Archive: August 2011
Most organic gardeners prefer to do all of their gardening at ground level, but you may want to consider using raised garden beds as well. Not only do they look very attractive and make your garden stand out from many others, but there are also a lot of practical benefits. Raised garden beds give you [...]
Organic gardening can be very enjoyable, but growing roses organically is not always so enjoyable because it is often quite a challenge. It’s easy to assume that roses could never be that difficult to grow in your garden, but you would be surprised. The fact is that they attract an awful lot of pests and [...]
Today I want to talk about the Currency Trading For Dummies book because I personally think this is one of the best books you can read if you want to learn all about forex trading. You won’t suddenly start making millions as soon as you finish the book and start trading the markets, but that’s [...]
If you are new to gardening, you may not have heard of moon gardening before. Moon gardening is based on the ancient belief that the phases of the moon have an effect on your garden, just as they do the tides of the sea. In the old days many people stuck rigidly to a moon [...]
Today I want to talk about forex brokers because once you have learned the basics of forex trading, the next step is to think about opening an account with a forex broker. The fact is that you cannot trade the currency markets without one. So let me discuss some of the factors you should consider [...]
If you live in a warm climate or have access to sheltered containers, you should have no problems growing winter potatoes. The reason why is because if your ground is frozen, and therefore rock hard, it will be very difficult to dig them up. The potatoes themselves will also suffer from frost over the winter [...]
The term ‘lasagna gardening’ is one that confuses a lot of people initially because they start trying to visualize lasagnas growing in a garden. You may well have had this thought yourself when you first heard this term. However I can assure you that the world hasn’t gone mad and the classic Italian dish is [...]
One of the great attractions of investing in stocks is that you can earn yourself a decent dividend each year. This can be upwards of 10% for some small and mid-cap stocks, but even for relatively safe large cap stocks the dividend payout can be between 3% and 7% each year. However the problem is [...]
One of the tell-tale signs of ageing is tired looking eyes that droop over the eyelids and make you look older. This is why many people, particularly women of a certain age want to find a solution to this problem, even if it is only temporary. Well in her column in the Daily Mirror, Danielle [...]
Today I want to share some organic vegetable gardening tips with you because I think all gardeners, whether young or old, can always learn something new. It is sometimes the simplest little things that can make the biggest difference to the quality and tastiness of your home grown organic vegetables, so I hope you will [...]