Garden Design
epub |eng | 2018-03-09 | Author:Jessi Bloom

Dock, Rumex crispus Dock, Rumex crispus Dock is a strong and humble weed commonly found along roadsides, in pastures, and in gardens, often in moist acidic soils. Dock has a ...
( Category: House Plants March 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-09 | Author:Jessi Bloom [Bloom, Jessi and Boehnlein, Dave]

FOOD AND YARD WASTE The earlier chapter on soil fertility has already explored many ways to cycle food and yard waste back into your system. Here we will mention just ...
( Category: Organic March 10,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-03-04 | Author:Neil Lucas

Ampelodesmos mauritanicus. Photograph courtesy of Dianna Jazwinski. Andropogon gerardii. Photograph courtesy of Dianna Jazwinski. ‘New Wave’. A striking selection from seed, with strong reddish stems that are distinctly upright, holding ...
( Category: Ornamental Plants March 5,2020 )
azw3, epub |eng | 2018-09-24 | Author:Christopher Woods [Woods, Christopher]

A plant-filled escarpment filled with low-growing specimens leads to Korn’s house. Dicentra ‘Burning Hearts’ probably boasts the most saturated flower hue of any fern-leaf bleeding heart, and it adds some ...
( Category: Landscapes March 4,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-10-21 | Author:Angus Stewart

This Acacia cognata ‘Limelight’ plant was diagnosed with severe root rot caused by the cinnamon fungus (Phytophthora cinnamomi). Hot wet periods in summer are the time when infestations are most ...
( Category: By Climate March 3,2020 )
epub |eng | | Author:Isabelle Palmer

Where to position Think carefully about the right location for your planter by making sure that it will receive enough sun and not be disturbed by too much wind. Finally, ...
( Category: Container Gardening March 3,2020 )
epub |eng | 2011-02-26 | Author:Graham Bell

Raised beds offer greater growing area, more choice of micro-climate, and are more interesting to look at than growing on the flat. A favourite amongst no-dig gardeners is the straight ...
( Category: Temperate March 2,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-03-06 | Author:Ken Druse

SMALL NORTH AMERICAN TREES (UNDER 30 FEET/9 M) FOR LIGHT SHADE AND FILTERED LIGHT Acer pensylvanicum—snake-bark maple, moosewood Aesculus pavia—red buckeye Alnus incana subsp. rugosa—speckled alder Amelanchier spp. and hybrids—shadblow, ...
( Category: Garden Design March 1,2020 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-07-07 | Author:Jeff Davidson [Davidson, Jeff]

Elevate your drop cloth If you have a workshop in the garage, install a few wooden or metal racks for holding dirty rags. Such racks are also convenient places to ...
( Category: Cleaning, Caretaking & Relocating February 29,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-26 | Author:Piet Oudolf

Silphium, Asteraceae, cup plant, prairie dock Giant plants from the tall grass prairie. This is an almost extinct plant community in the American Midwest that consisted of grasses and perennials ...
( Category: Perennials February 27,2020 )
epub |eng | 2015-07-05 | Author:Lyndon Penner

THE INUKSHUK You have probably seen these person-shaped rock cairns before; they have their origins in Inuit culture and are known as Inukshuk. They are becoming more popular in gardens, ...
( Category: Organic February 18,2020 )
epub |eng | 2016-02-14 | Author:Michelle Slatalla

04 Gutter Talk Instead of mounted gutters on the facade, a Cape Cod house has a French drain wide enough to capture rainwater from the roof’s drip line. 05 Living ...
( Category: Garden Design February 15,2020 )
epub |eng | 2019-02-04 | Author:Douglas Kent

OUTBUILDINGS Garden and tool sheds, well houses, woodsheds, and storage shacks are structures on a landscape that increase its amount of fuel. Like a house, an outbuilding can be designed ...
( Category: West February 5,2020 )
epub, pdf |eng | 2014-02-03 | Author:Roy Diblik

Carex montana is a plant of continuity, one that creates repetition and harmony in a garden. Carex montana (mountain sedge) FLOWER Yellow to brown with maturity, ¾- to 1½-inch spikes, ...
( Category: Perennials February 4,2020 )
epub |eng | 2014-07-09 | Author:Nigel Colborn

Uncinia unciniata New Zealand Hook Sedge Grass-like perennial An understated but gently attractive sedge which forms slow-growing, tightly packed clumps of rhizomes from which narrow, leathery, rust-coloured leaves and stems ...
( Category: English Gardens January 12,2020 )