Plants for Birds

Plants for Birds Birds bring about beauty and lively sounds to any garden. It is always a good thing to build bird feeders well supplied with suet and seed...

Going Batty - How To Build A Bat House

Going Batty When I suggested writing this article to my family a few of them asked me why…Why would you want to encourage bats to roost on your pro...

Papillon Perch

Papillon PerchBy: Whitney RodenHopefully this article, accompanied with the pictures, will assist you in making your very own chandelier butterfly feeder. It al...

How to Get Your Tree to Bear the Most Fruits

While fruit trees are quite lovely, sometimes yields of fruit can be disappointing, especially in the early years. There are a few ways to get the most out of f...

Backyard Tree Planting

Trees in your backyard can be home to many different types of wildlife. Trees can also reduce your heating and cooling costs, help clean the air, add beauty and...

Resolving Root Rot

While blooms and other plants sometimes suffer from neglect, all too often they also suffer from too much care. This usually comes in the form of over watering ...

Tree Pruning

The objective of pruning is to produce strong, healthy, attractive plants. By understanding how, when and why to prune, and by following a few simple principles...

Tomato Gardening

Is it too early to be thinking about your tomato plants? Not if you're the competitive tomato gardening type who wants the earliest and sweetest tomato on the b...

Growing Strawberries in the Garden

Strawberries are an easy to grow fruit crop that will reward the home gardener with ample harvests for many years. With favorable conditions, each strawberry ...

How to Keep Pests Out Of Your Garden

You have worked for many hours on planning, preparing and planting your garden. Only to have those annoying pests then move in and destroy what you worked so ha...