(Via Plant Care)

Posted by admin to Landscaping, Lawn Care, Lighting on 2008-03-20, 05:20:49

For many “Spring” arrives in different ways. For some it’s the time change, others it’s the Azaleas starting to bloom… for me I’m just weird, I know it’s “Spring” from TV commercials.


In the just the past week I’ve seen or heard the audio rumbling through our home commercials for Lowe’s and Home Depot. But the one that always gets my attention is the Miracle Gro commercials. The reason why that piques my interest comes from some obscure fact that sticks in my brain.

A few years ago it was report that “Miracle Gro” spent 1 million per week during the season to promote their products. That season starts during the “Spring.” Do they make the best potting soil, media or dirt? You’ll have to decide, but there must be money in it. The Miracle Gro fertilizer commercial has not come across the radar yet but will soon I’m sure.

Spring is also in the air because of the weeds starting to grow. That means the “Round-Up” commercials with homeowners spraying have started. You’ll soon see them. The problem I have with the commercial is not the use of “round-up” it’s been a great product I use. However, you should always play it safe with some safety eyewear and gloves. Kill the weeds but keep the chemicals off and away from your body. That goes for the Spectrcide commercials and products also. But having someone applying these products in a Hazmat suit would not sell them as well.

It’s safe to say you probably won’t see many commercials on landscape rocks, outdoor landscape lighting for safety purposes or outdoor wireless speakers for your backyard landscape on TV. So next time you’re at the local garden center looking at the flowers, dirt and chemicals give them a look also - since Spring is here - cuz the TV told us so!

(Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-20, 05:17:18

One of the more popular forms of gardening, as of late, is called container gardening. Here are a few ways that you can successfully grow plants and create treasures throughout your home with this new gardening fad.

(Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-20, 05:16:51

With the rise of increasing amounts of pesticides and other chemical imbalances in our industrialized food, there is a quiet movement that is growing more loudly each day in the organic gardening field: garden composting. Here are a few tips on how you can begin to create a very rich soil for your new garden through composting the easy way.

(Via Idaho Gardener)

Posted by admin to Journal entries on 2008-03-20, 01:09:15

In the last post, I referred back to the University of Idaho Extension office website. This is a very valuable resource and all local gardeners should check it out. Used to be, you had to go to the office on Glenwood Street, ask for help finding the publication you needed, and then paid maybe a dime for it. Affordable then, easy as pie now.

When you get to the site, review the topics - I chose home and garden. Then, I was taken to a page about fruits and vegetables. When you click on Growing Strawberries, I suggest you open the pdf and make notes on the particular varieties that would best work for you. In my case, after I read each article, I printed off only the lists of recommended varieties, made notes on those sheets and took them with me to the nurseries. I did this for blueberries, strawberries and raspberries.

After studying up, I am on the lookout now for purple raspberries. I think I know where to find them. Back to you on that one ASAP.

Will you just look at these little luscious jewels???

I thank the USDA office in Corvallis for the use of that photo: www.ars.usda.gov/…/53581500/images/rubus3.jpg.

Post from: Idaho Gardener

Extension office web page

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-20, 00:07:00