Whether you have a backyard vegetable garden or a flower garden they need watering.
Plants are approximately 90% water and therefore it is essential that they get enough water to survive. Backyard gardening is all about balance and that applies to the amount of water your plants need to stay healthy.
Over watering can be as harmful [...]

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When one thinks of an antique, a rose might not immediately come to mind. But antique roses have been around for centuries. Shakespeare used the word ‘eglantine’ when speaking of the rose in his sonnets and plays. Eglantine is described in the dictionary as a European rose with sweet-scented leaves and pink flowers.
If you aren’t [...]

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Image via WikipediaI had a question from a new reader.
Karen, desperate to save her flowers asks how to deal with hungry rabbits that find her flowers quite tasty.
Nothing is more disheartening that to look at how well your flowers are doing just before you go to bed and then wake up to find that rabbits [...]

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Image by …Tim via FlickrIf by chance you are using a weed killer and it accidentally gets on to your plants you should hose it off immediately. The sooner you can do this the less chance of damage affecting the condition of your plant.
Sometimes while we are spraying elsewhere a wind can carry the spray [...]

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Image by Jon Wiley via FlickrMiniature roses are actual roses but bred to stay small in size. Most mini roses also have smaller flowers than standard rose bushes but they come in a variety of types and colors. Miniature roses are quite hardy plants despite their small size. In fact, they are more winter hardy [...]

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