Botanical name: Hatiora gaertneri Easter Cactus is a member of the Cactaceae family. Native to the South American rain forests, this cactus is epiphytic, making its home on trees. Its stems are made up of flat, narrow segments connected by a midrib. You can distinguish it from other holiday cactus because its stem segments are …
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Jan 27
Carnivorous Pitcher Plant Care
Botanical Name: Nepenthes species and hybrids Pitcher Plant care is easy — or difficult — depending on the growing conditions you have available. Unlike many carnivorous plants that come from bogs and swamps and prefer wet, cool conditions, Nepenthes prefers tropical warmth and humidity. so unless you happen to live in the tropics, this epiphytic …
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Jan 24
Vegetable Gardening Basic Training Part II
Welcome to part two of your first week of Urban Homesteading Boot Camp. Yesterday I talked about the basics of selecting and preparing a site for your vegetable garden. Today, we’ll cover layout, crop rotation, and, the best parts: planting and maintaining. If you are planting in pots, the scale on all of this will …
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Jan 20
How You Can Grow How To Grow Indoor Weed Hyacinths From Bulbs
Number of View: 11 In the event you are thinking about discovering out far more about how you can grow flowers indoors you’ll be happy to listen to that it only demands minimum gardening expertise with a wonderful return on your efforts.the plants that you pick to grow might be a very important factor given …
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Jan 16
Conservation Notes: What is the right tree for you?
Although it’s the dead of winter and it’s only going to get colder, now is the time to plan and prepare for planting trees next spring. there are a few things you need to ask yourself first to make sure you get the right tree for the right spot. Why am I planting a tree? …
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Jan 15
A Drop of Exotica: Water Hyacinths
Look closer and you’ll see bulbous, air-filled spongy sacs at the base of each stem, allowing it to float freely on the surface of the water (no fiddling about with aquatic pots and compost required). The dense purple-black roots hang down into the water below, feeding from nutrients in the pond – and water hyacinths …
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Jan 13
Hungry Plant Traps Worms Underground: Scientific American
Carnivorous plants catch their prey in pools, glue and snap traps. but researchers have now discovered the first species known to trap and digest worms underground, using adhesive leaves–and it is part of a family not believed to be carnivorous at all. Native to the tropical savannah of the Brazilian Cerrado, the Philcoxia genus, part …
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Jan 12
Myriad shades
Winter has succeeded autumn (or fall as it’s sometimes called) and I wonder how many of you watched the leaves of deciduous trees go from green, to yellow or orange, then to red or purple, and then to brown before finally falling to the ground? so, what causes the leaves to change to all these …
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Jan 10
4 Essential Points How to Cultivate Indoor Vegetable Gardens
Lots of people are developing the hobby of cultivating indoor vegetable gardens. Some consider it a hobby while others are improving their gardens and widening their horizons. the result is cultivating your hobby while earning extra income through this potential home-based business. If you are starting a vegetable garden in your home, there are four …
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Jan 02
More About Butterly Gardening
When creating a butterfly garden, the possibilities of what to include in your butterfly garden design are endless. below are some suggestions to help get you started. they are designed to spark the creative process of your mind and get you started on your way to creating a lovely butterfly garden. Before you even begin …
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