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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/04/disease-control-in-home-vegetable.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Asparagus In The Home Garden</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/qk7vRCcVBtI/asparagus-in-home-garden.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:55:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-3043211524717438205</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Asparagus&lt;/span&gt;, one of the mst popular spring vegetables, in a hardy perennial plant that produces edible spears earlier than any other garden vegetable. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Asparagus&lt;/span&gt; is a wholesome, nutritious food whether used fresh, frozen, or canned. It's low in calories but high in flavor. Compared to other vegetables, &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;asparagus&lt;/span&gt; is a good source of vitamin A, B1, B2, riboflavin and thiamin. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Asparagus&lt;/span&gt; gros on almost any type of well drained soil. Female &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;asparagus&lt;/span&gt; plants produce berries that drop from the plant, self-seed and can create a crowded palnting. Male plants live longer, yield more, and eliminate the seedling weed problem. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Asparagus&lt;/span&gt; grows naturally on the banks of streams and near salt marshes, where the salt content of the soil is high and the PH somewhat alkaline. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Asparagus&lt;/span&gt; will thrive in soils having a salt content too high for many other vegetables. The care an &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;asparagus&lt;/span&gt; planting receives after the harvest season is important to future yields and quality&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-3043211524717438205?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/04/asparagus-in-home-garden.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Pesticides And Garden</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/eqhLZTGivsA/pesticides-and-garden.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:28:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-3812415374807912921</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pesticide&lt;/span&gt; is any product that makes a claim to kill or repel pests. Pests include plants or animals that carry disease, damage our landscapes and gardens, or becume a nuisance and detract from the quality of life. Some examples of pests include insects, rodents, slugs, birds, rabbits, weeds, or brush, mildew, molds, bacteria, and viruses. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pesticide&lt;/span&gt; products generally are recognized by their advertised brand names, such as ortho rose and floral dust, fertilome sevin, d-con kills rats, and hi yield diazinon. You should know that every &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pesticide&lt;/span&gt; label must list the total amount of active ingredient in the product. The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pesticide&lt;/span&gt; label is extremely important because this is where we, the users, find specific instructions for using the product safely. The procedures are simple, and the effects of taking safety precautions pay big dividends in protecting you and your home environment. Any &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;pesticide&lt;/span&gt; can pose serious risks to people, pets, or wildlife if not used properly, in a manner consistent with its label.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-3812415374807912921?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/04/pesticides-and-garden.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Building A Rain Garden</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/I--z-UNQ9iY/building-rain-garden.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:16:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-3104188382289025711</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;To &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;building a rain garden&lt;/span&gt;, keep the rain garden away from foundations and let the downspout end about 4 feet from the outside edge of the garden. You should make a depression 6 to 18 inches deep throughout the area of the garden. The soil in your rain garden should be a mix that will allow fast infiltration of water. This can be done using a mixture of about 50% sand or stone aggregate, 30% compost and 20% topsoil. Many rain gardens feature shrubs as well as wild flowers and grasses. You can also choose plants that attract local birds and insects. Large rain gardens generally contain at least 15 different species of plants at a density of 1 per square foot. For smaller gardens, a variety of perennials and shrubs makes a good mix. For the first year your rain garden will most likely require monthly weeding during the growing season.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Tips building a rain garden&lt;/span&gt;, you can use peat moss in addition to compost to increase moisture retention. In case of a large rain event, it is important to provide a way for excess water to drain out in order to prevent flooding of your garden. To increase the visits of songbirds and butterflies, incorporate berry and nectar producing plants. Leave the dead or dormant plants standing over the winter. Many of the plants will provide seeds and shelter for birds. In the spring, cut back or mow the stalk to allow new shoots to emerge&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-3104188382289025711?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/04/building-rain-garden.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>The Fall Vegetable Garden</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/lGuZ7_LUk-A/fall-vegetable-garden.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:06:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-2351738246099353283</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Fall gardening helps extend your gardening season so that you can continue to harvest produce after earlier crops have faded. Vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower, and brussels sprouts are better adapted to fall gardening, since they produce best quality and flavor when they can mature during cooler weather. Many vegetable crops are well adapted to planting in late summber for a fall harvest. Use fast-maturing cultivars whenever possible to ensure a harvest before killing frost occurs. Some vegetables that are already growing in the garden will continue to produce well into the fall, but are damaged by even a light frost. Some crops are considered semi hardy and will withstand a light frost without protection. You can extend the fall growing season for tender crops by protecting them through early light frosts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-2351738246099353283?