Articles and Tips July, 2008
Good garden tools mean the difference between lovingly maintaining your garden and grumbling from blisters and a sore back.
Garden Tool Buying Guide
Pick a tool that fits you. In the store, check the weight, length and grip. If you don't get the right tool, you can end up with blisters . Some new pruners come with rotating handles - they make pruning
easier on the ...
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Butterfly conservatories are a favorite tourist attraction in any city lucky enough to have one. You don’t have to wait for a vacation to a far-off place to enjoy bountiful displays of butterflies! Planting a backyard butterfly garden is easy and fun. The key to raising your own butterflies is to grow plants for the larva to eat, for holding the chrysalis, ...
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Garden pond, by EjdzejPond bacteria exists in all ponds, large or small. However, there is both good and bad pond bacteria. The good bacteria (aerobic bacteria) exists to efficiently keep organic waste such as fish waste, excess food, dead vegetation and even fertilizer run-off broken down before they can cause water quality problems. The bad bacteria (anaerobic bacteria) is the ...
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An Understanding of Water Chemistry, Basic Pond Supplies and Pond Maintenance Routines
Garden pond, by Pirate AliceA little can go a long way. Never has that been truer than in the case of pond maintenance. Sure, every pond is different and there is some very technical and biological information that is very important for the maintenance of a pond. However, ...
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Garden pond, by Pirate AliceThe two most common forms of algae that ponds experience are planktonic algae and filamentous algae. Planktonic algae is the type that gives pond that distinctive pea green, soupy color. Planktonic algae in moderation is very important as is the base of the food chain in a pond. However, it is when it is in excess ...
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