http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/garden-supplies-news.html Up-to-date news and information about gardening and garden supplies. We will bring you product reviews, information and news on all aspects of gardening including plants and cultivation, garden decor, water gardening, garden furniture, tools and more. en-us Wed, 6 May 2009 12:35:33 +0100 Wed, 6 May 2009 12:35:33 +0100 Easy Blogs by uuba.com http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200905.html#e203 http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200905.html#e203 Wed, 6 May 2009 12:35:33 +0100 "Ears like open taxi doors, the fuddy-duddy mannerisms and marital missteps" is the way Virginia Smith describes her subject. If you're a fan of royalty you will have no difficulty in recognizing that the person she is talking about is Prince Charles. For the... http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200904.html#e202 http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200904.html#e202 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:24:57 +0100 Wisteria is one of my favorite climbing plants and there are several specimens in full bloom just now. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the image. You need plenty of room to allow a wisteria to reach its full potential. In fact regular pruning is needed... http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200904.html#e201 http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200904.html#e201 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:57:49 +0100 Whenever I see a Q&A article where readers questions are answered by a local expert, I always take the time to scan the questions because it's amazing what useful tips you can pick up from these columns. "Reader questions, Master Gardener answers" is the title... http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200904.html#e200 http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200904.html#e200 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:41:28 +0100 The new White House vegetable garden is all over the papers just now, although the arrival of Bo has caused something of a diversion. It seems that the apparently simple task of growing veggies has over the years been the source of considerable controversy... http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200904.html#e199 http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200904.html#e199 Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:24:16 +0100 When the title is "Petrol Versus Cheaper Electric Lawnmowers: When Cost-Cutting Becomes False Economy" it's perfectly obvious which line the author is going to take. In fact this is a press relaease by a UK company that sells expensive petrol lawnmowers. "Electrics... http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200903.html#e198 http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200903.html#e198 Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:13:15 +0100 No-till gardening always sounds like such a great idea. No digging your veggie plot every year, or even that hallowed ritual of double digging to break up the subsoil sounds almost too good to be true. Needless to say there is rather more to it than just abandoning... http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200903.html#e197 http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200903.html#e197 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:07:39 +0100 With the economy in its present sorry state it's hardly surprising that the papers are full of stories about how more and more people are growing their own vegetables along with other ways of cutting their weekly budgets. Here are some suggestions from two... http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200903.html#e196 http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200903.html#e196 Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:03:50 +0100 What starts off as a book review quickly turns into a discussion as to whether plants can be affected by the gardener's state of mind. The book is "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell which is about the psychology of first impressions, but the article is concerned with... http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200605.html#e195 http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200605.html#e195 Wed, 31 May 2006 11:27:08 +0100 You would not normally think of gardening and warfare in the same context, but this unlikely combination is the subject of a new book by Kenneth Helphand called "Defiant Gardens". The book shows how, from the trenches of World War 1 to the deserts of Iraq,... http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200605.html#e194 http://www.garden-supplies-advisor.com/200605.html#e194 Wed, 24 May 2006 17:56:18 +0100 "Would you like to see Monaco, Vienna or the environment that inspired Claude Monet to create his famous water-lily painting? Now there is no need to take a flight, because they can all be found in Bangkok" caught my eye as I was scanning the headlines and...