Your Year Around Flower and Garden Guide

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A change of season is around the corner, we need to prepare our garden

September, for most of us that means one lazy month ahead, we have to get ready to harvest our fruits, prune , and prepare for our spring plantings of 2009. Our Spring Flower Bulbs have to be underground before the first frost. Considering the amount of work we have in September and October a little planning for our spring flower garden design lazing in the sun and eating away on grapefruit cocktail or something else. will pay off.

BlueberriesWe can also start some herbs and plants for our indoor use during the coming seasons, Basil, Parsley and Thyme are always nice to have around, your meals will certainly profit. An additional benefit of an indoor herb garden is the nice atmosphere their aroma adds to your house.

Autumn Garden Checklist

While the weather is still warm and the days long it's best to plan ahead. Checking out the work that needs to be done before winter you can check up on your gardening tools.

-Gardening Tools Crocusses

How are your rakes, tillers, pruning saw or hand pruner doing. You can consider some mechanization in that area. Why break our backs if affordable and easy to use equipment is available. 

-Weed Control in Autumn will give you a head start in Spring

Weed's can be a nuisance this time of year. We added some Weed Control Tips to help you stay on top of them. But  remember spring is the best time of year to battle them. But action taken in  autumn will give you a head start.

Still summer is still king, so enjoy it. Lazing in the warm summer sun with a grapefruit cocktail doing some relaxed planning ahead is the adagium.

This time of year is fine to play around with different colored pots or containers and find accompanying flowers for them. Have a look at these outdoor potted plants. Of course it depends on your location in some areas of the country summer is just to hot.

Blooming Lavender Lavender, easy to grow and rewarding in summer, the scent of Lavender on a warm summers day is unforgettable. Dry and use the flowers to freshen your closets.

Read more about this lovely herb lavender

Thymus, is great in all sorts of food, but the smell of this herb on a warm afternoon is enchanting. Place a few containers at your patio, and enjoy summer herbs in patio containers

Cornflowers will burst into bloom around late spring. Their height varies with the type of species or cultivars and can range from as small as 10 inches for the midget varieties - great for edging - to 30 inches and 48 inches for the basket species.

 Virtual Gardening is coming of age, Gardening on your computer? Well actually it is in your computer, 3D models of plants and combinations of them are simulated within the memory banks of the computer. Actually 3D design is not only for scientists. For us the use of good 3D design software really pays off

You might like to pay a visit to our free Gardening EBook Library we keep filling it up with downloadable PDF's on gardening topics.

Use our site map to find your way if you get lost along our garden path or find information on individual cultivars in Plants A to Z