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Do you know that you can make organic pesticides by your own and can kill ants and other pests like stinkbugs? If your foods, mainly proteins or sweets, are often attacked and spoiled by the ants you can try these 2 organic ant killers which you can make by your own at your home.

Ingredients:

• Four tablespoons of peanut butter
• Six tablespoons of honey
• Three-fourth teaspoon of boric acid
• One drinking straw

Mix all the ingredients (butter, honey, and boric acid) together. Cut the drinking straw into two or three pieces. Staff the straw with the mixture and keep it for the ants. You finally make the nice recipe for your protein loving guests to come and enjoy.

The following recipe is for the honey ants that are crazy on sweets

Mix half teaspoon of honey with half teaspoon of boric acid and put the mixture in a small bottle. Do not cover the bottle and keep its lid off. You have setup a nice recipe for the honey ants to come and enjoy their last treat  Read more...

Before you go shopping for your gas-powered hedge trimmer, think about what you should be using it for, you will avoid a costly mistake and obtain a tool that will assist you well for many years. Do you have a ‘wild’ garden or perhaps a more official one? Are you wanting to keep things nicely manicured or even are you happy to settle for maintaining things under control?

In the other end of the scale neglect or insufficient management enables a hedge to proceed through its natural life cycle within an uncontrolled way and the inevitable end of the is an more than tall, getting older hedge once again along with few options for management other than coppicing and planting up spaces. Whilst high old hedges provide an superb nectar source through flowers and perhaps ivy and can be an important supply of fruit they’ll ultimately become unpredictable and start to break down. It may also be the case that they are a line of trees if trees and shrubs species can colonize. Lines of trees can be important for bats and bigger tree nesting wild birds but a balance has to be found between losing the rich habitat of a dense hedge through neglect and allowing some hedges to develop into trees.  Read more...

Achieve a beautiful garden is probably the dream of every person. But what if the remaining land to garden in your home is limited?

Many steps can be taken to bring the green garden in a limited area. This can be done by planting in pots or you can also menaman variety of crops in a single container or also known as a grouping plant. Excellence in container gardens like this are easily moveable. When you get bored put it on the terrace, you can move it into the house.

Sanseviera

To create garden in containers, choose plants that should be easily maintained, such as succulent family of plants. Sanseviera or better known as the tongue-in-law is one of the succulent family is pretty enough to decorate your small garden. This park can you give the name sanseviera mini garden.

According to the rule-making mini-parks, the composition of existing plants should be balanced. That is, low height and color of plants must be considered. For this mini sanseviera park, you can use this type of Sansevieria trifasciata which extends to the upper leaves.

Mini gardening is almost similar to manage the park in general. In addition to organizing the plant, we also need to regulate the use of sand and stone as an element of a sweetener, for the garden look more beautiful.  Read more...

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Systems

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) as described in the previous paragraphs is one of the most important elements needed for plant growth. CO2 is combined with nutrients, water and energy from light (grow lights/ sunlight) is utilized during photosynthesis producing essential sugars that provide energy for the plant. Any factor missing needed for photosynthesis will limit the plants growth potential. In order for a plant to grow to its utmost potential and for it to yield the best results all of the elements must be present. 

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Injectors

One of the most cost effective way of adding CO2 to an indoor hydroponic garden system is with the use of CO2 injectors. A valve, regulator and gauge are used to measure CO2 levels injected to the air. Sophisticated CO2 injectors are also used to control CO2 release. CO2 tanks are readily available from medical supply outlets and restaurant supply stores.

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Generators

Investing in CO2 generators would also be wise for long time use in your indoor hydroponic garden systems for several crops. CO2 generators burn propane, natural gas or other carbon based fuels to produce carbon dioxide. More expensive than CO2 tanks, they provide a more convenient way of producing CO2. Long period and continuous use of CO2 generators has proven to be more efficient and economical than purchasing injectors and many tanks.  Read more...

Hydroponics vs Soil Grown Plants

The benefits, offered by hydroponics, are pretty simple, yet impressive: one can receive 200-1000% increase in yield with only half of time and space requirements in comparison to traditional soil horticulture. Absence of soil also results in protection of growing plants against pests, commonly living in soil. In hydroponic systems, plants receive all the necessary nutrients through hydroponics nutrient solution and never suffer lack of water. As the result, hydroponic plants concentrate of producing fruits instead of growing large roots to extract water and nutrients from the soil. Hydroponic plants have smaller roots in comparison to common plants, which grow in soil. This allows increasing the density of plants in your garden. It is also a proven fact, that food products, produced in indoor hydroponic systems, are cleaner and have longer shelf life.

Usually, hydroponic plants can grow both indoor and outdoor; furthermore, even a loft, cellar, or closet can be turned into a garden with hydroponic system.  Read more...

Gardeners experience proves that the mixture of vermiculite, perlite, and organic potting soil (loose 100% organic soil mixture is also suitable) in equal proportions is the best for the successful organic hydroponics gardening. Such mixture offers the perfect upward capillary action of water and supply of CO2 and oxygen. Organic soil in the upper medium layer provokes microbial action.

Some growers practice mixing organic nutrients (e.g. worm castings) into the upper medium part. Others just distribute them on the surface of the grow medium and then spray them with water. Another way is to mix nutrients with half a cup of water and pour onto the top of the medium. Any of these methods ensure proper nutrients entrance into the soil mixture and good absorption by the plants primary roots.

The upper layer of the medium is also called “soil alternative”, as it is the place where the nutrients are supplied to. It is treated as a standard soil container. To improve the capillary action of the water delivered by the lava rock at the bottom, it is recommended to spray the soil alternative once or twice a day with water.  Read more...