Date archive: October 2011
Gardening For Senior Citizens
Gardening is a healthy activity that can be both physically and mentally stimulating. For senior people beyond their sixties and seventies it can also be a very enjoyable recreation. Any senior citizen who is into gardening will vouch for the fact that gardening as a hobby gives them something to wake up to everyday, something…
10 Amazing Facts About Trees
Trees are the longest living organism on earth. Do you know that trees don’t die of old age? They are killed by insects, diseases or by people. Some of the oldest known trees like the California Bristlecone Pines and the Giant Sequoias have lived between 4000 to 5000 years! A mature leafy tree produces oxygen…
Brindavan Gardens
Brindavan Gardens is located near Mysore city in the state of Karnataka in India. It lies adjoining the Krishnarajsagara Dam, built across the river Cauvery. One of the major tourist attractions near Mysore, it is visited by nearly 2 million tourists every year. It is one of the most beautiful terrace gardens of the world…
Top Gardening Blogs 2
This is our second post on top gardening blogs. If you haven’t read the first one, you can go here and read it and then come back to this post. Like in the previous post, here also we will list four blogs (in no particular order). Gardening Tips n Ideas: As the name suggests this…
Using Garden Shears
Why use Garden Shears? Basically, to keep shrubs and hedges in shape. Woody plants like roses bloom for most part of the year. But when the flowers begin to fade they need to be clipped off. Besides, thorns on the stems make the use of a tool like hedge shear even more imperative. Garden shears…