Do it Best Import L&G GM-7117 Garden Tool Bag Set

Product Description
4 piece. Sturdy PVC tool bag with pockets to hold a pair of 7” poly bypass hand pruners, 7” poly straight pruners with carbon steel head and cushion grip handles, and a pair of garden gloves with purple floral design. This set is a perfect gift for a garden enthusiast and is perfect for pruning shrubs, flowers, and garden plants. Color: Pastel green with butterfly design…. More >>

Do it Best Import L&G GM-7117 Garden Tool Bag Set

Cottage Garden Greenhouse – Tulip Poppy, Baby’s Breath, Cornflower, Corn Marigold, Pot Marigold & Love in a Mist. ~ Great Gift Idea! BEST SELLER! Great Mother’s Day Gift!

• Tulip Poppy
• Baby’s Breath
• Cornflower
• Corn Marigold
• Pot Marigold & Love-in-a-Mist

Product Description
Have you ever wanted to start your own greenhouse, but weren’t sure you were up to the task? A perfect solution is the mini greenhouse kit.

Each kit includes 6 terra cotta pots, 6 soil pellets, 3 seed packets, a recycled plastic greenhouse and growing instructions.

Complete easy-to-grow set includes:

Tulip Poppy
Baby’s Breath
Cornflower
Corn Marigold
Pot Marigold
Love-in-a-Mist… More >>

Cottage Garden Greenhouse – Tulip Poppy, Baby’s Breath, Cornflower, Corn Marigold, Pot Marigold & Love in a Mist. ~ Great Gift Idea! BEST SELLER! Great Mother’s Day Gift!

Gardening in Small Spaces : Creative Ideas from America’s Best Gardeners

Product Description
The eighth title in the Fine Gardening Design series illustrates innumerable techniques to make a little garden space go a long way. It shows how to create a garden that feels much larger than it is, and demonstrates how small gardens can create privacy. A look at sample gardens reveals some of the tips and tricks of gardening in small spaces, such as using diagonal lines and breaking areas into individual sections. Sound advice on pruning and selecting appropriate … More >>

Gardening in Small Spaces : Creative Ideas from America’s Best Gardeners

Taylor’s Weekend Gardening Guide to Cold Climate Gardening: How to Select and Grow the Best Vegetables and Ornamental Plants for the North

Product Description
Illustrated with 50 color photos, all the information a reader needs to succeed with a garden in a cold climate: Selecting shrubs, trees and perennials that are hardy to zone 5 or colder, and making use of microclimates; Planting only vegetables and fruits that will ripen in a short season; Designing a landscape that for much of the year will be enjoyed only from the inside looking out; Protecting plants through the uses of mulch, cloches, cold frames, row covers,w… More >>

Taylor’s Weekend Gardening Guide to Cold Climate Gardening: How to Select and Grow the Best Vegetables and Ornamental Plants for the North

Taylor’s Guide to Heirloom Vegetables: A Complete Guide to the Best Historic and Ethnic Varieties

Product Description
This Taylor’s Guide sorts out the best heirloom vegetables and tells readers where to find them. These varieties, at least fifty years old, have usually been preserved by regional, ethnic, or family groups, although some, like Golden Bantam corn, are still widely popular today…. More >>

Taylor’s Guide to Heirloom Vegetables: A Complete Guide to the Best Historic and Ethnic Varieties

Perennial All-Stars: The 150 Best Perennials for Great-Looking, Trouble-Free Gardens

Product Description
No longer must you waste your time or money browsing catalogs or wandering the aisles of your local garden center. How often have you ended up with perennials that dont live up to the breathtaking photos that convinced you to buy the plants in the first place? Garden expert and HGTV host Jeff Cox takes the guesswork out of shopping for perennials by selecting 150 of the most beautiful, top-performing plants based on attributes such as bloom time, ease of care, disea… More >>

Perennial All-Stars: The 150 Best Perennials for Great-Looking, Trouble-Free Gardens

Gardening Tips – The Best Ways To Create And Use Fertilizer

When you do your gardening, you always end up with some leaves and weeds, dead plants and probably some grass clippings. Most people see this as rubbish and send it off to the landfill. Not only is this a waste of one of nature’s fertilizers but it takes time and money to get rid of this garden ‘rubbish’. So, what alternative is there? Well, a gardening tip to consider is do what nature would do and use all this garden ‘rubbish’ to provide nutrients for your garden. Following are the gardening tips to help you convert this garden ‘rubbish’ to compost.

The first thing to know is that organic waste is considered better for your garden than any chemical fertilizer on the market. Nature has a decomposition process that promotes proper chemical change resulting in excellent nutritional benefits to the plants in the garden.

Of course, the question is, “Where shall I put this pile of smelly garden ‘rubbish’”? Gardening tips; your compost heap shouldn’t be smelly and if it is, you need to alter the composition of it to prevent it becoming anaerobic ie too much nitrogen. This requires the heap not being too wet and having enough oxygen. Once you’ve got the balance right, you will find that the decomposition process is actually producing some fertilizer that isn’t a pong to the nose!

So, what does this suitable place for a fertilizer heap look like? Gardening tips; is should be an area that has plenty of width space and not too deep. If it’s too deep, the materials down low in the pile will not be able to get enough of the necessary requirements, and you end up with a smelly heap. Try to choose an area where you can spread out the garden ‘rubbish’. You can, if you’ve got the space, have two heaps side by side. Remember, it’s width not depth that’s important.

What rubbish can you put into the heap to be converted to garden food? Gardening tips; it must be quickly decomposable – that is, able to rot away quickly. Did you know that orange peel takes years to decompose? Therefore, it’s not suitable; nor is meat or diseased plants. However, you can use most other organic material including grass clippings, woody plants, leaves, and vegetable scraps. Using your lawn mower, shred garden ‘rubbish’ to help quick decomposition.

How do you start the composting process? Gardening tips; make the materials as small as possible. Mix up the pile quite frequently to allow oxygen into the heap which will aid the decomposing process. Water periodically, but not too much as this is a sure way to invite anaerobic micro-organisms which will give you a smelly pile.

No matter what, your compost pile will be a little unsightly. Gardening tips; find a place that isn’t easily seen and is also near the garden areas that you will want to fertilize. Be aware of your neighbours; it may be out of sight for you but right in the vision of your neighbor. They really don’t want your compost heap near their entertaining area! Construct a compost pen for your pile, or buy a ready-made compost bin to contain all the decomposing material.

Summary:

Use your garden ‘rubbish’ as garden food and put back nutrients into the soil. Some gardening tips will ensure that you get a good start to making your own fertilizer.