Who knows, olive oil could be great for many things in the garden and at home. In this post, you will discover 18 advantages of Using Olive Oil in a Garden and various ways to use it!
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Winter Garden FoliageWhen it comes to gardening it’s often the flowers that grab the attention and almost everyone seems to overlook the foliage. But leaves are the back room boys, the unsung heroes who do all the hard work and let some pretty blossom take all the credit. Ironically, if we gave foliage as much attention as we afford flowers our gardens would probably be a whole lot better. In winter of course, due to the absence of dazzling floral displays, we have a little more time to consider shapes and forms, colours and textures of leaves.
I barely notice the Canary Island ivy, Hedera canariensis ‘Gloire de Marengo’ in summer but the huge silvery green leaves with their creamy white variegations are actually quite dramatic when you see them clothing a sheltered wall in winter.
When designing gardens it’s important that the garden retains a bit of structure even when everything else has died down for the winter. Evergreen plants throughout a garden can act as a skeleton, which can be fleshed out with other plants. Evergreen hedges of Yew or dwarf box can give an otherwise empty bed some shape and make it seem interesting. But what about the colours of things ? Grey plants like Eucalyptus, Senecio and Artemisia tend to be a bit gloomy and lifeless in dull winter light and warmer, richer colours will always work better.
Instead, go for the soft green of the veronica Hebe rakaiensis, the low growing dark green Viburnum davidii and the glossy foliage of Skimmia japonica ’Rubella’ which is as warm as its rich red buds. But it isn’t just fresh green leaves that look good, we shouldn’t ignore the burnt orange leaves of beech hedges that manage to cling on until spring and the brown winter leaves of Polygonum affine
Who knows, olive oil could be great for many things in the garden and at home. In this post, you will discover 18 advantages of Using Olive Oil in a Garden and various ways to use it!
You might have used duct tapes in a lot of ways, from sticking things to wrapping up boxes. But do you know that you can use it in other ways too? Here are some amazing Duct Tape Uses in Garden!
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Indoor gardening takes many forms, from microgreen kits to windowsill herb pots to home hydroponic systems. And then there's the "Garden in a Bag." Exactly as its name suggests—these cute paper bags are filled with soil and seeds that will grow into one of many plant varieties on a sunny windowsill. This is a fun way to have a steady supply of fresh herbs or flowers year-round.
Spending time on our patios and decks is something we all look forward to, and these days, a little seclusion and enhanced privacy tend to be top of mind.
Here at my Copake Falls garden all day with a truckload of irresistible botanical goodies will be Broken Arrow Nursery. They will be accepting advance phone orders, too, between now and Wednesday, May 31, if there is something special you simply must have. Their website; phone is (203) 288-1026.All ticket sales from my garden will be donated to two local nonprofits I love: the Hawthorne Valley Farmscape Ecology Program in nearby Ghent, N.Y., and Turtle Tree Seed in Copake.And there’s much more:Those of you who r
If there’s one thing that gets my goat, its, what’s in and what’s out in gardening. Now honestly I don’t want to alienate myself, of course everyone’s entitled to an opinion but don’t you sometimes think there is a bit of inverted snobbery going on. I have always loved gardens and gardening, I like the subtle garden with foliage of different hues and perhaps white flowers giving that relaxed feeling. I am mad about the Summer mixed perennial borders which give that great to be alive feeling. The Rose borders are charming, the Scottish Heather borders can look great. Here’s the crunch, I absolutely also love the in your face loud, brash, garish front gardens which are packed with blindingly bright Summer bedding, makes me smile, makes me laugh. Picture of our front garden, I promise it was once more packed when the flower borders were wider than this. Whats not to like.
A finishing touch to the garden! Doesn’t really make sense, gardening by its very nature can never really have what we may think of as finishing touches.
On January 22nd the sun was shining, it felt just right to shove the camera in my pocket and go for a walkabout.
Our garden pond. Comes alive in early Spring when the frogs arrive. Join me to find what’s in the garden pond.
I don’t really like the title which I have used for this post. Makes me sound full of myself, I can assure you nothing could be further from the truth.
Courtyard Garden in Fife Scotland! well, its really part of our drive sectioned off. Take a look, see if it qualifies.