If you have always wanted to know about the world of different Types of Dragonfly in the Garden, then this post is a must-read!
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Learn how to use the potting soil plastic bag to grow plants, check out the tutorial video here. It can be a nice makeshift container.
You can grow food anywhere, in the trash bag as well. Click here to find out!
Self-watering plastic bags containers for the balcony gardeners. Watch the DIY video here!
Create some plastic bag ghosts to add oomph to your garden. The tutorial is here!
Create a greenhouse for your container plants. Watch the video here!
Plastic shopping bags and dome lids are used to create this cheap but fantastic, DIY Pom-Pom Lights. Tutorial here!
This is the similar idea like the first tutorial. Check it out here!
Protect your precious potted plants in winter by wrapping them in the plastic shopping bags and then again in the burlap. Follow the instructions here!
Try this dirt cheap way here to supply water your houseplants when you’re out, using a plastic bag.
Place your herbs in a glass half-filled with water and drape the plastic bag over the herbs. Secure it by wrapping the rubber band and put the glass in the refrigerator. Your herbs will stay fresh for longer.
Protect your fruits from pests by wrapping them in the plastic bag. Find out more here!
For the plunger. If you store your plunger in the bathroom closet, let it sit in a plastic bag. It will keep the floor under it cleaner and can be discarded when it gets too dirty in side and replaced with a new one.
If you have always wanted to know about the world of different Types of Dragonfly in the Garden, then this post is a must-read!
Now part of this garden is down to crazy paving the Qualcast grass box is needed less and can be put to a different use. It looks like a ‘unibarrow’ has got in on the act to make a feature planter for these pansies.
Ants can be an unsightly nuisance and inspire concern. However they do not directly damage plants but are more a sign that you have another pest problem.
Fountain in Oxford Botanic gardens.
White is the second most useful colour in the garden after green. I am progressively increasing the number and variety of white and grey plants that I grow.
Grasses give a rich combination of autumnal colours
Some animals can be a real pest in the garden. Their crimes include eating the wrong thing, digging in the wrong area, turning grass brown with urine and leaving a dirty mess. Some chose your favourite plants to damage as I know from some aggressive over fed pigeons in my own garden. In my experience the worst offenders are rabbits, cats, mice, deer, pigeons and dogs including foxes. Rats cause concern but have not caused direct damage in my garden.
Where has all the rain gone? In winter there were floods aplenty so I was predicting water rationing by summer. Now it is mid May and the ground is parched and rock hard.
I was picking the Czar plums to make more jam when a wasp was disturbed from eating it’s lunch. Wasps go for my plums just as they are at their sweetest best. My problem was I couldn’t see which plums had a wasp in the fruit if they were above head height or facing away from my hand. The resulting sting set me on the trail of other stingers in the garden.
Colorful ferns can be an excellent addition to any garden or indoor plant collection. These plants are characterized by their beautiful, vibrant fronds ranging from shades of pink, red, yellow, and even purple.
Want to add a tropical flair to your garden this spring? Elephant ears will add a bold statement to a filtered sun or high shade spot. These striking “drama queens” of the garden may be either in genera Colocasia or Alocasia. The easiest way to tell these beauties apart is that colocasias (Colocasia esculenta) will have leaves that point downward, and alocasia (Alocasia species) leaves will point upward. Depending on the species or cultivar of each genus, the size can range from 3 to 10 feet tall and 2 to 10 feet in width. Both types of elephant ears are native to the tropical regions of Southeastern Asia.
In a year when many of our favorite sporting events have been postponed or even canceled, the garden marches on! As gardeners, we have our own backyard competitions each year, keeping mental notes on which varieties we will plant again or replace due to their performance on our ‘home court’. But choosing which varieties will be in our starting lineup each year can become a daunting task.