How did I eliminate those issues?  I took drastic measures and dropped the template I was using in favor of one of the newer Blogger templates. I had to do a significant amount of CSS editing which was almost completely new to me in order to get the formatting as it is now.  I’m not completely satisfied yet but over time I can make gradual improvements.

I also thought it was time for a new banner.  I put it together last Friday night. I have a few tweaks that I’ll be making soon but I’m happy with the new logo and I hope you like it too!  You’ll notice that the logo now says Growing The Home Garden.  A couple years ago when I was first exploring URLs for the blog the url TheHomeGarden.com was taken.  In fact someone bought it at an auction just a couple weeks before I started looking.  I had to go looking for other ideas because I wasn’t going to buy a URL for a high price, I’m too cheap for that! After some brainstorming I finally came up with the url: www.GrowingTheHomeGarden.com.  Since then the name has grown on me and I think it fits the blog very well.  This blog is about the process of “growing” a home garden from the plants, the vegetables, to the design, and to the kids playing in the garden. It’s time for the name of the blog and the url finally sync up!

I hope you enjoy the new changes and please, if you ever have any issues viewing the blog email me, Facebook message me, or send me a Tweet!  I can’t fix something I don’t know is wrong!  Thank you so much for hanging out here, commenting, and sharing the Growing The Home Garden with your friends and family!

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Most of us have to begin our landscape gardening with trees or fences or other established features that exist. If you are creating your own yard from the ground up, you have a lot more flexibility. The only factors that cannot be manipulated are the climactic conditions and available light. Soil can be altered with the addition of materials and nutrients as needed, water can be provided generously or sparsely, but natural light and temperature are what they are. Taking the best advantage of that has to be the basis for your landscape design, before you begin gardening.

If forty below and snow are part of your winter, there is no point trying to grow wisteria vines or hyacinths. There are plenty of other choices that are either native to cold climates or have been developed to flourish in them. The more you work with mediums and specimens that are native to your region, the easier you will find developing your personal landscape. Gardening with materials that are easily accessible is less expensive, and less frustrating. Plants that are native to your area will require a lot less work to coax them to their best, than imported species.

Special features, such as a pond or stream can be the focus of your landscape. Gardening can include the use of rocks of all sizes, up to and including boulders. Not too far from us is an entire yard that is covered with large rocks. They have been piled up and placed in interesting and pleasing forms, including a waterfall. A different yard takes advantage of a fairly deep ravine, by using it to shelter a fire pit. The addition of a big, round, brick pad built around the pit, makes it safer and even more inviting.

A friend uses containers like pails, tubs, and discarded wheelbarrows in her landscape gardening. She ‘recycles’ them from old yardsites or the landfill. One of our flower beds was killing even common, native perennials that we tried to grow in it. Whatever we tried just seemed to bake. Acting on a friend’s suggestion, we turned that particular area into a desert that includes cacti and now have a unique showpiece in our yard. Some cacti survive our winters, and some I just plant in for the summer, then winter them in the house and return them the next summer.

Landscape gardening is the science of finding the materials needed to create the space you want to live in. If you like rocks, use them. If you like water, make a pond or a stream to enjoy. Trees can define your space by serving as a shelter or privacy fence, and they can be part of your living space if you have a fire pit, bench or other something else functional amongst them. Much of landscape gardening is planning so determine what you want your landscape to look like and start gardening.

We welcome readers to visit us at our blog http://twocountrygardeners.com to view other topics and ideas, and ask questions or leave comments.

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A few weeks ago I happened to be in an antique store (I’ll bet you didn’t see that coming!) when I stumbled across this rusted old candle holder. It was only 5 dollars and I thought that it had some potential. If I cleaned it up and repainted it I could put it on our front porch during the growing season with some LED candles. I haven’t added much garden art to the garden as of yet but I thought this would serve to add some light and atmosphere to our front porch.

So after a little bit of sanding with steel wool and a coat of metallic paint here’s what emerged from the rusted old candle holder:

Not too bad for $5 and a can of spray paint!How do you like to add light to your garden?

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My density winter salad only in their own and it is almost at the end of the month can! I am pleased that I have salad two varieties of winter planted because Pearl winter hearted at the beginning and now all gone, but is this variety still under way.

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475 young people began their training in this year to the landscape gardner. ? that is &quot an increase from proud 6% to the previous year \; , Martin Joos, executive committee in the federation garden, landscape and sports field construction is pleased

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A well thought out landscaped garden that contains both looks and practicality is a huge bonus, by hiring a landscape gardener they’ll deal with the design, planning and not to forget all the hard work involved. You can work with the gardener and through your vision and their experience create a dream garden that anyone would envy. A clever use of space is to create sectioned areas, maybe a patio or decked area that allows room for adults to relax and entertain and a separate area for the children to play of keep their pets and most importantly ensure privacy is a priority on your list, there’s nothing worse than trying to relax in your garden whilst being over looked by what feels like every house on the street. A lot of potential buyers will take the privacy factor into strong consideration so it’s important to get it right.

Although the design and planning of your new garden should be at the fore front of your mind you should also consider the little touches that can sometimes make all the difference like adding some outdoor heating or a built in barbecue. If you’re not sure where to start don’t forget that your gardener probably has years of experience so will know what heater will keep give off the most heat or where you can get a great deal on a barbecue.

So many people invest money getting their back gardens landscaped and merely overlook any front garden they may have.You have to remember that the front garden will be the first thing that any prospective buyers see and first impressions really are everything so have your gardener landscape the front too, you’d be surprised at how many subconscious decisions are made within the first few seconds of a buyer walking through the front gate.

Landscaping your garden will make selling your house a lot easier and if properly planned and designed it can add a lot of value to your home. Invest a little money now in hiring a professional landscape gardener and it will reap huge rewards in the future.

Hire a landscape gardener [http://www.leicestergardeners.co.uk] and see how much value and saleability you can add to your home.

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