Tropical landscaping with perennial plants is amazingly easy. Plants with big, lush leaves and also brightly coloured flowers produce a tropical effect. Choose plants in an assortment of sizes to fill your borders with lively interest. Perennial plants return year after year. Structure Use big, bold perennials to present your border structure. Blood banana (Musa Continue reading →
Yes, your adorable, lovable pup can have parasites like roundworms or hookworms living within him. Occasionally you will find noticeable symptoms such as diarrhea, other times not. Regrettably, parasites may develop into an even bigger problem if they’re permitted to multiply in the yard following some is expelled in the dog’s feces. If kids play Continue reading →
Both ground squirrels and tree squirrels can decimate a garden bed. Ground squirrels typically provide more of a problem since they dig or walk to beds and feed upon vegetables, fruits, vegetables and plant components. Tree squirrels only sometimes graze in garden beds, but they might dig up tender young plants when they soften a Continue reading →
Prickly pear (Opuntia spp.) Is a flexible landscape plant that’s at home during U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3b through 11, based on the species. These cactuses are among the easiest to start from cuttings — when your prickly pear stand or houseplant requires thinning, you can readily plant the cutoffs as gifts Continue reading →
Libman makes an assortment of floor cleaning solutions. Their updated mops incorporate a wringer sleeve on the handle and removable heads that you may clean in the washing machine. It’s easy to remove the mop head for washing or replacement. Libman Wonder Mop Lift the plastic wringer sleeve that slides along the handle. Snap it Continue reading →
Box elder (Acer negundo), sturdy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 2 through 10, isn’t a bush or tree, but also a maple tree which bears a slight resemblance to an elder (Sambucus spp.) . The deciduous maple species grows between 30 and 50 feet tall, with an equal spread. Box elder thrives Continue reading →
Growing vegetables in raised beds or containers is valuable in several ways. Vegetables receive great drainage and an excellent growing medium. Raised beds warm up quicker in spring, resulting in better early development. In case you have trouble bending, raised beds or containers raise the plants up so that you can reach them easily. Choose Continue reading →
A relatively new harvest and fruit plant for warm-winter places, dragon fruit (Hylocereus undatus) is a cactus native to tropical and subtropical Mexico and Central and South America. Flattened, leaf-like stems have scalloped edges. Large, white, night-blooming flowers give rise to purple, red, edible fruits filled with sweet pulp and small, black seeds. Hardy at Continue reading →
Whether your house measures are part of a porch that is larger, the blocks used to construct retaining walls may supply you with an abundance of attractive options to stairs. As stairs must have tread widths and heights, railings and more check for building requirements. If you plan to complete this project yourself, it can Continue reading →