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Xeriscaping to Conserve water
The xeriscaped lawn is geared toward efficient water use and conservation. It thrives during draughts when other lawns are either dying or sucking up precious water. Xeriscaping does not relegate you to having a dry and dusty garden, even if you live in an arid or semi-arid area with little rain. The typical xeriscaped garden or lawn follows seven water conserving principles: 1. Pragmatic Planning - It does not make sense to put particularly thirsty plants in your yard's dry spots. ...

Teak Patio Furniture
A deciduous hardwood tree indigenous to Indonesia and Southeast Asia, teak is extremely dense-grained and highly resistant to rot, warping, shrinkage and swelling. Its high natural oil content acts as a natural preservative to the wood, so it can be left outdoors for decades. The first outdoor teak benches were made of recycled decking from old sailing ships. Many public parks in England are furnished with such teak benches, some of which are nearly a century old. Teak is more expensive than oth...

Too Much Organic Produce? Sell, Sell, Sell!
If you're serious about organic gardening, you will often find yourself much more food that you can use. What a waste not to not to use good healthy food like this! It's a counterproductive but surplus crops can offer the gardener lucrative opportunities with a little bit of luck and business savvy. If you find yourself in the enviable positiion of having more organically grown fruit and veg than you know what to do with, don't waste it, sell it. You can join local farmers and suppliers in th...

Preparing To Plant A Woodland Garden
Many suburban lawns have bare patches beneath the trees --- sometimes, grass just won't grow under the trees because it cannot get enough light. These bare areas may offend some lawn purists, and they may be difficult to care for if approached the wrong way. But to the open-minded, sparse turf in a shaded yard present an opportunity to reduce the amount of lawn to be mowed, and to create an eco-friendly, wildlife-attracting woodland garden. If the trees are Black Walnut (Juglans nigra), ...

Pest Control For Organic Gardens
Image via WikipediaMan-made pesticides have been thoroughly disrupting our environment since World War II. While it may be true that the concept did succeed in its first few decades, in time their chemicals not only made tougher and more resistant bugs, it has also poisoned a lot of plants that fell victim to the chemical-enriched sprays that hogged the plants air. Nowadays, people are finally making it a point to consider alternatives, especially organic pesticides, in order to curb this re...