Gardening Basics

Air Cleaning and Your Garden

Indoor gardens are very helpful in cleaning the air inside the house. Houseplants not only just clean the air, they enhance the beauty of the home. Some of the common house plants are Bamboo palm, Spider plant; flowering Mums; Peace lily plant and Mother-in-laws-tongue, that are also useful for cleaning air in the home.

What are Weeds?

The term weed is generally used to describe wild plants, mainly unwanted plants that grow in cultivated ground where they compete with the crop plants for soil nutrients and water.

Sometimes in natural surroundings, wildflowers and herbs are not just a source of beauty but have many useful functions. They make food avaialble for insects and animals and improve the earth, making hard-packed soils loose, and aid in checking erosion.

Gardening Tips and Techniques

Before starting a garden it is important for an individual to get familiar with certain fundamental aspects of gardening.

Many experts advocate the drawing of a comprehensive plan of a preferred garden including the form and kind of plants to be planted. However this is not required until one chooses the site of the garden and gain adequate knowledge about plants that will flourish in the site that has been chosen. To start the process of gardening, first choose a place in the yard for a desired garden.

Tips for Mosquitoes in Garden

There are many things that can be done to control mosquitoes and prevent them from spoiling the garden activities.

One has to remember that dawn and dusk are the ideal times for the mosquitoes. If you want to garden very early in the morning or in the evening; then it is best you apply a repellant.BTI mosquito dunks are also an effective method in countering the mosquito menace. BT is a short form for Bacillus thuringiensis which is a kind of bacterium that is found in nature.

How to Plant a Tree ?

Before planting a tree a proper site has to be selected. Always choose a spot that is in complete sun. The hole for planting should be dug two times as large as the root ball, and not lesser in depth than the height of the root ball. The soil that has been dug out of the hole can be used to refill the area surrounding the root ball. No soil modifications should be made while the tree is planted So, don’t mix compost, peat moss, or shredded pine bark should be included during the refilling process.

Garden Pest Problems

Garden pests are many and can include rabbits, snails and slugs, pigeons, creepy insects and even cats and dogs. All these are really big threats to the proper maintenance of the gardens. A great deal of work that goes into developing a garden can go to waste if garden pests are not controlled effectively. Some pests cannot be eliminated easily, as they exist beneath the ground. Certain pests are also aquatic or semi-aquatic. Read on to know more on Gardening basics.