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/04/fall-vegetable-garden.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Choosing The Best Fertilizer Approach</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/MRvt-zVx2-o/choosing-best-fertilizer-approach.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:53:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-6398614668507099319</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Healthy lawns, trees and shrubs add to the beauty and value of a home. Maintaining healthy lawns and landscape plants, however, ofter requires the use of&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; fertilizers&lt;/span&gt; and improper &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;fertilizer&lt;/span&gt; use can cause water pollution. Many &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;fertilizer&lt;/span&gt; materials, including leaves and grass clippings, contain nitrogen and phosphorus. Most organic &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;fertilizers&lt;/span&gt; contain relatively low concentrations of plant nutrients compared to synthetic fertilizers, and release nutrients more slowly. Slow release &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;fertilizers&lt;/span&gt; provide a lower concentration of nutrients over a longer period of time. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fertilizer&lt;/span&gt; carelessly applied on one lawn can be a waste of the homeowner's money but may otherwise seem insignificant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Healthy gardens, trees and shrubs add beauty and value to a home, allow stormwater to soak into the ground and help filter impurities from the water. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Fertilizers&lt;/span&gt; should be applied when trees and shrubs are growing poorly and the problem can't be traced to other causes. If plants don't respond, the problem may be soil-related.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-6398614668507099319?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/03/choosing-best-fertilizer-approach.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Growing Vegetables In Home Garden</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/zAm_5QWW6p8/growing-vegetables-in-home-garden.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:53:38 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-8806992432212260849</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A successful &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;garden&lt;/span&gt; requires a good site, careful planning, good management and considerable hard work. Insects, deseases and weeds require control measures. Acidic, infertile, poorly drained or sandy soil may have to be improved. A &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;vegetable garden&lt;/span&gt; can produce a steady supply of &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;vegetables&lt;/span&gt; from spring to fall. These &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;vegetables&lt;/span&gt; can he harvested at optimum maturity or preserved while fresh. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Vegetable&lt;/span&gt; production provides healthful exercise and an interesting outdoor activity for the entire family. A good garden site is essential for high vegetable yields. Poor sites not only produce low yields, but may also be extremely difficult to grow a garden on at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Most &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;garden vegetables&lt;/span&gt; require six hours of sunlight or more per day to produce well. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Garden vegetables&lt;/span&gt; are susceptible to many insect and disease problems. Begin control of garden insects and diseases by following good cultural and sanitation practices. Many vegetables must be kept harvested if the plants are to maintain production. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Gardens&lt;/span&gt; will produce more in less area and quality will be higher if certain &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;vegetables&lt;/span&gt; are grown vertically rather than horizontally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-8806992432212260849?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/03/growing-vegetables-in-home-garden.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Create A Rain Garden</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/LxsTNGzNPHA/create-rain-garden.html</link><category>rain garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:30:38 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-4440256518843198429</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Before you create a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;rain garden&lt;/span&gt;, if your budget is tight or the plants are not readily available, you may be able use some existing plants from your yard and add the superb native species later. Anyone can make a rain garden. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rain garden&lt;/span&gt; can be an integral part of our stormwater management and environmental approach. They don't require much space, can be fitted into oddball shapes, and can readily added to existing buildings. If you have many low spots, you can choose those that are closest to the downspouts from your roof or nearest to a paved driveway. For preparing large gardens or in very hard soil, it may be worth your while to hire an excavator to bring in a machine for a few hours. Have the excavator use the removed soil to create a knoll or other pleasing contour to your property. If your land is sloped and all the water drains away, you can still build a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;rain garden&lt;/span&gt; by designing a level scallop or small terrace in your slope and creating a rain garden there.&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Your &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;rain garden&lt;/span&gt; needs to be able to absorb the water coming off your roof and driveway. When you prepare the garden for planting, you must create a dip in the middle where water will collect as it sinks into the soil. There are various zones in a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;rain garden&lt;/span&gt; (very wet, wet to dry and dry) and different kinds of plantswill thrive at different zones. To know how to prepare your &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;rain garden&lt;/span&gt; and which plants will work best in your situation, you should have your soil tested. Sometimes creating a &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;rain garden&lt;/span&gt; is as simple as directing rain to an absorbent swale in your yard and perhaps putting in a few plants. