The Garden Helper's Library
An extensive collection of classic web page graphics, images, art and music files, archived for for public useage This library of animation files, gifs and midi files on my site was collected from throughout the internet. I began the collection ... [... more]
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Creating Your Own Vegetable Garden
Guide to creating your own vegetable garden, including garden planning, soil preparation and planting vegetable seeds As you sit down to plan your garden, please consider adding a few extra plants and donate a little of your bounty to your local ... [... more]
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Raised Planting Beds for your Garden
How to Create a Raised Planting Bed and the Benefits of Using One There are several very good reasons why you would consider building a raised planting bed in your garden. Raised beds are sometimes the only way to have a successful garden in ... [... more]
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Creating a Hummingbird Garden Habitat
Gardeners guide to creating a hummingbird garden, including flowers and plants which attract hummingbirds to your garden, as well as creating a suitable habitat What flowers are good to plant to have hummingbirds visit your flower garden. My ... [... more]
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Rock Garden Perennial Plants
Recommended flowers and plants for rock gardens, including description and basic cultivation requirements Dense mat of evergreen, coppery-purple foliage spreads rapidly Medium sized succulent that form rosettes of waxy blue-grey rosettes tinged ... [... more]
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Why We Use Botanical Names to Identify Plants
Garden information explaining why we use botanical names for identifying plants, trees and flowers and shrubs Occasionally, I am asked why I use botanical names for plants and shrubs, To answer the question with an example, let me ask you a ... [... more]
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Recommended Flowers and Plants for Alkaline Soil
Divided Dark green foliage, spikes of dark blue, purple or white flowers Compact shrub-like growth, tiny foliage, profusion of small white to pink flowers Spreading ground cover with single 2-3", white to pink flowers Silky, fern-like foliage ... [... more]
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How to Build a Raised Planting Bed
The best time to begin building a raised bed is during the fall or winter, while your primary gardening projects are on hold. By the time spring arrives, the soil will be settled into place and you'll be ready for planting. Raised planting beds ... [... more]
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Guide to Dividing Ornamental Grasses in the Garden
A gardeners guide to dividing ornamental grasses growing in the home landscape After a few years of growing, it may become necessary divide your ornamental grass plants. It is generally best to divide grasses in the spring just as they are ... [... more]
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My Splash Garden
The library of garden, gardening, flower and plant information In my quest to find a small rock to provide a bath for the butterflies which visit my garden, I stumbled (literally) across an almost perfect one. Normally a butterfly bath rock will ... [... more]
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Adding Water Features to Your Garden
There is nothing more relaxing than taking a break from gardening and settling down beside a gently splashing waterfall. However, it is not as soothing to think about the expense and back breaking labor it may take to install a full blown pond ... [... more]
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School Projects and Science Fairs
Garden, plant and flower suggestions for school projects and science fairs I am doing a science fair project dealing with plants. My topic concerns the effect of music on plants. since I live in the south orange county region in California, I ... [... more]
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