Gardening And More

  Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Garden Attracting Hummingbirds to your garden can be very easy. All you need to do is follow a few simple steps and you will have these wonderful creatures visiting your garden on a daily basis. You do not need to redesign your entire landscape or hire a professional landscaper to design a Hummingbird Garden  for you, because by providing a few key elemental ingredients and plants you can attract beautiful hummingbirds to your garden. There are certain plants that are Hummingbird magnets that you can use to attract Hummingbirds in your area. To attract and keep Hummingbirds returning to your garden we need to discuss the key elements and simple steps to follow: q   Create a habitat to encourage Hummingbirds to nest and feed. q   Provide at least 3 Hummingbird feeders. q   Provide Nectar rich, tubular flowers. Creating a Habitat for Hummingbirds to Nest and Feed would involve providing trees or places for the Humming...

42 Drought Tolerant Perennials Why use drought tolerant perennials? There are several reasons why to incorporate them in the garden. To mention a few: plants considered drought tolerant have key characteristics that help them survive moderate to severe drought; planning a drought tolerant garden will conserve one of our most valuable resources – water; and believe it or not you will have a garden jammed pack with lots of color and action. Several of the plants listed serve more than one purpose in the garden than just being drought tolerant. For example: some plants will deter deer and rabbits; attract hummingbirds and butterflies to the garden; herbs for cooking; and lastly used in fresh-cut or dried floral arrangements. And, when you started planning this project of drought tolerant perennials you were thinking dull, drab garden. Right? Introducing drought tolerant gardening that will have lots of color and action. When planning your garden for drought consider a few things suc...