A few weeks ago now a reader of one of my Gardening and Landscaping Blogs sent me an email! Their comments went along the lines of “Paul you really are Mr Green Fingers! You ought to put together a site where we can get easy access to all this great information on Starting A Garden [...]

Observing wildlife, such as a doe and her fawn sipping from your pond, a scolding squirrel gathering acorns, or the frogs, butterflies, birds and other animals going about their daily business, can be fun, interesting and relaxing. While it’s true that we rarely do wildlife a service by feeding them from our cupboards, by using [...]

If you are a Blogger then you are going to want to take advantage of John Reese’s new free release at BlogRush. It’s a way of getting your content syndicated across other Blogs as you can see from the BlogRush Widget in the right hand sidebar. The content that will be displayed is taken from relevant [...]

Growing a garden specifically for canning or freezing foods is becoming a popular hobby these days, primarily because gardeners know just how much healthier home grown food is for their families, compared to most of what’s found in the produce section of your local grocery store. And growing a canning garden can be fairly easy [...]

I asked James Mann who is an expert on Herb Gardening to share some of this thoughts with us. I have always loved herbs but it was until I started herb gardening that I really started to understand herbs. They have quickly become my favorite plant in my backyard garden. Of course my only thought on [...]

Just an update on the Free Online Gardening Courses that we currently have available at Online Gardening Courses. These are: An Introduction To Geraniums and Fushias An Introduction To Greenhouse Gardening An Introduction to Winter Gardening Gardening Tips For Beginners How To Grow an Herb Garden Organic Gardening More are being added each month and we are getting some very positive [...]

Are we raising a generation of potatoes? (Couch potatoes, that is). It seems to me, that with our hectic schedules and stressful jobs, we have found the “ultimate Nanny for our kids. It is called Electronics. Come on now you know what I’m talking about, TV, Video Games, Computers and the list goes on. What [...]

A natural way to use rain water run off from your roof, is to simply direct it to a rain garden. Rain gardens are usually created in a natural or purposely made low spot in your yard. If you dont’ have a natural depression where the rain water collects on its own, you can create [...]

I asked Wayne Brett who has been a Landscape Gardener for 15 years and has expertise on ways to conserve energy at home to share some of his expertise with us. Wayne runs the busy and successful landscape gardening business Absolute Landscapes We all hear the news surrounding both global weather problems and the need [...]

Thinking Ahead Hanging baskets have to be planned for in advance. Although it is possible to buy plants in flower for instant impact, this is an expensive option and the flowers are likely to be short lived if they have been forced out of season. As a general rule, you need to plant up your baskets [...]