Letting Nature Grow Your Garden
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Article by: Susun Weed It is wisest to let Nature , How To Make Moss On Your Landscape Rocks And Garden Statues have Her way. Nature , Relaxation in the Garden Starts with a Hammock has her own agenda, and your life as a gardener will be easier if you bow to Her desires. Better to dance with the fairies than struggle with eliminating "weeds". What herbs , 10 Landscaping Design Ideas To Enhance Your Home Garden already grow , Some Favorite Garden Bulbs around you that you can use as teas and seasonings? Most areas are rich in such plants, , The Beauty of Basil both native and introduced. Many of them will be happy to grace your garden , How to Prune Lilac Shrubs with very little effort on your part. Some will appear; others may want to be transplanted. Still others are simply there, waiting for you to notice. For instance, pine trees. , Caring For Your Juniper Bonsai Pine needle vinegar is an exquisite treat that is easy to make. I call , Relaxation in the Garden Starts with a Hammock it homemade "balsamic" vinegar. Fill a jar with pine needles. (I prefer white , Indoor Gardening With Foliage Plants pine, and pinyon pine is even better, but the needles of any pine are fine.) Cover needles completely with apple cider vinegar, filling the jar to the top and capping with a plastic , The Truth About Geraniums lid or a piece of plastic , The Truth About Geraniums wrap held in place , Indoor Gardening With Foliage Plants with a rubber band. This vinegar, like most that I make, is ready to use in six weeks. Pine vinegar is rich in flavonoids, vitamins, and minerals. It helps keep the immune system strong, and strengthens the lungs as well. I love it on salads. , The Basics of Growing Roses Your home, , Palm Tree Care like mine in the Catskills, offers rose , Tips On Lawn Aeration For A Beautiful Healthy Yard hips and sumac berries for vitamin-C rich teas; spice bush leaves and berries to suggest the flavors of bay and allspice; and the roots , How to Reduce Pollution Using a Robotic Lawn Mower of sweet clover to use as a vanilla substitute. Grab a local , Iris Flowers Remind Me Of Mom! field guide and go looking for all the plants , Iris Flowers Remind Me Of Mom! that are native to your area. For example, if you live in the northern states like Minnesota, a great book is "How Indians Use Wild Plants , Blower Fans for Food, , How to Prune Lilac Shrubs Medicine, and Crafts", written in 1926 by Frances Densmore who collected information , Recycling Carwash Wash Water for Landscape and Toilets from the Minnesota Chippewa. There are many similar guides available. Why use native plants? They are often hardy survivors and naturally adapted to the area, sometimes requiring less watering and care. Whether in the wilds or in your garden, , Relaxation in the Starts with a Hammock Nature , Ideas For Your Front Yard Landscaping Project is ever-ready to provide you with all you need with little or no input from you. An abundance of edible and medicinal plants , The Basics of Growth; (Part 3) Root Formation in Cuttings covers every inch of my garden , Composting and Composters: A Basic Introduction - and I didn't plant , Solar Lights for Walkways - Cut Costs any of them. 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You will find the best plants , Some Favorite Garden Bulbs for your area at a plant , How to Reduce Pollution Using a Robotic Lawn Mower swap at a local , Nepeta Faassenii 'Kit Kat' church or school. Nurseries, especially the mail order ones, offer lots of different kinds of plants, , Discover the Art of Topiary but only a few of them will be both productive and carefree. The most dependable perennial herbs , Why I Decided To Plan My Next Years Garden Last Fall, And Why are Echinacea, comfrey, elecampane, wormwood, and thyme, on the hardiest members of the aromatic mint family. Cuttings of various mints are easy to come by and easier yet to establish. Chocolate mint and red bergamot are two of my favorites, but don't be choosy - accept any and all mint cuttings you are given. Perennial , The Basics of Growing Roses aromatic mints - including lemon balm, lavender, rosemary, thyme, sage, oregano, pennyroyal, and catnip, as well as spearmint and peppermint - form the "backbone" of most herb gardens. , Dwarf Korean Lilac Just grow , ing and Caring for Rhododendrons and Azaleas them in full sun , Patio Swings Spruce Up Your Outdoor Space with Comfort and Style in poor soil , Composting and Composters: A Basic Introduction and don't overwater. Anyone who has a comfrey plant , Some Favorite Garden Bulbs will be glad to give you a "start" (a piece of the root). And, once put in, comfrey is a friend for life. Ditto rhubarb, whose root , Blower Fans is a formidable herbal