Backyard Garden Blog

Before spending a small fortune on replacing our tired and worn single glazed units it’s worth asking ourselves why are we going to do it? Double glazing is a significant financial investment why should we bother. If your current windows are in disrepair then you actually have no choice at all and the decision has been made for you. However, even if your current windows are still serviceable there are still many great reasons why you may wish to change them for double glazed units anyway. Energy efficiency and saving on heating costs has to be one of the main reasons most people finally decide to change.

For those of you who prefer gardens that thrive on neglect” or do not have time for intensive gardening, try summer bulbs. May is the time to plant these. The results one achieves from planting these are marvelous. The common garden canna is truly a hardy member of this group. The dormant rhizomes are usually available in nearly every garden store. Look for vigorous varieties and fast growers. Clusters of bright red flowers are produced in quantity. Do not forget a good pink while or small-flowered oranges with bronze foliage. The foliage is as valuable as the flowers, in fact with many gardeners it is more valuable. In our area the rhizomes should be dug and stored for the winter.

Now that spring is fully blooming and temps across the entire country are getting hotter, it is time to think about lawn care, and more importantly, fertilization! But do you want to go natural or organic? Do you know what that really means? After all, organically treated lawns look much better when they are treated properly! Bet you didn’t know that!

If you have a fence that is standing out in your lush garden, growing a vine over it can be a beautiful, not to mention quick solution to your problem. Vines are a great, low maintenance way to decorate your garden, and they look great almost anywhere! Whatever your needs are, there is a vine to fulfil every need.

Bonsai plants, the result of an age old tradition, are an attractive addition to any home. Bonsais are highly attractive, so many people proudly display them in their houses. But some extra attention is required for indoor bonsai trees. The reason for this is that they aren’t getting the advantages that come from exposure to outdoor weather conditions and natural sunlight. They might appear to be hardy. But certain types of bonsai are quite picky in their water and light requirements.

How I wish I could broadcast this instead of writing so that it would be on-the-breaking-minute news. But even so it would still be too early to know what damage the past winter has done; thats part of the excitement of gardening.

Briggs and Stratton is one of the largest and renowned designers, manufacturers, and distributors of air-cooled gasoline engines which are being used primarily for outdoor power equipment. It was founded in 1908 by Stephen Foster Briggs and Harold M. Stratton in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They originally started the company as an informal partnership intending to originally venture into producing automobiles. They were able to set a record when they manufactured the lowest priced automobile in the market, known as the Briggs and Stratton flyer or the Red Bug, selling it for only $125 to $150. But, since the need for Briggs and Stratton parts and other automotive components seem to be more in demand those days, they settled into manufacturing them instead.