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Water Gardening- Professional Pond Kits
Liner Ponds
As an advanced water gardener, you may want to attempt a liner pond project.
Liner ponds are ideal for the experienced water gardener because
they allow for very forgiving installations, which consequently
promotes greater creativity... [ More ]
One thing to keep in mind is that pond equipment and installations can cost several thousand dollars when contracted out to a landscaper. They can be extremely expensive investments! Wouldn't you like to obtain all the supplies that a contractor normally would, at their wholesale price? Well, now you can buy a wholesale pond kit directly from Algreen Products!
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Get liner, underlay, a waterfall pump, skimmer, biological waterfall filter, and filtration media (charcoal, biological and mechanical) for as little as $600!
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Easy Pond Project
Looking for a way to jump start the spring season? The installation of a beautiful garden pond can provide a serene and captivating backdrop for your backyard, once warmer weather sets in. And trust us when we tell you that garden ponds are not as difficult to install as you think...
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Outdoor Gardening
An Elegant Rain Barrel With Its Own Watering System
There is an immediate need for water conservation because the world's available supply of drinking water is shrinking – in fact, according to Population Action International, by the year 2025 there will be between 2.7 billion and 3.2 billion people who are living in water-scarce or water-stressed conditions. Right now there are only 600 million people who are living with water-scarcity. You can help conserve water with a rain barrel to help preserve the world’s drinking water supply.
Rain barrels collect rain water for your garden. They have come a long way from their pickle-barrel predecessors. Not only do modern rain barrels, like the Cascata rain barrel, look elegant and aesthetically-pleasing, but now, they can come with their own pump-driven watering system!
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While the weather is still gardener-friendly, you must shorten your "to-do" lists for the coming of late fall and early winter. Now is the time to attack your lawn and garden by planting your spring bulbs, buying and maintaining your trees and shrubs, doing your late autumn lawn care, using common-sense watering strategies, building a compost bin and making your own compost, controlling the many common garden pests, and winning at the weed-whacking war before the sudden onset of the fickle, cold and all-enveloping winter season... [ More ]
Spring “to-do” list
Spring is an exciting time for gardeners as preparations are made for the bounty and beauty of the garden as it awakes from winter hibernation. |
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It can also, however, be a bit overwhelming if you do not prioritize and plan out your limited gardening time. To follow is a checklist of chores that should be tended to during the spring season.
Pruning
For early blooming shrubs such as forsythia and viburnum, prune them as soon as blooms have passed. Early spring is also an ideal time to prune your roses. |
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Deadheading Remove spent flowers from bulbs, but leave the rest of the plant as is for the time being.
Weeding
Pull weeds from your beds and borders before they have a chance to take hold and spread.
Composting
Tend to your compost if it has been neglected over the winter. If you do not have a compost bin, spring is a great time to start one.
Tools
Spring is a good time to prepare your tools for the oncoming gardening season and to make any necessary repairs or new purchases. You will be happy you have done so when summer sets in. |
Having an ample supply of good rich compost is the gardeners dream. It has many uses, and all of those uses will result in nicer plants. However, composting can be time consuming and hard work. I place a reasonable value on my time, so spending hours and hours turning compost piles doesn't qualify as a worthwhile exercise, at least in my book. Nonetheless, I do compost, but I do so on my terms... [ More ]
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Plant
Spring is a great time to add new plants to your garden. Be sure, however, that all threat of frost has past. Plant such things trees, shrubs, hardy annuals, and summer blooming bulbs.
Fertilize & Mulch
Fertilize and mulch beds and borders. Spring is also a good time to fertilize fruit trees. If you applied heavy winter mulch for protection from the cold, you will need to clear it away.
Staking
Stake plants that may be prone to wind damage during the unpredictable spring weather.
Lawn Care
Spring is the best time to start a new lawn from seed. For established lawns, you should start mowing in the spring, but don’t initially cut the grass very short for the first few times.
Of course, whether you start these chores in early, mid, or late spring depends on the climate where you live, taking in to account such factors as when the threat of frost has past or when the ground is thawed enough to dig.
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