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rain garden&lt;/span&gt; also tend to become wildlife oases, you can expect and should plan for songbirds, butterflies, colors, fragrances and sounds. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Rain gardens&lt;/span&gt; are low maintenance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-4440256518843198429?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/03/create-rain-garden.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Tips Growing Herbs Indoor</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/OLKJDCz8nNY/tips-growing-herbs-indoor.html</link><category>tips</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:46:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-5620882091876220567</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;You can start your &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;herbs&lt;/span&gt; from seeds in the same pots where you plan to grow them or you can start them in seedling pots. You can also buy established herb plants at local gardening centres. Some of the easiest herbs to grow are rosemary, oregano, chives, basil, cilantro and parsley.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, most &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;herbs&lt;/span&gt; are easy and forgiving plants and should prove no problem to the dedicated indoor gardener. Herbs need very little fertilizer. Use a fertilizer formulated for house plants and follow the label directions carefully, applying the fertilizer only once every two or three months&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-5620882091876220567?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/02/tips-growing-herbs-indoor.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Potting And Repotting Indoor Plants</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/4aH55R0bZuM/potting-and-repotting-indoor-plants.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:36:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-8907583970467087823</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The first step in &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;repotting indoor plants&lt;/span&gt; is to make sure the new containers are clean are free of insects and disease. Even if the containers have never been used before, it is a good practice to wash them well with regular dishwashing liquid and a couple of teaspoons of bleach.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are also &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;commercial potting&lt;/span&gt; soils now that contain timed release fertilizers which are excellent for use in repotting indoor plants. If necessary, put the soil through a sieve to break up hard lumps and sift out any rocks or debris. If the soil is dry, place the soil is a bucket or pan and water it lightly, mixing the soil around in the bucket or pan to get it all moistened&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-8907583970467087823?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/02/potting-and-repotting-indoor-plants.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Choosing The Right Container Indoor Gardening</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/uO8soP6CoGA/choosing-right-container-indoor_30.html</link><category>tips</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:35:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-1498731284067644071</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It is important to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;choose a container&lt;/span&gt; that will give your indoor plants plenty of room to grow and small enough that the plant will not put all its energy into expanding its root system to fill the available space.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;plant containers&lt;/span&gt; should contain drainage holes in the bottom of the pot. Plants that are not allowed proper drainage will suffer form oxygen deprivation and the diseases that can effect roots when they are kept too wet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the container you have chosen doesn't have drainage holes, drill or cut several holes about the size of a pencil into the bottom of the pot to allow excess water to drain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-1498731284067644071?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/01/choosing-right-container-indoor_30.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>How To Give Water Indoor Gardening</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/SRuG7AZWYl8/how-to-give-water-indoor-gardening.html</link><category>tips</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:03:01 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-7992269124599959985</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Watering&lt;/span&gt; all of your indoor plants at the same time each week isn't a good practice. Don't water your plants until the soil is dry enough that the plant actually needs water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are two methods you can use to water your plants :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;One method is to water your plants from the top of the soil. When watering from the top of the soil, use a watering can with a narrow spout that will fit between the leaves to prevent splashing too much water on the foliage.&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You can also water your plants from the bottom. This method is also preferred for most plants because it allows the water to soal up through the entire soil base&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-7992269124599959985?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-give-water-indoor-gardening.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>How To Start A Flower Garden</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/_eKBjWCNoK4/how-to-start-flower-garden.html</link><category>tips</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:03:09 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-5936975015151464066</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A lot of people say that a home with no &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;flower graden&lt;/span&gt; is dull and boring. Many people are considering it knowing how flowers help make their homes great to see. There are a lot of factors involved and each must be considered carefully to make the gardening successful. So what are these factors ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;First, choosing the right flower to grow isn't as easy as pie knowing there are a lot of flowers to choose from and people have different tastes. Choosing the righ site is one of the most important things to consider when putting up a flower garden. Choosing the right plant or flower to grow is one of the hardest things to tackle in flower gardening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-5936975015151464066?