Garden Plants Information

Not everybody can afford to send a fifty-dollar bunch of wine red roses. Those exquisite carnations may look breathtaking in the picture but the price listed below works as a wet blanket to your otherwise elated holiday spirits. Sending colorful and fresh flowers is a very special way to tell the loved ones that they are in your thoughts. But sometimes price constraints don’t allow us to freely express our feelings.

Buying inexpensive flowers online requires some quick thinking and striking smart deals. In peak seasons like Christmas, Valentine’s Day or holiday season, florists are booked and charge more to make profits. It will save you a lot of money if you don’t procrastinate and order well ahead of time. You can easily ask for off-season discounts and price cuts on bulk purchases.

Online florists can give you better deals than your local one. Online flower shops cater to a larger group of customers and hence earn more through volumes. They will offer you better discounts as they have fewer overheads and fixed costs. This enables them to pass the savings to their customers. If you are satisfied by the services of your online florist you can be his regular customer. Florists like patronage and will definitely give you deals to keep you happy.

Cheap flowers don’t mean you are buying or sending bad quality flowers. Ensure before you strike a deal that the arrangements you have chosen are fresh and look nice. A good way to cut down the cost is to cut out the middlemen entirely. Buying directly from the growers of flowers will get the same exotic and dazzling fresh flowers at a lesser price.

With some research and common sense, you can buy the choicest flowers at significantly lower prices.

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Are you looking for a truly versatile vegetable to grow and serve? Try beetroot! It has the most amazing colour
and texture. Varieties range in colour from gold to deep red/purple and are delicious raw, boiled,
baked, pickled and juiced. Even the leaves are edible! The root is packed with Vitamin C and the
leaves are a great source of Vitamin A and potassium.

Beetroot is native to the Mediterranean so needs a fairly warm climate to do well. Unlike most of
the plants we’ve discussed in the past, the seeds should be planted directly into the garden (or container)
without going through the transplant stage.

Soak the seeds in water overnight to help germination, before planting. You
should see your plants emerge in 10-14 days. Two or three plants will emerge from each of the seed
clumps, but then you have to make a decision before thinning. Do you want to eat the leaves or the root?

If you pick the leaves often, the root will develop poorly. Some sort of trade off has to be made. Even so,
small beets are better than no beets at all.

Vegetables do best when they grow quickly and beets are no exception. Feed them every couple of
weeks with a good water soluble plant food. They should be ready to harvest in 8-12 weeks.

Preparing Beetroot

Want a different sort of dip for a starter? Try this one…the colour is WILD!

Spicy Beetroot Dip

4 medium beetroot
 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
 2 pita bread
 250ml natural yoghurt
 2 cloves garlic crushed
 2 tablespoons lemon juice
 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
 1/2 teaspoon paprika
 1/4 teaspoon chilli powder (optional)
 Salt to taste

Preheat oven to 180C. Peel beetroot and cut into 1″ cubes.
Coat the beetroot with olive oil by tossing in a bowl. Spread
cubes on an oven tray and cook until soft, about 30 minutes.
Remove and let cool.

Once beetroot is cooked and removed, turn the oven up to 200C.
Cut the pita bread into dipping pieces, either triangles or strips.
Spread them out on a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes, or
until crisp.

Place the cool beetroot with all other dip ingredients in a blender and puree. Display your spicy purple dip in a bowl surrounded by crispy dipping pita strips.

Judy Williams (http://www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com) aspires to become a fulltime earth mother goddess. This site acts as a primer for all vegetable gardening aspects covering topics like how to build a garden, nurture seedlings, container gardening and composting.

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If you notice that more weeds are growing in your lawn after you have done your part to keep them out, it is time to look beyond your own lawn. Do your neighbors take good care of their lawns like you do? If they do not take care of their lawn like you do, their weed problems will become yours as well. Here are a few ways to keep your neighbors’ weeds out of your lawn.

The first thing is of course to have a talk with your neighbors. Your neighbors may be too busy to tend to their lawns and you can gently remind them that it is time for them to do something about it. You can also share your lawn care experience with them as they may think they have done enough for their lawns. Most of the time, your neighbors will take your advice and try their best to fix their lawn problems.

If your neighbors do not want to do more than what they have already done, you will have to put in more preventive measure to stop the weeds from spreading into your lawn.

Start by uprooting all the weeds that you can find in your lawn. Whenever you spot a new weed, uproot it immediately. The longer you wait the greater the risk of the weeds spreading.

Once you uprooted them, you can apply some pre-emergent herbicides to control the growth of weeds. These are chemical weed killers that are used after you have cleared all the weeds from your lawn. It is ineffective against weeds that have started to grow. Make sure you put on protective gears such as gloves and eyewears when handling such chemicals.

You should also diligently maintain your lawn with regular and proper mowing, fertilizing, aerating and watering. This ensures that your lawn stay healthy as a healthy lawn is the best defense against weeds.

Even if your neighbors did not take your advice the first time you talk to them, do not give up hope. You should continue to build a good relationship with them as well as educate them subtly on how to take care of their lawn and weed problems. Over time, they will likely reciprocate your efforts and work with you towards a solution for their lawn problems.

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