices (both for the stones and for the plants).

Garden Mulch

hammerhead — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:59:20 +0000

Garden Mulch
Garden mulch properly used will promote plant health and the appearance of your landscape. Some garden mulches may lower soil pH slightly, but this tendency can be counteracted by applying lime to the landscape.

Raised Garden Beds
Raised beds are a good gardening technique for areas that have soil problems like poor drainage, too many rocks or plain old poor soil. Gardening in a raised bed allows you to bring in the best gardening soil. You can create raised beds simply by piling soil. However if you want something more permanent and sturdy, you’ll want to frame your raised beds. Here are several options for creating raised beds, from building it yourself to having it delivered to your yard.

Garden Maze Quilt

hammerhead — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:55:58 +0000

Garden Maze Quilt
The traditional Garden Maze quilt block pattern seems a little intimidating at first, but this easy rotary cut method will help you put it together quickly and accurately.

Health Effects of Leaf Burning
Autumn is here again, and the trees will soon be shedding their leaves in preparation for winter. Burning fallen leaves, which used to be as much a part of autumn as Halloween or Thanksgiving, pollutes the air and can cause serious health problems for many people. Learn how skipping the leaf fire this fall may actually give you a nicer lawn and garden next spring.

Organic Pesticides
Profiles of the most commonly used organic garden pesticides, including Sevin, insecticidal soap and oils and neem.

Flowering Plants for Dry Areas

hammerhead — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:11:16 +0000

Flowering Plants for Dry Areas
It’s a smart idea to study up on which plants can adapt to dry areas, because sooner or later every garden will experience a period of drought. While water is crucial to growing healthy plants, there are many perennials that can withstand periodic dry spells, if they are given a chance to become established before they are severely stressed.. Here are 10 perennials that may surprise you with their drought tolerant constitutions.

Garden Maze Quilt

hammerhead — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:10:05 +0000

Garden Maze Quilt
The traditional Garden Maze quilt block pattern seems a little intimidating at first, but this easy rotary cut method will help you put it together quickly and accurately.

Terraced Front Yard Gardens
Small Space Gardening - Terraced Front Yard Gardens

Pruning Raspberries
Brambles like raspberries and blackberries need regular pruning to keep bearing large, healthy crops and to prevent them from taking over your garden. Don’t let this scare you off of growing raspberry or blackberry plants. Pruning rambles is actually a simple procedure, if you follow these steps.

A Vocabulary Lesson for Lawn and Garden Learning

hammerhead — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:11:26 +0000

A Vocabulary Lesson for Lawn and Garden Learning
Here is a brief glossary of common landscape terms that may come in handy:

Arthropod. A phylum of animals every gardener is familiar with, it includes many-legged creatures with hard outer skeletons and jointed legs.

Stolen goods man escapes jail term

hammerhead — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:25:47 +0000

Stolen goods man escapes jail term
This is Wiltshire - When officers went to the address they found “an Aladdin’s cave of garden machinery” with more than 70 different items. The householder told police that he was storing the items for a man called Jimmy who had given him £50 for helping him.

Body of North Canton man, 22, discovered in pond

hammerhead — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:26:23 +0000

Body of North Canton man, 22, discovered in pond
Akron Beacon Journal - The body of a 22-year-old North Canton man who was last seen early Saturday leaving a local restaurant was discovered Sunday afternoon in an icy pond nearby. Stark County coroner’s investigator Harry Campbell said the body of Ryan O. Kell was located