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I Never Met a Tomato I Did Not Like© - - Arlene Wright-Correll
It is that time of year again when those of us scan through the seed catalogs and make out our lists. Over the years, as I become more knowledgeable and more aware of the good and bad in the world I find that my seed selections have been reduced greatly to ordering only rare seeds, heirloom seeds... Submitted 8 days 22 hours ago.

Live and Learn; The Brazilian Pepper Tree Saga - Carol Allen Anfinsen
The Brazilian-pepper tree, alias Christmas-berry tree or Florida Holly, is an attractive shrub that sprouts red berries part of the year, grows tall, and spreads wide. When I first moved to Florida, I enjoyed watching the wide variety of birds that fluttered in their branches. So when the... Submitted 2 years 24 days ago.

Ground Cover Plants The Benefits of Growing Junipers as Ground Cover, Landscaping Plants - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
There is a wide variety of Juniper forms grown as landscaping plants, ranging from trees, shrubs, high-growing and very low-growing ground cover plants. All are evergreen conifers, with needle-like foliage, and fleshy berrylike fruits instead of the wooden cones typical of coniferous plants. ... Submitted 2 years 301 days ago.

Home Garden Care How to Prune Your Garden Plants in the Spring - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Correct pruning in the spring is one of the most important factors in obtaining exciting results from your garden plants. As getting it right is largely about timing, it's important to be on the ball at this time of year with your secateurs, loppers and cutters. Spring being the onset of the... Submitted 2 years 308 days ago.

Metrosideros (Pohutukawa) An Excellent Landscape Tree or Shrub for a Mediterranean Climate Garden - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Metrosideros is the botanical name for a genus of landscape trees and large shrubs known commonly by its Maori name as Pohutukawa, or New Zealand Christmas Tree. As a large evergreen plant, it is ideal for screening purposes, but is also highly ornamental with its fine form, attractive, leathery... Submitted 2 years 345 days ago.

Pomegranate : How to Prune Landscaping and Fruiting Pomegranate Trees - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
The Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a deciduous tree or large shrub, which should be pruned at the end of its dormancy, i.e. towards the end of winter. In general, the method for pruning trees differs with ornamental plants as opposed to those grown mainly for their fruit. As Pomegranate is both... Submitted 2 years 347 days ago.

Pruning Trees and Shrubs How Pruning Affects the Health of the Plants - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
No matter how necessary pruning is for attaining the desired shape or growth habit of garden trees and shrubs, it is not, as is often assumed, "good" for the plant. In fact, pruning is about as good for the health of plants as surgery is for the health of people. Like surgery, it may be necessary... Submitted 3 years ago.

Fertilizers The Real Reasons Against Using Chemical Fertilizer on Your Garden Plants - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Increasing numbers of home gardeners are turning against chemical fertilizers as the main means of feeding their garden plants. This trend is strengthened by the vague idea that chemical fertilizers are synthetic products and therefore unnatural. When it comes to growing edible plants, many... Submitted 3 years 11 days ago.

Pruning Roses Crucial Tips on Rose Pruning for Mediterranean Climate Gardeners - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
The mild winters common to Mediterranean climates means that pruning woody plants in general, and roses in particular, ought to be carried out differently than in cold, temperate climates. This includes both when and how to prune roses bushes. The reasons for pruning are the same however... Submitted 3 years 20 days ago.

Winter Pruning in a Mediterranean Garden Why You Should Postpone Pruning Until the End of Winter - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Most home gardeners in a Mediterranean climate associate winter with the annual pruning of trees and shrubs. They see some of the woody plants out of leaf and half remembering that plants should be pruned when in their dormancy, rush out with the saw, loppers and secateurs for a good session. ... Submitted 3 years 25 days ago.

Winter Garden Care in a Mediterranean Climate: Why Mulching is Better than Hoeing - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
In Mediterranean and other mild winter climates, the ground during the winter is usually soft enough to permit hoeing and other forms of cultivating. In fact hoeing the soil used to be the universally accepted method of breaking up the top surface that especially in heavy, clay soils, tends to... Submitted 3 years 29 days ago.

Container Gardening: Installing a Professional Drainage System for the Best Results - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Container gardening is all about giving the pot plants optimal growing conditions. While everyone knows that plants have to have access to sufficient moisture, it is less obvious, but no less essential that there be a ready supply of oxygen in the root zone. Understanding the air/moisture balance... Submitted 3 years 41 days ago.

