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By Sandy, on January 29th, 2009
Tabletop garden makes wonderful home decor. And choosing indoor plants with similar light and water requirements is one of most important rules when designing a tabletop garden. So what if we want to put some plants with very different cultivation requirements together in the same tabletop garden?
The answer is … use smaller container(s) within the main container of the tabletop garden. And here, let me show you how I use both a succulent and some aquatic plants to create my tabletop garden – Merry Christmas.
Continue reading How to Make Tabletop Garden – Merry Christmas
By Sandy, on January 25th, 2009
Almost anything can be used as a container in your garden…
Your imagination is your only limitation…
This has almost become a cliche for it can be heard from every gardener or read in every book of container gardening.
Yet, nevertheless, it’s so true. In fact, this is what make container gardening so much fun. We can just be creative and playful and use whatever material we have on hand to make containers into certain sizes, colors, functions that suit our specific needs and styles.
And yesterday, I tried to make a container with a soda can. I have especially chosen a can of coke light for I like how its silver and red match nicely with the little beet I bought earlier.
Here is how I made the soda can container. Continue reading How to Make Garden Container Using Soda Can
By Sandy, on January 22nd, 2009
Here are my top ten indoor gardening tips for gardening novices.
Tip 1 – Choose the Right Plant
Before you bring a houseplant into your house, you just have to make sure you can give what it needs to grow healthily. Choose only those plants that will be able to grow in the climate and condition of your room. Here is a list of suitable houseplants with photos for indoor gardening that you may find helpful.
Tip 2 – Enough Sunlight?
 Like oxygen and water, plants need sunlight to grow healthily. If your house does not have a lot of sunlight, and if you are not planning to use any artificial light, don’t worry, for you still have many options to choose from. Different types of houseplant require different amount of sunlight. There are many types of plants that thrive in medium to low light conditions, such as African violets, Boston ferns, Spathiphyllum, Philodendrons, and many more.
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By Sandy, on January 19th, 2009
I made this tabletop garden, My Star, as a Christmas present for my dad last month. And now, this tabletop garden is in my dad’s room as a table decoration.
I especially like the cacti and haworthia in this garden, for I think their colors matching very well with the stars and the orange-dressed, red-head girl.
Continue reading Tabletop Garden – My Star
By Sandy, on January 14th, 2009
Okay, horticultural charcoal does not absorb odors, enrich or purify soil, or ward off any insect (more on Myths of Horticultural Charcoal in Gardening). So, what good does horticultural charcoal do in gardening?
Continue reading What Can Horticultural Charcoal Do in Gardening?
By Sandy, on January 14th, 2009
Charcoal has been used for horticultural purposes for at least two thousand years. Archaeological researches have come up with evidence of charcoal being used as a soil ameliorator in the Amazon Basin since around the time of Christ (Check here for more on Terra Preta – Amazonian dark earth).
Continue reading Horticultural Charcoal for Gardening
By Sandy, on January 14th, 2009
Many of us have heard of the value of horticultural charcoal in gardening, not only that charcoal could retain moisture, but also some other amazing functions such as absorbing odors, purifying water, and warding off bugs and slugs. Many of these are not true, and those vendors, who have misled their customers with exaggerated, untruthful claims in their ads, are responsible for part of this confusion. Continue reading Myths of Horticultural Charcoal in Gardening
By Sandy, on January 14th, 2009
While someone may suggest saving the leftover charcoal after a barbecue gathering for gardening use, another may believe that the use of filtering charcoal can yield better performance in purifying the potting soil. None of these is either feasible or true, but only an urban myth of horticultural charcoal. Not all charcoal are created equal. And horticultural charcoal cannot substitute by either barbecue charcoal or filtering charcoal. Continue reading Horticultural Charcoal – Can be Substituted by Barbecue Charcoal or Filtering Charcoal?
By Sandy, on January 13th, 2009
This is the second tabletop garden I made – After Jurassic. It is made of four different types of cacti and succulents, and decorated with many sizes and colors of rocks, seashells, and corallite. Continue reading Tabletop Garden – After Jurassic
By Sandy, on January 12th, 2009
This is the very first tabletop garden I have ever made – Merry Christmas. Obviously, I made this right before Christmas, making it a perfect home decor on the table for the holiday season. Continue reading Tabletop Garden – Merry Christmas
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