Gardening can be a great hobby for people of any age group, and it can be good therapy for maintaining a positive state of mind. Gardening, when done on a regular basis or on weekends, can be highly satisfying and […]
How to grow Astilbe
Many of the older species had colourless flowers which may be the origin of the name, from the Greek a, no, stilbe, rightness (Saxifragaceae). A small genus of herbaceous perennials with feathery plumes composed of myriads of minute flowers in […]
Bog Gardening
A POND is not an essential feature of the bog garden, although its presence is to be desired when you can use the overflow to feed a marsh. It is essential, that the soil of the marsh garden be kept in […]
The Pacific Northwest Xeriscape Garden
Provided is the list of plants to support a drought tolerant environment. These plants were planted in the spring and required frequent watering until I felt the roots were well established. After all my hard work, the first winter provided […]
The Pacific Northwest Rock Garden
This is a south facing view of my garden where the rock garden resides. The soil was to hard to have Alpines or Rock garden plants to thrive so I had to raise the soil. The neighbor had a few […]
Pacific Northwest Perennial Garden
A perennial border is somewhat of a heavy maintenance project. When I started this project, the soil condition was very poor. It consisted of heavy clays and traditional tractor squish em hardpan. Even today when it rains cats and dogs […]
Pacific Northwest Mediterranean Garden
The Mediterranean garden is a nice garden which receives the afternoon sun. The soil hear was also very heavy in clay. I lost a lot of plants my first winter due to poor drainage. To resolve this problem, I […]
The Pacific Northwest Climate Garden
As you well know, the world can communicate and share each others interests as simply as turning on the computer and viewing the feast of information on the WWW. Of course, my current hobby is gardening (family first) which started […]
Pacific Northwest Bog Garden
With the “Oh lucky me” hardpan soil, I contracted the bulldozer to dig a hole 20 feet x 20 feet x 18 inches deep. I covered the hole with two layers of 4mm black plastic. Then, I filled the plastic […]
Flower Blossoms Garden Designs for the home garden, Landscaping designs
Flower Garden Designs for the home garden, Landscaping designs While some garden references recommend placing a garden of cutting flowers in a less-thanprominent location, we think this design will look great even after you’ve gathered a good number of flowers. […]