When summer ends, then there’s no reason why you can’t prolong enjoyment of homegrown tomatoes throughout the wintertime. Propagated from cuttings taken out of last season’s plants or opened from seed, determinate or dwarf cherry tomatoes can be grown successfully indoors as long as they’re subjected to as much sunlight as you can. In circumstances…
Lining up your outside trash cans along a bare-soil surface contributes to erosion and uneven ground; trash can wheels gradually dig in the soil to make a ditch that captures water and produces a bad aesthetic. As a solution, you can use inorganic mulch for a ground cover. Typical choices of rubber and gravel mulch…
It is said that the sole difference between a bad haircut and a good haircut is just two weeks, but this maxim does not apply to drastic pruning of maple trees (Acer spp.) . “Topping” a tree is much more like decapitation than the cosmetic process, causing severe pruning wounds and destroying the maple’s natural…
Plan for pear perfection this season by accommodating your gardening program to the development cycle of your pear trees. Every year, pear trees, like the rest of the fruit trees, go through a developing cycle. Being in touch with this cycle for a gardener makes it possible to determine the best times to prune, protect…
When you create a home garden, one of the aims is to make it enjoyable for as long a season as possible. Evergreen shrubs with variegated leaf offer dependable color in a backyard year-round. Even if nothing is blooming, splashes of gold, cream, white and even pink make your landscape a pleasure to check at.…
Possessing a slope between your lawn when the property is sloping down toward another home and conflicts can be caused by a neighbor, and water and mud are being deposited into puddles. To help alleviate the problem, landscape the incline to anchor the ground and divert water. Plants will not simply take in a few…
The round blossom clusters of mophead hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla) are a familiar sight in gardens and backyards at U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 9. Virtually maintenance-free when planted appropriately, hydrangea bushes offer you a summer of decorative white, pink or blue blossoms without much work. These blooms are equally appealing in…
Just about any plant could be classified as a ground cover so long as it is perennial, evergreen, trailing or clumping and grows less than one foot high. Ground covers used in landscaping are automatically associated with low-lying plants that are Poisonous. Some kinds of ground covers are better suited to erosion control, while some…
Even though the U.S. Consumer and Product Safety Commission issued a last ban on the use of lead in paints in 1977, that ban did not consist of lead in ceramic glazes. Although many American potteries no longer use lead in their glazes, if you don’t have verified with the manufacturer that your piece was…
They could be little, but the fruits of cherry tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) have some things in their favor. They excel in flavor, sweetness, color and prosperity. The plants have a very long fruit-bearing season because they begin to flower about one month after they are planted, and they continue growing and blooming until killed…