Posts Tagged ‘Gardener’

  1. 6 Ways to Control Weeds for Vegetables and Flowers

    Posted on October 15th, 2011 by admin

     
     

    Weeds are the major problems of home gardeners, as a small scale or a large scale gardening. It entails time, efforts, and money, and sometimes eats up most of your resources in maintaining your garden.

    The use of commercial weed control method would also affects our environment by air pollution and besides its being costly, draining your budget.

    Therefore, as a gardener, you should plan properly how to control weeds before going into this venture to avoid further frustration resulting to great losses in your part.

    The best defense against weed occurrence is prevention . It is much cheaper and easier to prevent weeds to grow than to kill them after they appear on the ground.

    When planning your garden, see to it that youll eliminate weeds in the growing area prior to planting. Be sure to remove the entire plant as well as the seeds as much as possible to avoid after growth.

    In the field of agriculture cultural management aspects, this is a very effective means of preventing weed growth without chemicals. In soil solarization, it involves removing all plants and weeds and retiling the soil. After the soil has been moistened, cleared and raked to remove any roots, rocks, and sharp objects, it is covered with a clear polyethylene sheet stretched tightly in place for 4-6 weeks during the peak sunlight of early summer. (You can use rocks or cinderblocks to hold the plastic in place.) The sun will totally heat or cook the soil killing any unsprouted seeds or remaining weeds.

    With the use of plastic mulch, placed on top of the soil, it helps to suppress weed growth by blocking sunlight to the soil preventing germination.

    Biodynamic or French Intensive Gardening is generally grown in raised beds. The soil is double dug to a depth of two feet which allows plants to more easily send their roots deeper down to access water and nutrients. The plants are planted close to each other so that the foliage of each adult plant will touch the foliage of another plant. This creates a leafy cover known as a living mulch. This will minimize weed growth as well as stabilizing soil temperature and moisture retention by the soil. You also get a higher yield from a smaller space by planting closer together.

    Vinegar solution is sprayed on full strength to kill weeds. You can use it between bricks or paver stones to kill weeds and grasses. When applied directly to the soil, salt will also kill grass and weeds between bricks and will deter regrowth.

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    Cris Ramasasa, Freelance writer, writes about home gardening and Internet marketing tips. You can get a copy of his latest ebook How to get started in FlowerGardeningand Vegetable Gardening made Easy and lots of tips, Free articles, and bonuses at:

    Cris Ramasasa is a retired Horticulture teacher for 29 years and Freelance writer. Writes home gardening tips and resources. Written ebooks titled: How To Get Started In Flower Gardening and Vegetable Gardening Made Easy.

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  2. How to Make Flowers Bloom Using Biodynamic Farming

    Posted on October 10th, 2011 by admin

     
     

    Isn’t it really nice to see your garden blooming with beautiful and lively flowers? As a gardener, you should know that you need to put a lot of investments just to attain that primrose appeal you have always longed for. Aside from your expenses for seedlings, you should also invest more money for fertilizers and ample amount of time and effort to maintain the cleanliness and the conduciveness of your garden. Not anymore. These days, techniques in biodynamic farming could help lower or eliminate costs in buying and applying fertilizers to plants.

    If you aim to save on costs and time, but at the same time make your garden more blooming with countless flowers, you should consider investing in vermicultured worms. Did you know that doing so would help you not just cut expenses on chemical and synthetic fertilizers but also opt to spend more time guarding your flowering plants against pests? Earthworms have long been considered the gardens’ superstars. Together with several friendly fungi and non-harmful bacteria, expect that worms can be able to turn your garden into a primrose.

    There are several reasons why earthworms are able to help keep flowers in your garden healthy even all year long. First, worms significantly help the entry of air and water into the soil. It is a common knowledge that earthworms dig burrows. When they do so, they are able to loosen soil, providing needed oxygen to plant roots. The burrows also bring more room where roots can spread.

    Vermicultured worms break down various organic substances like leaves to become important nutrients that are essential to flowering plants’ overall health. Because of their crawling activities, earthworms help transport nutrients from the topsoil to the subsoil, about six inches deep. The organisms also help keep pH level in the soil just ideal for plant utilization. At the same time, the crawling organisms secrete slime-like substances that contain generous amounts of nitrogen, which in turn give plants their dark green color as well as stronger leaves and stems.

    Unfortunately, the volume of earthworms naturally thriving in your flowering garden may not be enough to bring about immediate results. As a matter of fact, natural earthworms in the garden may extinct and dwindle because of too much supply of sunlight, lack of moisture and exposure to risks brought about by predators like birds and insects. That is why there is a need for you to invest in vermicultured worms, which can be bought and transferred easily into the soil in your garden. If you are really determined to make your flower bloom more and livelier, try out investing in such artificially cultured worms. You are assured that your garden would be healthier and more organic.

    Many gardeners could attest to the usefulness and effectiveness of this biodynamic farming technique. There is no need to buy chemicals and fertilizers that could pose risks to human health and to the environment. Let earthworms take care of your farming. The creatures are naturally farming friendly.

    Get more complete tips on Biodynamic Farming , visit: www.biodynamicfarming.getmytips.com

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  3. The Gardener’S Handbook

    Posted on March 17th, 2011 by admin

     
     

    Visit SiteIf you have that "yearning" inside you to start (or improve) your garden, you don’t need any "reasons".

    But you and I know it’s not that simple, don’t we? There’s something thrilling, even inspiring, about having a garden of your own.
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  4. Backyard Veggies 1 « the Veggie Lady – Online Workshops

    Posted on March 12th, 2011 by admin

     
     

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    How Did a Hopeless Gardener Who Killed Every Plant She Touched End Up Slashing $1,437 Off Her Food Bill By Growing Her Own Veggies?
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  5. My Solar Garden

    Posted on March 10th, 2011 by admin

     
     

    Visit SiteGardening what is it about this relaxing pastime that can so completely absorb all of our attention? We pour our hearts and souls into maintaining the perfect outdoor wonderland complete with flowers, vegetables, and shrubs that beautify our homes and provide us with an incredibly important vent for our frustrations and daily stressors.

    I have never been able to find the answer, but I have been a happy victim of the green thumb bug for the better part of my life. Since I first dug up a potato in primary school as a child, I have been seeking out any opportunity I can find to test my prowess as a gardener.
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