Gardeners who are also pet owners might find it a challenge to select pet-safe flowering plants for containers and flower beds. Dogs and cats are attracted to the smell and taste of many plants, and they may often chew flowers and foliage that are toxic (either to them, or toxic in gene...
Flowers are an integral part of many special occasions. They grace every occasion in the true sense of the term. You would be surprised at the meanings and symbolism associated with possibly all the flowers in existence.
Drought tolerant plants, xeriscape, water wise gardens are the gardening vocabulary that we are likely to see for some time to come, particularly in Southern California. Since there is a limited amount of water that can be extracted from our watersheds before significant environmental consequences ...
You may be surprised to learn that most holiday plants that are used as plants to decorate for Christmas are tropical plants. While it is our custom to enjoy them in our homes when the weather is cold and snowy, most of them are more at home in the tropics in their native habitats. T...
Dyer. At any rate, it now forms one of the most attractive features in the garden, and with the frames and " Alpine House," serves excellently to illustrate this class of plants.A proper catalogue, of course, became necessary, for, unfortunately, the names and descriptions in the most ...
The good news is that my neighbor has basically abandoned this house and a very happy day for us was when we had these trees cut down. A wonderful reference to the impacts and eradication of other most hated plants is Invasive Plants: Guide to Identification and the Impacts and Control of...
How can we protect our nuclear power plants?Don’t count on the plant security forces -- they aren’t nearly strong enough. These plants are each vulnerable to air strikes, truck bombs, boat bombs, and of course, the well-equipped and well-armed single madman or small group of terrorists...
of nowhere, little trees started popping up in my lawn and as far out as 75 yards into the fields around the house. The most alarming thing was that it was growing up under the house and had sent suckers into our kitchen cabinets along the floor. It grew through cracks that a mouse ...
monthly and seasonal chores—and further split up by room, for your cleaning pleasure. You received ten million gold stars on your chore tracker calendar if you get through the entire thing. (Plus you’ll gain the peace of mind that you live in the most spotless house on the block, a...
it has built a 1000-square fresh-keeping refrigeration house and processing plants together with mature fresh-keeping and processing technology of litchi and longan. The cooperative also has import and export licenses. The cooperative has many years of fruit export experience, and its main export ma...