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Grow Your Own Wheatgrass


Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass is a popular drink in juice bars or sold as powdered supplements at health food stores, but it can be rather expensive; this Instructable shows an easy and inexpensive alternative. (more…)


World’s Best Garden Topiary


Topiary is a horticultural practice of clipping shrubs, foliage and twigs of trees to form fanciful or geometric shapes. It’s an art of creating living sculptures.

The very first to have topiary are the Roman gardens but not as artistic as what we have now. There are hundreds or even thousands of beautiful topiary worldwide but we will only feature those that stand out among the rest.

The all-time favorites are taken from Walt Disney World’s Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival Center. It’s where characters like The Crocodile in Peter Pan, Woody in Toy Story, Hogsworth in Beauty and The Beast, Lighting McQueen in Cars and Pluto come to life in a special form of topiary. (more…)


Methods of Controlling Pest Infestation in Perennial Plants


growing annuals and perennialsNowadays, perennials are an immense option for whatever garden with their immense diversity of forms, shades and sizes. They also have another essential benefit over other kinds of flowers. Which is, dissimilar annuals, that should be planted again yearly, perennials, by their very natural characteristic are capable of regenerating yearly. This indicates you are liberal to sow once and take pleasure in several seasons of charming blossoms.

While the actual lasting of perennial plants differ from diversity to diversity, a number of kinds like peonies have been perceived to last for decades when sown. This lasting, nonetheless, could appear at a cost, and one of the drawbacks is that the perennial plants require more tending when it comes to upkeep, control of pests and weeding. Dissimilar to the annual garden that is cultivated and begun again yearly, perennial plants stay in the ground over the winter and this could make them susceptible to usual garden pests than other kinds of plants. (more…)