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2009/01/how-to-start-flower-garden.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Why Grow an Organic Herb Garden</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/-cKB6FA3f5k/why-grow-organic-herb-garden.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:41:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-1614329288389462396</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Herbs are excellent flavor enhancers for our meet, pasta, and vegetable dishes. Not only do herbs add flavor to our food, they also can provide to us added nutrients. By growing our own &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;organic herb garden&lt;/span&gt;, we can have fresh, chemical free, herbs any time we want. By growing an organic herb garden, we can more fully appreciate the full taste of the herbs. When the chemicals are used in the herb growing process, the natural taste of the herbs is altered. Once you use herbs from your own&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; organic herb garden&lt;/span&gt;, you will taste what you have been missing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-1614329288389462396?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2008/12/why-grow-organic-herb-garden.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Using Organic Mulch in Your Organic Vegetable Garden</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/Z1zsRYUfILQ/using-organic-mulch-in-your-organic.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:11:02 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-3330580881883326648</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Using &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;mulch&lt;/span&gt; is excellent for your organic vegetable garden. The mulch helps the plants retain moisture. Mulch also helps to suppress weed growth. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Mulch&lt;/span&gt;, as it decomposes, provides constant nutrient rich food to your plants. Leaves, grass clippings, and wood shavings are excellent choices for mulch. You can also purchase organic mulch. Be sure it does not contain any type of chemicals, or else it will not be organic mulch.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-3330580881883326648?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2008/12/using-organic-mulch-in-your-organic.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>How To Remove Old Trees</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/DQyBVqX4DnA/how-to-remove-old-trees.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:05:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-8525385278333343267</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sometimes a tree gets to the point where it is necessary to say goodbye to it. Once you have made the choice to remove the tree, you need to plan its removal. Once you have the falling direction planned out, you should climb up the tree and tie two long ropes near the top. Anchor them on the opposite side of the one that you want it to fall towards. This will allow you to adjust the direction the tree is being lowered in, just in case it starts leaning towards anything it could destroy&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that you’ve taken all the necessary precautions, you are ready to begin chopping. If you plan on using a manually operated saw or axe, please step back and consider how insane that is. Chopping down a tree by hand will take you forever, and will not even begin to be as accurate as using a chainsaw. If you don’t have a chainsaw, you shouldn’t even consider doing it without one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Removal of the stump can be slightly more difficult. You have several choices; you can rent out a stump chipper that will completely destroy the visible section of the stump. Or you can spend countless hours digging it out. Digging out the stump is much more thorough, but takes forever&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-8525385278333343267?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-remove-old-trees.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>How to Prevent Small Fruits</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/JzV0hpXi6iE/how-to-prevent-small-fruits.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:01:01 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-6162981119004547753</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sometimes small &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;fruits&lt;/span&gt; are caused by conditions out of the gardener’s control. During the process of cell division that all new fruits go through, cool weather can be fatal to the largeness of your fruits. Likewise, if the weather is particularly cloudy very early in the season, then fewer carbohydrates will be available to your plants. Occasionally, if the factors are all against the well being of your fruit tree, then the fruits will drop to the ground before they are even ripe. A lack of water or certain nutrients, or excessive pests and diseases can also damage the growth of fruits. If you notice these things going on early in the season, you should do more fruit thinning than normal&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes as much as three fourths of the fruits should come off, to allow full nutrition to those who remain. The best way to find out how to gain larger fruit sizes is to experiment. If your tree has been around for a while, there is almost nothing you can do to it to cause it to die or stop producing fruit. Just test different thinning techniques or anything you can think of to make the fruits larger. You might even head down to your local nursery and enquire about what they would suggest. They will be able to give you advice based on your region and specific tree, which is better than anything I could tell you. So don’t settle with small fruits. Go out there and find out what exactly you need to do to improve the size&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-6162981119004547753?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-prevent-small-fruits.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>How To Plant an Orchard</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/u9734yq_aAA/how-to-plant-orchard.