Gardening

Gardening is both an art and an occupation, an enjoyable and creative pastime with very real (and often edible!) results. Gardening has gone in and out of vogue in recent years, but experienced a resurgence in 2009 due to increased environmental awareness, lowered economic standards, and the example set by American First Lady Michelle Obama, who oversaw the creation of a new garden on the White House grounds.

There are lots of passionate gardeners on the blogosphere: flower lovers, home gardeners, sustainability and permaculture experts, slow foodies, and renegades all document their love of flora with essays and photos. Whether you're a beginning gardener or a seasoned dirt wrangler, you'll find a vibrant online community with knowledge and experience to make your garden grow.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Gardening”

• Dangerous Insects

  
  Professional Home and Family Articles Directory — Authority: 158
  Just when you thought you were safe in your own home, safe from maniacs on the street, safe from lost and roaming wild animals in your local town, a small unassuming insect bites you, and for the next few days, you are fighting for your life. A mosquito, right in the comfort of your own [...]
  11 hours ago

• Forget Gnomes, How About A Garden Jawa?

  
  Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome — Authority: 752
  Tired of those creepy little gnomes hanging out in your garden ? Well how about a creepy little Jawa?! Available for pre-order from the StarWarsShop, the $35 lawn ornament is certain to draw attention to your flower beds and eventually be stolen/broken by punk-ass teenagers. * Crafted in solid resin, ...
  11 hours ago

• Water Damage........

  
  Family Matters — Authority: 131
  Im sure that there have been times when people out in California, have had to get help for water damage, because of tropical storms and hurricanes. That is very true for the San Diego areas, because they are right on the water front. The ocean can bring very high tides, when these storm occur. A home or business ...
  11 hours ago

• November garden update

  
  things and ideas — Authority: 91
  We managed Hallowe’en after all. Costumes were found – this photo is pre-guising, so you can’t see the bag full of sweeties they ended up with - and apples were bobbed - And after the flower fairy and the witch were tucked up safely in bed, myself and the other half settled down with whisky and The ...
  12 hours ago

• Green Holiday Gift Guide: The DIYer (Slideshow)

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 726
  Handmade gifts come with a meaning all their own, whether youre packaging up a tin of your grandmothers famous holiday cookies or making a collage of photos from your parents wedding day. And if youre giving to someone who has a knack for hands-on projects, from canning and sewing to woodworking and building, then ...
  12 hours ago

• Beacon Bits: Four Amigos, food safety, and funky foliage

  
  Beacon Hill Blog — Authority: 474
  KPLU has a lovely story about “the Four Amigos” : Roberto Maestas , Larry Gossett , Bob Santos , and the late Bernie Whitebear , activists who played a large role in Seattle’s history over the last 40 years. Maestas, of course, played a particular role in Beacon Hill’s history by helping found El Centro ...
  12 hours ago

• Here’s how her garden influences one textile designer

  
  Shed Style: Architecture, Interiors, and Ornamentation In The Garden — Authority: 98
  I met Sina Pearson in 2006 when her publicist Susan Harkavy arranged a visit to the textile designer’s aerie (aka studio, atelier, loft) in SoHo.I was in New York City with Bill Wright to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  12 hours ago

• About Plant Fertilizer and Their Composition

  
  Professional Home and Family Articles Directory — Authority: 158
  I normally discuss Bonsai, but since bonsai are tree’s, that are plants, this subject is appropriate.A plant is composed of four basic elements. The first three are carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. They form a complex protein called albumine. They represent 94% of a plant composition. The other 6% are composed of 13 ...
  13 hours ago

• Lawn Care and Maintenance

  
  Professional Home and Family Articles Directory — Authority: 158
  Looking after your LawnLawns are wrongly regarded as a low maintenance part of the garden they can be low maintenance but not if you want them to look good. What follows is a range of tips and advice on how to maintain your lawn in tip top condition.Mow regularlyMany problems can occur due to [...]
  13 hours ago

• Planting Bulbs

  
  Our Fairy Tale Life — Authority: 103
  I finally got around to planting bulbs. I hope its not too late. I figured if I could still dig in the ground I was okay. We put in some tulips, daffodils and crocuses. My girls love flowers and I thought this would be a fun project for them. Duchess told Maiden, "We are going to plant them, then it will ...
  13 hours ago

• Where Do Chips Come From?

