Aluminet shade cloth is available in fabricated form complete with webbing on all sides with eyelets together with bungee cords for easy installation and even as unfabricated cloth roll. The fabric consists of a knitted screen that offers cooler shade that is much more effective than the traditional black cloth used for shading. The Aluminet […]
Growing Prospects: How Your Family Can Prepare for Spring Planting
Spring may seem like it’s a long way off when it’s cold outside. There are still things that you can do in order to prepare for spring planting. Here are some of the things that you can do to get started off on the right foot this spring. Map It Out Decide on the locations […]
The Wrong Way to Make a Pallet Compost Bin
One of the most popular projects of the past few years has been the pallet compost bin. There has been a boom in the community interest in repurposing abandoned pallets for furniture and landscaping. This, in conjunction with a surge of interest in creating sustainable gardens through processes like composting, has led the pallet compost […]
Making your Garden Child-Safe
If you have garden or yard, there is no better place for your children to satisfy their natural curiosity, use their imagination, explore nature and burn off some of that energy! Of course, kids will be kids, however. We’ve all been there, and so it should really come as no surprise that if there’s a […]
Keeping Your Garden Green
There are many things we do to add a little splash of color to our summer gardens but we often fail to focus on keeping our summer gardens looking lush and green just a little bit longer even though we know that by doing so we are essentially prolonging the life and therefore our enjoyment […]
Maintaining a Summer Garden
There are many things that go into planning and planting a summer garden. Far too often would be gardeners do not consider the time and energy that should be spent maintaining the summer garden in order to keep your summer garden looking beauty and healthy throughout the long dog days of summer and well, in […]