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 18:53:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-5001454114159574991</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Generally in an &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;orchard&lt;/span&gt;, the trees are planted in a row, then pruned to be in a two dimensional shape. This is known as either a fan or an espalier shape. There is one main branch in the center that is completely vertical, then multiple branches that go off to the side. If the side branches are horizontal it is known as an espalier. If they are sloped, it is known as a fan. Generally these 2 shapes are used in orchards because of how compact they are. By using them, you allow for many more trees to be in the certain amount of space.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, if land conservation is not an issue or you’re not looking to be efficient, you should probably stick with the traditional tree shape. To aid in the watering of your trees, you should install either a sprinkler system or an irrigation system. The sprinklers require more maintenance, but if you dig an irrigation ditch then it is really easy to just run the faucet for a few minutes every day and reach all the trees. It’s just a matter of what you would prefer&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once your tree collection starts to bear large amounts of fruit, you can consider starting a fruit stand or participating at the farmers market. Instead of letting the fruits go to waste or trying to eat them all (which can lead to some bad stomach aches), you can let the rest of the world enjoy the product of your intense labor. If you become a popular vendor, you might even make back a decent return on your investment. However, you can’t count on making very much money. Starting an orchard shouldn’t be a capitalistic investment. You should only start one if you have a passion for trees&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-5001454114159574991?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-plant-orchard.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>How to Plant and Caring for a New Tree</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/rcmSS15HTd4/how-to-plant-and-caring-for-new-tree.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:51:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-4946177912726227471</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When you have decided on which kind of fruit tree you would like, and where you would like it, you can finally start to plant it. If you &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;buy your tree&lt;/span&gt; from a nursery, be especially careful when you are taking it from the nursery to your house&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After you've planted your tree you might start to have some problems with pests. To help keep these pests away, always rake away old leaves, brush, or any other decaying matter that could be holding bugs that could be harmful to your tree.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make sure that your tree always stays healthy in the long run, you should prune it during winter or spring. Water your tree every two weeks during dry times, and be sure not to hit your tree with a lawn mower or a weed eater because it could severely damage the growth process. Also just make sure that your tree gets plenty of water and plenty of sun, and your growing experience should be just great.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-4946177912726227471?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-plant-and-caring-for-new-tree.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>How To Prevent Rose Disease</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/RvkRnEUhM2M/how-to-prevent-rose-disease.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:06:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-9072655050964404398</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Many of the problems that come with having roses are relatively easy to take care of but it is always better to stop them all together rather than having to cure them later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some of the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ways that you can prevent rose disease&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;The easiest way to prevent diseases from inhabiting your roses is to buy roses that are low maintenance like shrubs and landscape roses&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Planting your roses properly in areas that have a lot of sun, air circulation and good compost for faster draining can prevent many problems later&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Keeping different types of flowers and plantsin with your roses will help to provide your roses with a better and more balanced ecosystem to live in&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Fertilize your plants in the proper manner. Roses need their food too&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Watering your roses correctly and in the morning is a good way to keep fungal diseases from hitting your roses&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;A two inch layer of mulch at the base of your roses is a good way to keep soil born diseases at bay &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-9072655050964404398?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2008/12/how-to-prevent-rose-disease.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Steps Growing Organic Roses</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/bxv3gIpDH4o/steps-growing-organic-roses.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:55:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-6571946588103304318</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Many people are now getting into growing all things organic. Many people have probles using the pesticides and insecticides that go along with growing roses and keeping them healthy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some tips &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;step by step method growing organic roses&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Each bush that you want to plant will need to have a foot of space all around it so that the flowers can get the proper amount of circulation.