Where is the Best Place to Situate your Containers?

In this article, I will be talking about the best place to situate your containers in the garden. You may have noticed that I have talked a lot about what plants to have in various situations. For example what plants to grow in containers in the shade or full sun etc.

I have also talked about the various themes you can have in your garden (with more ideas to come). Themes I have talked about but I have not talked much about the best place to situate your containers.

I feel it is now is the time to correct this …

The Best Way to Display your Houseplants via Lighting and Group Planting

In this article, we will be talking about the best way to display your houseplants by the use of appropriate lighting and by planting houseplants in groups. We all know how appropriate lighting can certainly brighten up an area in our home, so we can have areas in bright light and other areas in the shade, creating contrasts.

PLANTS NEED LIGHT

Plants need lights of different levels but their beauty can be enhanced by having the right light in the right location shining on the plants, enhancing them. Light can help plants grow but they have to be of the …

Plants for Ornamental Fruits in the Container Garden

In this article, we will be discussing the best ornamental fruit plants to have in your container garden.

In autumn, many colours are plenty, where leaves of many shades are to be found but colourful leaves are not the only thing to be found. You will find some flowers in autumn, but your choice is limited. Your best choice is to go for ornamental varieties, which still add texture and colour and interest to your container design at a dull time of year for the garden.

They will also supply our wildlife friends with a valuable source of food.


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How to get the Best from Growbags in the Container Garden

 

In this article, we will be talking about growbags and the best way to use them to maximise yields and get the best experience from them. Believe it or not, they are not as easy as some people make them out to be.

Let us start by defining what a growbag is?

To answer this question, it depends on where you live. To a person from the UK it is one thing and another to a person from America.

In the UK, a grow bag is a long, narrow, and thick specialised bag full of compost in which plants …

How to Ensure you are Buying Good Plant Stock?

In this article, we will be discussing how to make sure that the plants you buy are of the best quality. If you buy plants of good quality then you are more likely to succeed and have healthy plants. If you buy poor grade or unhealthy plants, they may never recover and you would have wasted your money.

When you are physically in a garden centre, check over the plants or bulbs with your eyes, or if this is not possible have someone with you who has a good knowledge of plants so that they can give the specimen a …

The Best Cacti and Succulents Houseplants to Grow

In this article, we will be discussing the best cacti and succulent houseplants to grow within your home.

Cacti and succulents are a large and diverse group of plants that can be either small or be tall giants. The common link between cacti and succulents are the plants’ ability to store water in its body or leaves. This will ensure that these plants like dry conditions, which would surely kill other plants.

To distinguish between the two types, you must realise that all cacti are succulents and succulents have no spines present. Cacti tend to have spines, succulents are smooth …

Charge Biostimulant, a Review- Is it Worthwhile to Use in the Garden?

Name of Product: Ecothrive Charge Insect Frass Biostimulant

The Best Place to Buy: www.amazon.co.uk

Available in Two Sizes:  5 Litres or 10 litres

Shipping Weight: 5kg or 10kg .

My Score: 7/10

In this article, we will be learning about Charge Biostimulant plant nutrient to see if it is suitable to be used in the garden.

I remember a few years ago, whilst searching online to read about this new product that is suitable as a fertilizer for plants. It seems that like all plant food manufacturers that it is the next best thing since sliced bread, so I got …

Edible Plants You Can Grow Indoors

In this article, we will be discussing what worthwhile edible plants that can be grown in the home indoors.

Many edible plants can be grown indoors, anything from herbs, vegetables and some fruit plants. They will make an attractive but functional addition to the windowsill and also in some cases provide scent.

Growing edibles in the home also has the great advantage that the produce you have is close to hand, especially useful when the weather is bad and you are cooking something. You can have you own edible garden indoors.

THE FRUITS

GRAPES

Believe it or not, you can …

Miracle-Gro Performance Organics All-Purpose Concentrate Plant Food, A Review

Name of Product: Miracle-Gro Performance Organics All-Purpose Concentrate Plant Food.

The Best Place to Buy: www.amazon.co.uk

Product Dimensions: 6.3cm x 11.5cm x 27.7cm

Shipping Weight: 1.36kg.

In this article, we will be reviewing Miracle-Gro Performance Organic all-purpose concentrate plant food to see if it is all it’s cracked up to be. As you can imagine I got excited when Miracle-Gro released another new product that works together with its granular feed, which has been reviewed here. Like its granular feed, it is a 100% natural. An organic product made out of plant-based material, which for a liquid-based fertilizer is …

Troubleshooting Guide for Houseplants

In this article, we will be discussing what to look out for when your houseplants are not doing too well.

In this useful troubleshooting guide, you will find what the signs of trouble your houseplant exhibits and what can be causing that trouble. This guide should be used in conjunction with my article on getting the best from your houseplants.

When you examine a houseplant. It will be obvious if the plant is attacked by foliage pests and disease as they are easy to recognise. You may not know what disease the plant may have but you can certainly see …