  
  Baby Baby — Authority: 514
  1 in 10 children aged 7 - 11 think chickens lay potatoes! * 1 in 5 have no idea that potatoes are grown in the ground * 1 in 5 didnt realise that chips are made from the humble spud * Wow. I suppose Im lucky. When I was growing up we ate fresh food and my Grandad had an enormous vegetable patch. I remember ...
  13 hours ago

• Working hard

  
  Life in the Bogs — Authority: 127
  (173:  Swimming in Lake Michigan.  Chicago, IL.  October 2009.) M and I had quite a day yesterday.  We rented a brush cutter (pretty much like this one ) to mow the meadows.  It’s been at least two years since the meadows have been mowed.  They seem to benefit from a good cut every now and then.  My only ...
  13 hours ago

• Frugal living tip #45.

  
  Poor Richard's Almanac — Authority: 472
  Silence Dogood here. At Poor Richard’s Almanac, we’ve been giving you a Frugal Living Tip every week in 2009 to try to help us all get through a very tough economic year. This week, our tip is for the birds. Many of us love to invite the wild birds to our backyards by setting out seed and treats. But as you know ...
  14 hours ago

• How do I take care of my garden snails and slugs?

  
  Gardening Care Tips — Authority: 143
  My brother and I found some snails and slugs.How do we take care of them? Well, snails and slugs aren’t really good pets to have, but if you really have a heart for them, here is a guide to care for them. Feeding Garden snails and slugs eat plants. They eat plants from gardens. If they are found in your garden, ...
  14 hours ago

• On Ants and Gardens

  
  Just Orb — Authority: 437
  Glurg. Glurg. Glurg. When pouring water on fire ant mounds, that’s a good sound to hear as the water pours in an vanishes. That sound lets me know I’ve found the main chambers and passages. I haven’t heart that sound yet on the monster colony, but I did find one other lonely mound on the other side of the ...
  14 hours ago

• Garden help: boxwood shrubs, sheared blue spruce - Washington Post

  
  Your House Your Home — Authority: 152
  Garden help: boxwood shrubs, sheared blue spruce Washington Post Have a question about gardening ? Write Digging In, Local Living, The Washington Post, 1150 15th St. NW, Washington, DC 20071; or send e-mail to …
  15 hours ago

• The Dry Garden: Diverting winter rains from the streets to our flower beds - Los Angeles Times

  
  Your House Your Home — Authority: 152
  The Dry Garden : Diverting winter rains from the streets to our flower beds Los Angeles Times But another effective measure costs less than $10: Simply attaching downspout diverters to redirect rain from driveways and paved surfaces to garden beds. …
  15 hours ago

• Over-wintering Broad Beans

  
  Town Mouse — Authority: 421
  You never know, it might work… I wasn’t going to do this, but I had a sudden yen to plant things. And start a new page on my spreadsheet for the next growing season.
  15 hours ago

• Essential Things You Need to Consider When Buying a Garden Office

  
  The Best Patio — Authority: 112
  In today’s world, garden offices have gained much popularity and are in great demand. People purchase garden rooms from different suppliers and manufactures. However, there are certain essential things that a person needs to consider before purchasing a garden office. A person, prior to purchasing garden offices, ...
  15 hours ago

• Great Use for Straw Bale

  
  Professional Home and Family Articles Directory — Authority: 158
  A straw bale is usually sane as something that has little or no use. But if you were to take a closer look you would see that a straw bale is durable it can be sold for the bedding for animals, landscape supply, and used in construction. They are also on and burned to [...]
  16 hours ago

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