&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You will want to purchase organic roses&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Along with roses that have green stems, you will need to look for stems that have evenly spaced leaves that are close together&lt;span class="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You will need to use well drained soil so that you can promote the healthy growth that will give the flower all the water and nutrients that it needs from the roots to the flower's head&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Fix the soil so that you can build organically&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Soak your bare root roses in a large container of composte tea for many hours before you plant them&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You must mound up enough good organic sol that is mixed with an equal amount of composte in the middle so that you can spread the roots out and down from where they meet at the trunk&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Now, plant the rose at the point where the stem breaks into the root so that it is at soil level, or approximately 1 inch below the top level if you live in an area that is prone to hard winters&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You have to check your bare root roses first&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Mix your organic soil garden soil with an equal amount of composte and use your hands to gently spread the roots into the soil mix&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You have to mulch to help you prevent your roses from being exposes to weeds, and water stress complications&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You must feed your roses organically also&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Water your organic roses deep at the planting, and then once every week after that during growing season so that you can promote deep roots&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You must cultivate the top inch of your soil around each of your roses and fertilize on a monthly basis with a balanced organic fertilizer&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;To help protect your bed against the various types of pests and insects that can plague your roses, put sticky yellow bars every ten feet to catch them&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You may use an organic pesticide if the problem is bad&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;If your pest problem is sever enough, you may use insecticidal soap to spray over your roses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ol&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-6571946588103304318?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2008/12/steps-growing-organic-roses.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Steps Planting Potted Roses</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/M2J_ebAJOT4/steps-planting-potted-roses.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:55:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-3474924990197826600</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It is common for people that have received roses in pots as gifts to fall so in love with their roses that they may want to replant them in their own garden. Adding a rose bush to any garden can be the best choice that you ever made.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are all of the &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;steps to plant your potted roses&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ol&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You should plant contained roses in the spring, after you are absolutely positive that there is no chance for areturn of the frost&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You will want to choose roses that do not have any flowers on them because you are simply trying to establish your roses&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You definitely want to choose the right environment for your roses&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;If you want the transition of your roses from a pot to your garden to go smoothly, you will need to prepare your soil very well&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Once you have prepared your soil, you will want to work several spadesful of composte into the planting hole after digging in a hole that is about two feet deep&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Tap your rose from its original container and plant it&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Lastly, you will want to dig a mote like ring round the rose so that you can pool the water&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ol&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-3474924990197826600?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><creativeCommons:license>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/</creativeCommons:license><feedburner:origLink>http://tokogarden.blogspot.com/2008/12/steps-planting-potted-roses.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Create Pruning Your Roses</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/OflZ/~3/dm9iLkucfUE/create-pruning-your-roses.html</link><category>garden</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (niche)</author><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:08:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4323187998469459145.post-4646501914289813432</guid><description>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Pruning your roses&lt;/span&gt; is one of the most needed and the most annoyingly difficult tasks that goes with proper rose care. It takes a steady hand the proper procedure to ensure the best possible roses that you can get.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a list of the proper techniquest to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;guide pruning your roses process&lt;/span&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Soak your pruning shears in equal parts of water and bleach&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Pruning in the early spring, just after the snow melts is best&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Hand shears are the best tool for pruning the smaller branches&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You want to get rid of the winter protection that you set up like cones, burlap, and mounded soil&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You want to get rid of the dead wood first&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Next, you want to get rid of the thinner wood, which is the stems that are thinner than a pencil&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Cut all of the branches that cross or overlap one another because these are often diseased or will become so&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Keep the remaining five branches&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Cut your health canes to be about one to four feet long, or whatever size that you prefer&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Cut you roses properly so that they stay healthy&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You should use bypass pruners that work like scissors and not the anvil types because the anvils crush the stems and make the roses more available to diseases&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4323187998469459145-4646501914289813432?l=tokogarden.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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