The grass lamp will let you feel much closer to nature even when are too far from it. What is more, you’ll have an opportunity to grow your own garden.

The lamp itself is made up of the light PVC plastic material with an ultra-violet light!

What a refreshing idea!

As to me, looks very inspiring. A simple and unusual idea. 

• Choose the right pots

A pot should be not only beautiful but highly functional – make sure there are holes in the bottom of your container and it is big enough your plant to grow freely in it.

• Choose the potting mix

Never use usual soil from the yard or garden, it can be filled with seeds, bacteria, insects, and fungal diseases. Buy potting soil at specialized garden centers.

• Right plant, right place

This phrase should be your motto. Believe it will be absolutely stupid to grow a flower like a rose (it requires six hours of full sun) in a dark room.

• Watering

Be very attentive to this particular process and carefully either read the instructions how and when to water or ask a specialist. You can not only spoil but even kill your plant with improper watering.

• Feeding

Be ready to feed your plants, because the potted ones need more fertilizing than those in the ground.

• Deadheading

De attentive to your plants and always help them to get rid of dead leaves, and faded blooms.

Love your plants and they will love you in return!

In planting the garden Michelle Obama keeps to traditions of American localism as well as Southern tradition of family farming. I like the symbolism of her gardening, when country feels bad and the crises is too strong, she shows that something will grow.

Planting food is always a symbol of hope and belief. The new vegetable garden is a political symbol for our country.

First of all, let us understand why growing in raised beds is so popular nowadays. Of course, this technique has a number of advantages.

• Your planting becomes as easy as ABC, because you don’t have to knee;
• You are welcome to keep optimal soil conditions inside your raised bed;
• Raised beds are easy to deal with;
• Drainage of plants becomes much easier;
• You will save a lot of time with such kind of a bed;
• Soil conditions can easily be kept optimal;
• Growing season becomes much longer;
• Plants get the needed amount of air, because you avoid stepping in the garden bed occasionally;
• Plants can be spaced much closer, because you don’t need space to step;
• It is much easier to save money on fertilizers, because you perfectly see what amount you need;
• You can forget about weeds;
• Yields become bigger and bigger;
• Raised bed planting is possible everywhere, even in the rocky places;
• It is a great opportunity for both beginners to show their talents and even to try them and for designers, because it is literally possible to design any bed you like and want.

I guess this kind of gardening is, at least, worth our attention and trying!

What is more, Wong thinks that the existing division between conventional medicine and alternative one is crucial and more and more people DO believe that only the first one is capable of saving and curing them. However, more than 50 percent of all medicine is made from plants, for example, aspirin contains a willow extract. Peppermint tea is not only tasty but it helps to get rid of bowel syndrome.

I can’t agree more  – we should pay attention to our gardens and not only because they are a great pastime!

It goes without saying that in summer when sun’s rays are especially strong, thanks to mulch soil stays cool and plant roots are healthy and OK, but slugs, earwigs, and other insects adore cool, moist, dark places. So you’d better don’t put too much mulch and think of a thin layer of it.

The ground warms are not very active in the spring, anyway you would like the ground to stay cold until spring, but because of mulch your perennials can bloom late.

When you mulch you can water your plants not very often, thus you will save time, money, and a precious resource. But heavy rains can make the ground soggy.

Raindrops don’t hit the soil surface, so your plants will be cleaner and safer.

Some advantages of mulching:

• Your garden looks and smells fantastic;
• Suppresses weeds;
• Protects soil from treading and erosion;
• Reduces water loss;
• Keeps plant roots cool in summer;
• Retains warmth in the soil during winter months.

• feather reedgrass

It can be named most popular ornamental grass since it looks fantastic all winter long. For growing it needs full sun and well-drained soil. The grass can be up to 6 feet tall.

• fountaingrass

One of the most beautiful grasses ever – it comes in a fantastic shape and offers soft plumes. Growing conditions are the same as for feather reedgrass and it can be up to 5 feet tall.

• blue oatgrass

This plant is a win-win situation for those who don’t have enough time to take care of grass. It will still grow big with a perfect shape and steel-blue colour.

Frankly speaking it is really challenging to find or create ideal soil since it is the right blend of air, water, and nutrients. But even if you have great soil this year, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be ideal in a year, you have to be very attentive and always contribute to soil improvement.

Follow these tips in improving your soil:

• feed the soil and not the plant;
• don’t forget to feed your soil every season and every time you plant;
• don’t save money on soil improving; 
• forget about digging soil when it is too wet or too dry – you will definitely damage it; 
• don’t walk on soil, because in such a way you prevent air flow to it.

Be very careful and attentive )))

There are both advantages and disadvantages of hydroponic gardening. The pros are the following:

• smaller spaces for growing;
• less growing time required;
• easy to fulfill – since no special skills are needed and you can forget about weeding, fertilizing and digging;
• less infection possibilities;
• all nutrients are recyclable;
• better quality of growing plants;
• environment free gardening;
• higher yields since you don’t have to take care of rotating crops;
• accurate nutrient level;
• huge money saving process!

But everything is not that great and hydroponics has some very important disadvantages:

• rather high initial set up cost. Not all farmers can offer such expenses;
• in order to get successful results growers should have at least some basic knowledge and skills;
• since in a hydroponics system all plants share the same nutrient, diseases can spread as a wildfire;
• sometimes hot weather and limited oxygenation influence production negatively and it may lead to drop in crop.

That is why you have to understand what it is all about and whether to start hydroponic gardening or not!