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How to Maintain a Small Garden

Whatever type of garden you choose, it will need some sort of landscaping maintenance to keep it looking good. If you don't have a lawn or hedges this cuts down the…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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How to Maintain a Balcony Garden

By its very nature, a balcony is relatively easy to maintain -hardly more trouble than a sitting room containing rather a lot of houseplants that need care and attention. This…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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How to Install Lighting in Balcony Garden

A properly designed and expertly installed outdoor lighting system is virtually essential to all but the smallest balcony. Having said that, even a tiny, plant-only display might benefit from being…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

How to Improve Soil Drainage in Herbs Garden

As a general rule, herbs are not fussy plants and they will grow in most soils and situations. A deep, moist, rich soil will promote plenty of lush foliage growth…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

How to Grow Shrubs in Small Garden

In a small garden it is important to have attractively shaped shrubs and to avoid planting them too close together, thus spoiling the form. You could choose all evergreen plants…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

Food & Cooking

How To Become a Vegetarian

The fact of choosing to be a vegetarian and becoming one is ones own personal choice which is due to many different but somewhat linked reasons. The human body needs…

Leona Kesler February 23, 2010

How to Grow Climbers and Wall Shrubs in Small Garden

Just because an area is often heavily shaded does not mean that the choice of plants is very small. There is a wide range of plants that will grow quite…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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How to Get the Maximum and Best Use from Your Balcony

To get the maximum and best use from your balcony, you should consider very carefully the link between it and your home. On a practical level, access must be suited…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

How to Feed and Water for Container Garden

FEEDING Once plants are established and well rooted into the compost a feeding programme can commence. For instance, with subjects planted in spring you can start feeding in summer. With…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

How to Feed and Hang Baskets in Window Garden

Seasonal plants will need more feeding than a permanent planting display, since things like annuals, tender perennials and bulbs grow fast and quickly exhaust the soil. Peat-based composts used for…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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How to Determine the Soil Condition in Your Garden

Many plants will tolerate a wide variety of soil conditions but some are so sensitive that they may become very sick or even die under certain circumstances: Soil acidity can…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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How to Design Your Dream Garden

Simple though it may seem, I always judge how successful a garden design has been by three hallmarks: How pleasing it is to the eye — aesthetics It 'works' in…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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How to Design a Small Hobby Garden

This little garden is certainly more of a hobby garden than it is a family one. The patio area is relatively small and would not accommodate many chairs or sun-loungers.…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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How to Design an L-Shaped Garden

Here is a potentially difficult situation where an L-shaped plot could end up as two separate gardens. The layout is designed to unite the two main areas and to focus…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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How to Design an Angled Terracing Garden

The terracing in this garden has been angled to produce a more interesting layout. If a design is going to depend upon equal amounts of cut and fill, like this…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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How to Design a Wall and Bank Combination Garden

This design is an example of where the use of walls and a bank have been combined. The area at the back of the house would catch a lot of…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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How to Design a Small Garden Which Slope towards the House

Perhaps the biggest advantage of a garden sloping towards the house as opposed to sloping the opposite way is that you can see everything in it. Two likely disadvantages are…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010