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Water the Lawn Once a Week – Why?

Posted on July 21, 2008 by DanP

Once your lawn is established, it is better to water the lawn once a week, whichֲ  encouraging deep root growth. But be careful,ֲ  grass can drown from over watering.ֲ  If it is extremely hot, maybe twice a week. If you are going on a holiday for a few week, have a friend or neighbor water the lawn once a week.

Part of watering your lawn is either having an automatic lawn watering system setup or manually watering your lawn, at least once a week.ֲ  If you need a quality hose reel system, check out our sponsor.

Red on Green Lawn Picture
red on green lawn by: E3000ֲ 

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Best Composting Material- Horse Manure – The Survey Results are in

Posted on July 18, 2008 by DanP

The composting survey is in for the Best Composting Materials question: the choices ranged from bird droppings, algae to egg shells, but horse manure was the overwhelming winner, with 15 votes.

But where do we get horse manure for our garden compostingֲ  if we don’t have horses?ֲ  Simple, take a trip to the “country”, ask local farms, or if you can’t get out of the city, take a trip to the local garden nursery and ask them.

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Only your Favorite Garden Vegetables – Mine are Cucumbers

Posted on July 18, 2008 by DanP

Choose vegetables that you and your family will really love, but donג€™t Overplant. Donג€™t waste time and effort growing vegetables you won’t eat. Concentrate on your favorites; mine are definitely the cucumbers and the red tomatoes. I have a bumper crop of tomatoes this year so I’m going to try my hand at making some sun dried tomatoes, check an earlier post to learn how. Make a quick salad, with some savory olive oil and fresh lemon juice. No need to waste the gas/petrol driving to the supermarket, just a jump to your yard and a quick snatch from the garden.


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Lawn Weeds ג€“ 1 Simple Lawn Weed Prevention Tip

Posted on July 15, 2008 by DanP

Weeds are NOT friends of your lawn. Learn this most simple lawn weed prevention tip, and be happy with a green weedless lawn. Weeds cause trouble in lawns because they are extremely aggressive and highly. Weed prevention is part of a healthy lawn care program.

Mowing is the simple answer to eliminating weeds in lawns. Properly timed, mowing prevents weeds from producing seeds. Itג€™s best to mow weeds before they flower and produce seeds. Mowing weeds also reduces their leafy growth thus lessening their ability to manufacture energy via photosynthesis. A simple picture to removing lawn weeds: Repeated mowing weakens and finally kills many types of weeds. This is a simple solution to lawn weeds, and a pretty lawn picture to boot.

Mowing weeds
lawn picture by: kevindooley

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Garden Tips for 2008 ג€“ Conserve Water

Posted on July 12, 2008 by DanP

With the ongoing ecological stresses on the planet, our garden tips message for 2008 is: conserve water.ֲ  If you have a leaky garden hose, be sure to replace it or repair it.ֲ  If the cause of the problems is because you habitually leave the hose out to get dried out or cracked or damaged by the mower, invest in a quality garden hose. Having quality garden equipment, including a hose reel and garden hose reel will certainly help conserve water; thatג€™s our garden tips idea for 2008.ֲ 

ֲ NO-CRANK Suburban 100 Garden Hose Reel

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How to Make Sun Dried Tomatoes ג€“ 3 Easy Steps

Posted on July 8, 2008 by DanP

How to make delicious sun dried tomatoes, is easy and tasty. Sun dried tomatoes, when you have tomatoes to spare from your salads, is not too hard to “cook up”.

  1. Get some tomatoes and fresh basil.
  2. Slice tomatoes about 1/2 inches thick.
  3. Place the tomatoes on a cookie tray, spaced slightly apart. Sprinkle on top: rock salt, basil, pepper and a bit of sugar. Place in 200-300 degree oven, or in the sun, from where the name is derived. Drying time is about 2-6 hours. You know they are done when the edges curl up slightly and the juice stops flowing from the tomatoes.

Lastly, let them cool on the rack. Place them in a jar with a bit of olive oil in the refrigerator for about one week. Use them in salads or on pizza, or however you want, and enjoy your sun dried tomatoes, one of lifeג€™s true culinary pleasures.

Firefox Sun Dried Tomatoes
Firefox sun dried tomato pizza by: sikosis

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Climbing Roses for Fences, Buildings and Walls

Posted on July 4, 2008 by DanP

Climbing roses are a great value and beautiful at the same time. Climbing roses can climb trees, buildings, fences or against walls, pillars or outdoor decking roofs, or pergolas. Climbing roses generally have large beautiful flowers and may bloom repeatedly throughout the Summer and Fall seasons.

Climbers naturally grow vertically; however, if they are allowed growing this way, there will be fewer shoots, resulting in fewer flowers. Better to train the rose stems of the climber to grow horizontally along a fence or trellis, resulting in many more shoots and rose blooms.

Climbing roses need water.ֲ  Be sure to use your home garden hose to give them plenty of life-giving water.

climbing roses
climbing rose picture by: Chuuken Hachiogou

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Snake Bites ג€“ How to Prevent Snake Bites

Posted on June 30, 2008 by DanP

This Spring has seen a rash of snake bites in my area, from infants to mothers and farm workers. What are some simple tips for avoiding snake bites, as it is not uncommon to suffer a poisonous bite and even a snake bite fatality!

  • Common Sense above all else. After hearing about people getting bitten by a snake in the faceג€¦ when exploring, avoid putting your hands, or face into dark without first investigating carefully with a long stick.
  • Wear proper shoes ג€“ not sandals or barefoot when walking in nature.
  • Place your sleeping bag and tents in a cleared area and use mosquito netting provide a barrier. Avoid brush areas, tall grass, or large rocks where snakes may live.
  • Tread Carefully ג€“ Lastly be cognizant. Look where you step.

How to prevent Snake Bitss
photo by: eva 101

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How to design your Flower Garden – “Nature Art”

Posted on June 12, 2008 by DanP

Design your flower garden like an artist paints a picture. First visualize how you would like the flowes in the garden to appear, once they mature into full-grown flowers. Imagine how they will brighten up your morning as you gaze at them from the patio or kitchen sink. That should brighten up your morning, hey?

If you really want to get creative, go even further with your creative flower design: sketch the flowers on paper. Enjoy this stunning “flower fields” photo by Natalia photos,

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The World’s 10 Deadliest Snakes – Yikes!

Posted on June 11, 2008 by DanP

It’s snake season, be careful out there. If you are not sure is a snake is poisonous or not, don’t go near it! Call the snake catcher.

  1. Western Brown Snake – Pseudonaja Nuchalis
  2. Death Adder – Acanthophis Antarcticus
  3. Black Tiger Snake – Notechis Ater
  4. Tiger Snake – Notechis Scutatus
  5. Sea Kraits – Laticauda Colubrina
  6. Mainland & Eastern Tiger Snake
  7. Taipan – Oxyuranus Scutellatus
  8. King Brown Snake – Pseudechis Australis
  9. Inland Taipan Or Fierce Snake – Oxyuranus Microlepidotus
  10. King Brown Snake

deadliest snakes
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