For me December is a month when I have little time for gardening. What with birthdays for my wife in late November and my daughter at the beginning of December, and then it’s time to start the Christmas shopping marathon. Luckily in December the garden can mostly look after itsef. If you want a reminder [...]
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Fall colors have been exceptional this year. The weather conditions have been ideal to produce strong leaf colors that have not been matched for many years. But now the wind and rain are combining to strip the trees of their autumn tints and leave us with the task of raking up the leaves. This used [...]
Hailed as the world’s smallest automatic hydroponic system the LabBox from Pocket Grow is certainly small. Measuring just 6 ins wide by 5.5 ins tall the system includes drip feed watering and LED lighting. A micro controller automates the plant care, but for fine tuning you can regulate the system from your pc or cell [...]
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Garden gadgets always remind me of fishermens’ lures which often seem to be designed to catch the angler rather than the fish. But whenever I see a list of the latest garden gadgets I have to take a look to see if there is anything new and of practical use. Today I have found a [...]
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No yard space to grow your veggies? No problem, just build your own Vertical Hydroponic Window Farm. Now anyone can grow crops. All you need is a window and the hydroponic kit. If you follow the link in the article to the WindowFarms Project website you will see that the latest version can grow 16 [...]
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Image via Wikipedia In my last post I discussed ways of keeping cats out of your garden and also the subject of raised beds and how some people thought that you could’nt grow veg without one. Well today I have found a gadget, or rather an installation, that combines all round protection from intruders with [...]
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As readers of this blog will know I am always on the lookout for new gardening gadgets and am constantly amazed at some of the weird and wonderful creations that are offered for sale. Today I found a list of “15 Gadgets To Keep Your Indoor Plants Alive”. Top of the list is the O2 [...]
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Just over a month ago I featured a report calling for us to scrap the lawn and today there is another. This comes from an article quoting Susan McCoy from the Garden Media Group who tells us what is trendy this year. “The rewards of growing your own—basil, berries or flowers—are boundless” she says “and [...]
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Image via Wikipedia Willie Chance who is now retired from UGA Extension in Houston County says that he knows of no reason not to talk to your plants, but suggests you stop if they begin to talk back. In fact he is making a serious point that although you will not hear what they are [...]
Image via Wikipedia Garden statues come in all shapes and sizes, but this one I found is rather more ambitious than most. “At 22 feet long and 11 feet tall, this Jurassic-sized replica is the largest sculpture we have ever offered! Realistically sculpted with rows of menacing teeth, a fearsome tail and scaly skin, our [...]
