Tips & Tricks
There are many tips and tricks that you should follow when bringing plants into your home, some are common, like knowing how much to water the plant, to how much light it should get. Below you will find a list of some suggestions about caring for your indoor garden.
1. Lighting for the plant. [...]

A simple solution can be made from a strip of tin to contain the soil to create a raised panting bed or boxed in area.

This can be dressed-up with several alternatives. Placing well-chosen rocks around the face will conceal the tin and give the appearance of a low rock wall. Alternatively reused timber – [...]

The most common spider mite, the two-spotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae), is commonly encountered on houseplants but will also attack shade trees, shrubs, other herbaceous plants and agricultural crops. Each colony may contain hundreds of individual mites.
Mites are members of the arachnid class along with spiders and ticks. Hard to visualize well with the [...]

Beauty is pleasure! Why can’t we have that beauty inside our home or office?
We the humans are the worshippers of beauty. House Houseplants can transform a stale room into a vibrant one.
Houseplants also increase the beauty of a room thousand fold by inserting greenery and color. Many of them require no attention at all. The [...]

Hoeing :
Hoeing or forking is an operation in which the surface soil around the plant, is loosened with a hoe (khurpi) or a fork and is turned inside out. The hoeing may be up to 7-15 cm (3-16in.) depth. The object of hoeing is to keep the soil porous so that light, air and water [...]

Styling breaks into two groups, single trunk and multi-trunked. Let’s look at the single trunk styles. There are four main groups…
1. Chokkan Style (Formal upright)
This is a most complex style with very specific rules for branch placement, pot selection and such. It is NOT a style for beginners, and even experienced artists approach this [...]

If you are interested in keeping flower garden, select a site close to the door or good view from a favorite window. So that you can see the view often and enjoy.
Choose a Site
If you have your heart set on growing a specific plant, check to see what growing environment it requires. Vegetables will need [...]

Low-maintenance lawn care tips
Low-maintenance lawn care makes a lot of logic, as most flower gardeners would rather be tending their perennials. Lawns may be falling out of favor in some quarters, but there isn’t another ground cover that’s as kid, pet and sports-friendly as turf grass. And nothing sets off a lush flower garden as [...]

The word “Horticulture” means “the art of garden cultivation”. Many of us long for a beautiful garden, but have little or no idea how to achieve our dreams. Good gardens are not simply a matter of choosing plants and arranging them together. A gardener needs to be able to combine many different skills and various [...]

Container Gardening is the practice of growing plants in containers, pots and even in wastes like wire baskets and tins is termed as container gardening. There is no need for a vast area of land to plant in flowers and vegetables and it best suits for people living in city with a very small area [...]