Archive for October, 2007

Posted on October 30th, 2007 by by Keisei

Gardening For Food

Watching “Little House on the Prairie” gave us a sense of what life use to be like a long time ago when there was no grocery store to stop in at on your way home from work in the evening.
We would see Charles breaking the soil with a plow and his team of horses and [...]

Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by by Keisei

Gardening Flowers

There is nothing that brightens your day anymore than looking at freshly arranged flowers that were just picked that day.
You put them into a clear vase and set them on a table to enhance the beauty of your dining room.
The best thing about that is you were the one who grew the flowers yourself so [...]

Posted on October 16th, 2007 by by Keisei

What to Look for when Buying a Tree

Although the process of growing and caring for a tree is generally challenging and even difficult at times, sometimes one of the hardest parts is choosing which kind you want. You have to choose between the many sizes, fruit, and other attributes. The different sizes include: dwarf, semi-dwarf, and standard. Your choice can affect everything [...]

Posted on October 9th, 2007 by by Keisei

My First Tree

Almost everyone’s first tree experience has some embarrassing events. Nobody can be an expert right away; we all make mistakes that sometimes haunt us for years afterwards. Some of us make worse mistakes than others, though. I think that if there was an award for being the most naïve person to ever attempt growing a [...]

Posted on October 2nd, 2007 by by Keisei

Maintaining a Healthy Young Tree

Making sure that your fruit tree stays healthy is very important, but not as hard as some might think. There are several vital things you need to do: don’t harvest all of the fruit on the tree at the same time; make sure the soil is healthy; watch out for pests; plant it correctly; be [...]