medicine. Magazines offer gardening , Palm Tree Care knowledge in small doses, and at appropriate times, instead of all at once, and this is usually more helpful than a book that tries to cover all seasons , Patio Umbrella Covers and all reasons. These are my current (spring 2002) favorites: The American Gardener, a publication of the American Horticultural Society. Perhaps it is a bit more formal than I am, but it nonetheless has a down-home charm. Check out www.ahs.org or call , Parsley: A Cook's Best Friend 1-800-777-7931. When you join, you get the magazine plus the right to join in their annual seed , Flower Bulb Catalogs give-away. The Garden , Low Cost Home Landscaping Tips Gate is very practical and covers a wide range of topics in excellent detail: from plants , Growing Tomatoes – A Hobby for Everyone to planters, to planting your feet so your back stays strong. Every page counts, as there is no advertising. You can subscribe at www.gardengatemagazine.com or call , Relaxation in the Garden Starts with a Hammock 1-800-341-4769. The Gardener is another non-advertising production. It is unique in not using photographs. It is illustrated throughout in a variety of stunning styles. 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(c1984, Peregrine Smith Books). He gives detailed information , The Beauty of Basil on the culture, and medicinal uses, of over 100 popular herbs. , Guaranteed Gladioli, Summer Colour that Returns Park's Success with Herbs is also out of print but a book that I use constantly. Gertrude Foster and Rosemary Louden fill just under 200 pages with an incredible amount of information , Waterfall Ponds on growing , Tips On Lawn Aeration For A Beautiful Healthy Yard and using (lots of recipes) an amazing variety of herbs. , Daylily "Red Hot Returns" Wild Women's Garden is one of a series of books that tell you how to grow , Caring For Your Juniper Bonsai and use herbs. , 10 Landscaping Design Ideas To Enhance Your Home Garden This one focuses on herbs , Tips On Lawn Aeration For A Beautiful Healthy Yard for women. Another, Serenity Garden focuses on herbs , Daylily "Red Hot Returns" that are relaxing. A third, En Garden, is more general. Each book contains a postcard that you send in for free seeds , The Basics of Plant Growth; (Part 3) Root Formation in Cuttings so you can grow , Planning the Vegetable Patch the plants , Palm Tree Care in the book. Great info and great fun. The cost of the seeds , How to Choose the Right Bulbs for Your Spring Flower Garden alone is worth more than the price of the book. Jillian VanNostrand and Christie Sarles are the authors; published by Radical Weeds. When you try too hard, it doesn't work. We learn to work with the slow interplay of Yin and Yang. We learn to be in harmony with nature's laws. Forcing things to fit or going against the grain is an unskillful way. We learn to be flexible like water. , Ideas For Your Front Yard Landscaping Project We use our intuition. We hold, energetically, a magical spot of ground and watch what grows. , Composting and Composters: A Basic Introduction In Taoism they call , Dangers in the Garden: Animals it "Wu Wei". We walk in the "effortless", we dance with the fairies, moving in joyful flow with the undulating, magical greenery blowing in the breeze. Wow! You have a garden! , Starting Seedlings Indoors With patience, good weather, , Discover the Art of Topiary and the grace of the Goddess, you and Nature , Nepeta Faassenii 'Kit Kat' will create a thing of beauty. Legal Disclaimer: This content is not intended to replace conventional medical treatment. Any suggestions made and all herbs , How to Reduce Pollution Using a Robotic Lawn Mower listed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, , Indoor Gardening With Foliage Plants condition or symptom. Personal directions and use should be provided by a clinical herbalist or other qualified healthcare practitioner with a specific formula for you. All material contained herein is provided for general information , Why I Decided To Plan My Next Years Garden Last Fall, And Why purposes only and should not be considered medical advice , How To Make Moss On Your Landscape Rocks And Garden Statues or consultation. Contact a reputable healthcare practitioner if you are in need of medical care. Exercise self-empowerment by seeking a second opinion. Susun Weed PO Box 64 Woodstock, NY 12498 Fax: 1-845-246-8081  Susun is one of America's best-known authorities on herbal medicine and natural , Growing and Caring for Rhododendrons and Azaleas approaches to women's health. Her four best-selling books are recommended by expert herbalists and well-known physicians and are used and cherished by millions of women around the world. Learn more at http://www.susunweed.com |
  
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