Garden Design Ideas Landscaping Gardens Using Less Grass - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Water shortages in dry climates are forcing home gardeners and professional landscapers to reduce the area of the garden taken up by the lawn. The trouble is that nothing that can replace a lawn in the field in which a lawn works. Young children cannot play as safely on hard paving, you can't... Submitted 3 years 61 days ago.

Tree Planting Do Not Plant The Right Tree In The Wrong Place - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Planting a tree, especially in a private home, has far-reaching consequences for the future success of the garden, and even for the welfare of the family and neighbors. Nothing compares to a tree in its size and sheer power, and therefore its impact on the immediate environment. Alternatively, no... Submitted 3 years 77 days ago.

Pruning Trees And Shrubs In The Autumn Is Often A Costly Mistake - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Gardeners in cold winter climates are usually well aware that the autumn is hardly the ideal season for pruning both evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs. Is sometimes however, less obvious to gardeners in Mediterranean and other mild winter climates, where frosts if they occur at all, are... Submitted 3 years 105 days ago.

Mediterranean Gardening Care In the Autumn A Perfect Time To Feed Your Plants - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
The tendency for many home gardeners is to think of the spring and summer as the principle feeding seasons for their plants. This may be true in cool, temperate climates, but much less so in Mediterranean and other regions that experience hot, dry summers, and mild wet winters. In fact... Submitted 3 years 112 days ago.

Viburnum tinus A Fine Landscaping Bush Not Only For Mediterranean Climate Gardens - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Viburnums have long been a popular choice as landscaping shrubs for home gardeners and landscape professionals alike. With their dark green foliage and handsome form, they give the garden a calm, woodsy, refined feel. The dense foliage growing down to the ground makes many species of Viburnum... Submitted 3 years 120 days ago.

The Low Maintenance Garden – Myths Exposed Together With Some Important Tips - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Most homeowners are looking for ways to reduce the amount of time and money expended on the garden. The demand for a garden that is low in its maintenance requirements is one of the first things the designer or garden contractor tends to hear from prospective clients. Yet on the other hand, most... Submitted 3 years 166 days ago.

Agapanthus africanus – An Essential Perennial For A Mild Winter Climate Garden - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Agapanthus africanus is an evergreen perennial that is ideally suited to an herbaceous border in a Mediterranean and mild winter climate. Although its flowering period is brief, the plant looks good virtually all the year round. This makes it especially useful as a bedding plant, as it provides... Submitted 3 years 221 days ago.

Pest And Weed Control – When Using Pesticides Can be Justified - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
The case against the widespread use of chemical pesticides in gardens is overwhelming from both an environmental point of view, and as an effective long-term strategy of pest control. Indeed, the approach that is generally accepted by most landscaping professionals today is known as Integrated... Submitted 3 years 242 days ago.

Garden weed Control – How Best To Deal With Oxalis - - Jonathan Ya'akobi
Oxalis, commonly known as Wood Sorrel, is hardly one of the ugliest of weeds. On the contrary, many species are favored perennials in garden beds, with their delicate, clover-like leaves, and attractive blooms. Yet one species of Wood Sorrel, Oxalis pes-caprae, can be in certain circumstances... Submitted 3 years 244 days ago.

How To Pick The Perfect Watermelon! - - Bob Alexander
One of the more important pieces of knowledge for folks enjoying leisure living to its fullest is in knowing when watermelons are ripe. If you cut one too soon it tastes a little green and stiff. Cut one too late and it has lost some of its sweetness and it feels mushy. It is watermelon time... Submitted 1 year 205 days ago.

Mulch For The Garden - - Bob Alexander
For a vegetable garden to reach its full potential, you have to fill it with the best garden mulch you can find. This will take a little extra work in the beginning of the planting season, but since Im a lazy man by nature, I do what I can to keep any physical labor to a minimum. I picked my... Submitted 1 year 209 days ago.

Springtime in the Rockies the Iris War - - Marijo Phelps
My iris need water and fertilizer so I am braving the winds. It is 46 degrees after being in the 60s over the weekend, those rascals on NOAA, our online weather “channel" are saying an inch of snow this afternoon and another overnight. I glance over my shoulder to see the snow capped... Submitted 1 year 267 days ago.

Plant Tomato Seeds Now! - - Bob Alexander
It is almost time to plant tomato seeds for this summer's crop. Even though there is still snow on the ground in many parts of the country, planting these tiny seeds gives us something to do while we're waiting for warmer weather. Perusing seed catalogs for different kinds of tomatoes is not... Submitted 2 years 2 days ago.