From Canada For You » Homes, Backyards, Real Estate http://canada-for-you.com Living and Shopping in Canada Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:09:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Self Watering Balcony Garden http://canada-for-you.com/self-watering-balcony-garden/ http://canada-for-you.com/self-watering-balcony-garden/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:37:27 +0000 Guest Author http://canada-for-you.com/?p=85 if you’re at all intereted in gardening and you’ve done much reading on the subject, you’ve probably read that container gardening is easy.

Well, it’s easy in terms of not really needing to break your back digging into rock hard soil or trying to turn dray clay and you don’t need to spend hours on your hands and knees weeding, but if your goal in container growing is to provide fresh vegetables and herbs for the table, I can tell you that container gardening isn’t easy.

Yes, you can keep them alive, but the problem is that if you’re growing vegetables and herbs and they get stressed from being allowed to dry out or receiving inadequate nutrition, they don’t really forgive you.

That’s why the new H’Urban Garden self watering kitchen garden systems are such a fabulous idea.  With their generous 18 gallon reservoir and the ongoing replenishment of nutrients, you can grow anything from tomatoes to basil and get outstanding results.  And it’s all because your kitchen garden will grow without any stress to your plants or to you.

Consider the growing of greens. Most of the greens you’ll grow – from spinach to lettuces to herbs like basil are all what can best be described as short season annuals. They are biologically programmed to sprout, put on an abundance of green growth (the stage we want to keep them at) flowe, set seed and die in one year.  It’s the their main imperative to set those seeds and so if the plant is allowed to wilt dangerously from a lack of water, the biological clock is kicked into high gear and the plant will leave the stage of green growth prematurely and “bolt” to seed.

To learn more about growing a lush and delicious crop of vegetables and herbs using the self watering, self feeding H’Urban Garden System check out the site at www.hurbangarden.com

]]> http://canada-for-you.com/self-watering-balcony-garden/feed/ 0 Add an African Bird House Bird Feeder to Your Garden http://canada-for-you.com/add-an-african-bird-house-bird-feeder-to-your-garden/ http://canada-for-you.com/add-an-african-bird-house-bird-feeder-to-your-garden/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:42:23 +0000 Guest Author http://canada-for-you.com/?p=23 Backyards can be difficult to accessorize. After all, while it can be easy to add a certain theme or style to an interior room, it can be very difficult to get your yard looking like you want it to. It involves planting specific flowers, getting your hedges and bushes under control, trimming your trees, adding a birdbath or patio furniture, and more. But there are some small things you can do, such as adding bird houses and bird feeders. The African bird house bird feeder is a great way to add an exotic look to your backyard or garden. The feeder looks like an African hut, complete with corn house and a rye/wheat roof. However, the entire feeder is actually edible. Birds can land on it and enjoy a treat of proso millet, sunflower seeds, canola seeds, corn, rye, popcorn, wheat, dried oranges, dried apples, and oat groats. The feeder is completely biodegradable and safe for all birds. It’s about fourteen inches long, too, so there’s plenty of seed for all of your feathered visitors

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