Growing bags are plastic or fabric bags that are used to grow plants with shallow roots. They are ideal for balconies or small gardens, where space is a premium. Growing bags are also great because they are re-usable and put out very little waste. To use a growing bag, prepare the grow bag for your chosen plant, install the plant, and care for the bag so that you have a healthy plant

English bluebells are an iconic wildflower that grows to form beautiful blue carpets of flowers over a landscape. Growing them from seed can take up to 5 years until they’re mature enough to grow flowers, but you can plant bulbs and have flowering size plants within 1-2 years. It’s also really easy to do. All you need to do is choose healthy bulbs and give them the right conditions and

Learning to water houseplants may take time as some houseplants require more water than others. If you're planning to go away on vacation, you may not know how to keep them healthy until you return. Gardeners and people with houseplants often learn tricks for keeping their plants healthy when they cannot look after them every day. Wick watering is one of the tricks of that trade. You

Rooting hormones help plant cuttings grow better and form strong root systems. While you can buy many rooting powders or tonics from gardening stores, you can make your own using things you may have around your home. Using honey or aloe will help prevent bacteria and fungi from forming on new growths, while aspirin or willow branches will provide growth hormones so roots develop faster.

Sugar cane is the crop that produces table sugar. If you have sugar cane growing near you, you may want to harvest it for use. To harvest sugar cane, you'll need to manually trim the shoots to the ground. Then, you'll have to trim the excess leaves and protect the remaining roots to keep the crop strong. Make sure you harvest sugar cane at the right time of year. Harvesting sugar cane

Whether growing indoors or outdoors, ficus trees are beautiful, low maintenance plants. Routine pruning is a great way to keep your tree strong and robust. By thinning out overgrown areas, cutting back diseased or damaged branches, and encouraging fuller growth, pruning or trimming can improve the health and appearance of your plant. With the right pruning techniques, your ficus tree's

If your garden is being eaten and trodden down by deer, you may want to redesign it. Alternately, if you have just moved to an area that has an overpopulation of deer and are currently planning a new garden, you may want to consider deer-resistant options. To plant a deer-resistant garden, you will need to avoid so-called deer candy such as narrow-leaf evergreens, hostas, and other

A rock garden is a good way to display plants in a natural-looking setting. Rock gardens tend to be low maintenance once you set them up and can be fit to any size yard, including small spaces or yards with natural slopes. In an area where weeds are persistent, rock gardens can also help to keep weeds down.

Growing hydroponically means growing in a nutrient solution rather than in soil. Growing strawberries hydroponically ensures that weather is not a factor, and allows you to harvest them all year long. You need only a large bucket or tub for the reservoir, growing containers, wicks, nutrient solution, and strawberry rootstock for delicious strawberries all year long.

Strawberries are prone to a number of diseases due to environmental stress and pathogens. It’s important to identify strawberry diseases early and treat them before they become too aggressive. You can also prevent many strawberry diseases by planting disease resistant varieties, providing proper spacing between plants, and following specific maintenance techniques.