Gardening Articles

There are many situations in your garden when there is need for lots of watering. Some garden features and crops require supplementary watering, depending by their type or by weather. You can reduce their needs by the following methods.

Using raised beds in your garden will not only help you grow your plants easier but they will also keep the garden tidier. In bed system garden the areas that are planted are divided into semi-permanent or fixed beds. Here you will find information on how to make a fixed raised bed and also how to make a path between beds.

This member of the onion family is a biennial that is grown as an annual. It can reach 45 cm tall and 15 cm across. The edible part is the sweetly flavored, thick, white shank that forms below long, blue-green leaves. This part may be blanched by deep planting or by earthing it up. Leeks are used cooked, as a vegetable or in soups.

Screens of living willow make excellent garden sculptures with the contrast between the lines of the stems and their exuberant and fresh young growth. Willow screens are in the same time functional items and sculptural features in your garden. The willow can also be used to create even more functional items for your garden beside screens. Use them to create seats, arbors and arches.