https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:38:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is just a short post to let you know that the December issue of Garden Ramblings has now been published and you can read it online by clicking HERE. You will see that in the special offers section I said that there was no sale at Gardener's Supply Company, but ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/garden-ramblings/ In general December is a quiet month for gardeners since most people are now concentrating on preparing for Christmas. There's plenty of advice in the local papers on what to buy your gardening friends, but it's mostly the same suggestions that we get every year. One headline that did catch ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/sky-planters-christmas-trees-hori-hori/ [caption id="attachment_116" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Original Two Poplars"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_115" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The one remaining poplar"][/caption] As long as we have lived in this house my wife and I have always admired two tall poplar trees in a neighboring garden. Watching the leaves appear each spring - my wife insists that April ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/yesterday-lost-friend/ "The End Is Near!" screams the headline, but all that it portends is the passing of the seasons as we come to the end of another gardening year. The article itself is a chatty interview with three gardening experts from the Twin Cities, "Don Engebretson, author of five garden books, ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/blue-rose/ Landscaping a pavement sounds like a contradiction in terms until you realise that what Tony Tomeo, writing in the Los Gatos Weekly-Times, is talking about is growing plants in pots. Not that he is particularly fond of container gardening, but he found it was the answer when he had large ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/landscaping-pavements-november-cleanup/ I was intrigued by the above headline that was on an email I received from Kitchen Gardeners International whose newsletter drops into my inbox every month. The article talks of three ways that compost and garlic are connected. The first two are fairly obvious that using compost to amend the ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/exploring-compost-garlic-connection/ In these times of financial crisis and ultra low interest rates here's a reminder of a form of saving that really pays dividends. Or as Donna Campbell puts it "saving seeds is a savings account that can’t evaporate into thin air". She is particularly keen on saving seeds of unusual ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/seeds-saved-roasted-white-house-veggies/ Image via Wikipedia If you have spent time and money installing a garden pond and stocking it with koi, the last thing you want is preditors stealing your precious fish. Luckily there are a number of ways that you can protect your koi and this artcle suggests several ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/koi-mosquitoes-nodig-gardening/ Bulb planting time is here again and all the papers are full of articles reminding us that now is the time to complete this task. Pop them in the ground and then wait for spring is the general tenor of their advice, but it's not always that simple as Mike ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/koolatron-naked-ladies-usb-greenhouse/ "Mowing your lawn for an hour produces as much pollution as driving a car 650 miles" is just one of the facts quoted by the Virginia Living Museum in its campaign for the creation of conservation gardens. While it's a well known fact that gas mowers cause pollution, I have ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/conservation-gardening-gadget-reviews/ Why is it that whenever you take a particular fancy to a plant or shrub that you have read about or seen in a neighbor's garden, you find that your local garden center does not sell that variety? In "Growing new plants from old" Maureen FitzPatrick suggests a way round ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/cuttings-gadgets-escargots/ Some people think that squirrels are cute little creatures. The way that they sit upright with their bushy tails erect using their front legs like hands to eat nuts and other goodies. Or we marvel at the way that they leap from branch to branch in the trees with such ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/plastic-essentials-herb-scissors-squirrels/ Combine the current enthusiasum for growing your own veggies with the concerns about the use of pesticides and you will see how Tressa Eaton can make such a persuasive case for turning your lawn into an edible garden. "When we put pesticides onto our lawns they run off into sewers, ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/lawns-veggies-gadgets/ We are all being encouraged to grow our own veggies to save money in these recessionary times, but think how much more you can save by growing your own flowers for cutting. Apart from sweet peas which take up little space, I have never grown flowers for use in the ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/alstroemeria-peruvian-lily/ For Clyde Tressler going green in caring for his lawn means more than using organic fertilizers. For him throwing out the gas powered mower is the key and he makes a spirited case for "the reintroduction of manual labor to lawn care". I love the way that he suggests that ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/green-lawns-children-beneficial-pests/ I spent yesterday visiting Loseley Park near Guildford. The weather was perfect and the roses were in full bloom, but imagine my surprise when I found this border of bergenias in flower. I had always thought that bergenias were spring flowering plants although I have discovered after some brief research ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/bergenia-morgenrote/ Guerrilla gardening has been around for several years and is generally understood as a clandestine activity carried out by small groups often at night who plant flowers on neglected areas of public land. Admittedly the publication of "On Guerrilla Gardening" by Richard Reynolds has given the activity an air of ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/guerrillas-working-gardens-hopping-mowers/ The choice of garden tools is a highly personal business as is evident from the huge variety of implements on sale in stores and garden centers. But even with this wide choice you will often fail to find the exact shape or style that you want. 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The idea is that the plants require no staking and are kept clear from ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/hanging-tomatoes-cool-intruders/ The Chelsea Flower Show, that highlight of Britain's gardening year, opens to the public today. At the preview yesterday Prince Charles was presented with the Royal Horticultural Society Victoria Medal of Honour by the Queen. This is the highest award the society grants. Only 63 people can hold it at ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/chelsea-flower-show/ You can tell that Gerry Duggan is a real enthusiast because the first six paragraphs of his article "Bird Friendly Gardening" describe the sighting of a flock of White-winged Crossbills which are rare in North Wilmington. Then he turns to the main subject and suggests plants that will attract hummingbirds. ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/soldier-beetles-ladybugs-hummingbirds/ Welcome to the new look Garden Supplies News. Following the transfer of the Garden Supplies Advisor to a new server I am now able to use Wordpress for this blog which makes life simpler for me and should provide a better experience for the reader.  All the previous entries  in ... https://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/1/garden-supplies-news/