Scott from Spring Hill Nursery with Step by Step Gardening teaches you some basics about hydrangea plants. He talks about how to take care of the plants, how to ensure blooming, and some planting considerations. Hydrangea plants need at least five hours a day in order to bloom so they should not be planted in very shady locations. The blooms can be pink, blue, green, or white, depending on the variety and soil conditions. The blooms can be used in bouquets, or dried for use in crafts. The pla...
Contrary to what you may have heard, small tomato plants can be easily grown indoors given the right conditions. This free video home gardener's guide will see that you know everything you need to know to start growing your very own small tomatoes in your home or apartment.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to save tomato seeds. Begin by selecting the type of tomato that you would like to grow again next year. Once selected, simply cut the tomato in half and scoop or squeeze out the seeds into a jar. Pour a bit of water and close the jar. Put the jar away for 2 days, as it will smell. The seeds will be undergoing a fermentation process as this time. Then take the tomatoes and drain the through a sift. Now wash the tomato seeds with some water and let the...
Phyllis Stevens gives us some tips on planting Tulips in the winter. We start by taking a container filled with Potting Soil, then we Plant the Tulip Bulbs. You should fit up to 3 bulbs per pot. Putting some Crocus on the top of the soil doesn't hurt. Bury the bulbs in the garden, covering with Leaves and pine-needles. In the Spring (February-March) we will take the pots out from the soil and Sink them down into the Planter Soil. Once they are finished blooming take them out from soil and put...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to grow a tuberous begonias. It is recommended to pot the tuberous begonias in the early spring of March. Begin by removing the tuberous from it's bad and discard any packing material. Be gentle and do not remove the buds. Select a small pot that is slightly larger than the tuberous begonias and fill the pot 2/3 with well drained soil less potting mix. The carefully place the tuberous rite-side up in the potting mix and cover it with more mix. Water t...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to curve a soccer ball with the inside of the foot. The kick is also referred to as the banana kick. When kick the ball, use the inside of your foot. Kick the ball at the lower middle section. As your hitting it, wrap your foot around the ball. Do not place your foot too close to the ball when your planting your foot and make an L-shape with the leg. Kick the ball at an angle. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy playing soccer and would li...
In return, this allows the it to become more fuller and have more blossoms. This is done due to the fact that dahlias tend to grow in only one branch. One can top or stop dahlias by cutting the main stem just a couple of inches from the top. One can also use there fingers to snip off the top of the branch. Topping or stopping dahlias can be done upon planting them but also when you dead head later in the summer.
The Dahlia Guy is going to show you step by step how to plant dahlias. First, you want to bury your tubers at 2-4inches of depth and place a stick right next to the eye so you know exactly where the dahlia will be. Also, you want to place a timed release fertilizer in the hole and then cover it up with the dirt. Now, take a 16inch long stick and use that to space out the dahlias in your garden. Some tips to use are use name tags at the beginning of the of the planting and at the end of the di...
In this video you are taught how to build a raised garden bed and hoop house. You first begin with a layer of gravel and then place the layers on top of it. You can use leaves you can find to fertilize the soil. The video also teaches you how to build a hoop house using PVC pipes. This video is for urban gardeners or anyone who wants total control during the planting process of beautiful plants and flowers.
FarmVille hacks, cheats, glitches! FarmVille is the hottest application on Facebook from Zynga which lets members manage a virtual farm by planting, growing, and harvesting crops, trees, and livestock. Grow delicious fruits and vegetables and raise adorable animals on your very own farm!
It's fun to be out in warm weather cutting big timbers and doing a project that sees quick, upward progress. In this video, you'll find instructions for building a post and plank-style retaining wall. This post-and-plank retaining system is based on the way seawalls (or bulkheads) work. You set posts into the ground, vertically, then plank behind them. This creates a wall with texture and shadow lines with nice hollows between the posts for plantings or grass. And, because there's so much pos...
When it comes to gardening, there are various methods that can be used to help produce an area that you and others will appreciate. What might work for one person, may not work for another. Each has their own benefits, it just depends on the gardener and which works for them.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to make a mini greenhouse milk jug. Begin by cutting the milk jug in half. Make sure to leave one side uncut, leaving the top of the jug on. Then pour some potting soil into the milk jug and plant some seeds into the soil. Make sure to plant the seeds deep into the soil and then pour some water onto the soil. Now tape down the top of the milk jug. This video will benefit those viewers who enjoy planting and gardening, and would like to learn how to ma...
In this video, Shirley shows her viewers an effective way to multiply your red fountain grass in order to create more grass from a single plant. After the growing season, find a large, overgrown patch of grass and use a shovel to dig out a section by the roots. After planting the grass in a pot, it is crucial that you shear the top of the plant so that the grass is only 4 to 5 inches tall. This will ensure that the plant focuses on growing roots rather than its blades at the moment. This meth...
Planting and growing herbs is a simple and satisfying project for any gardener or cook. Start an herb garden with this free gardening video series.
This how-to will show you easy step-by-step instructions for pruning your grape vines for growing great grapes.
Learn how to start seeds for planting. Start your own seeds to save money, grow different plant varieties, and extend your growing season.
Grow some of your own food by starting a vegetable garden. You'll eat better and save money. You Will Need
Growing a pineapple doesn’t take a lot of skill, but it does take a lot of patience—two to three years worth, to be exact. Learn how to grow your own pineapple at home with this video guide.
Summer is in full swing! Everywhere you look, plants are in full bloom and green is a way of life. Gardeners are clearly living up to their full potential. I cannot think of anything else that personifies summer better than gardening.
This video tutorial shows how to hack FarmVille (07/02/10).
This is a recent glitch, similar to the chicken coop glitch, where you can make your horse stable completely ready. Just watch this brief video tip to see how to benefit from the Horse Stable glitch in FarmVille (03/09/10). It's a simple glitch in the game that allows you to use a horse that is unready to make a stable 100% ready and be able to collect from it. This is very helpful when you are trying to achieve the HorsePower ribbon on Farmville.
This is an easy glitch in FarmVille that's been around for a long time. Stacking crops. If you want to learn how to stack your crops in FarmVille, just watch this video tip on how to do it (02/16/10). This glitch allows you to grow many more crops than usual, using your limited space on your farm to maximize the most crops in the least amount of space. By doing this glitch, you can easily achieve mastery for all crops in a quicker time frame.
To quickly receive your blue ribbon with the fences in FarmVille, you're going to want to watch this video tip. It's a brief explanation of how you can easily get the Blue "Fenced In" ribbon in FarmVille (01/11/10). BEfore you start this, you will need 75,000 coins and 77 free plots of land to get the blue ribbon.
Everybody wants to find out the answer to "How do I put trees on my crops?", but it's a tricky one to figure out. But this video walkthrough will show you the steps necessary to finally Put trees on top of crops in FarmVille (12/13/09). Just watch and learn.
Is your farm looking a little bland in FarmVille? Using a basic optical illusion, you can make what appears to be hills!
NikonDifferent of Nikon shows you how to shoot zoo/ wild life photography (particularly with a Nikon d40 as an example with a zoom lens with Vibration Reduction), given the fact that animal enclosures are usually set up to give the animals space. You'll want to limit your visit to two or three types of animals (good photographs require time or patience). Animals playing/ fighting make good pictures, but you need to set a fast shutter speed (if you have low light, crank up your ISO). Try to an...
If you have habits that are repetitive, time-consuming, and don't seem to make sense, and they interfere with daily functioning, you may have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
Learn how to do speed single cable reverse flys. Presented by Real Jock Gay Fitness Health & Life. Benefits
This video tutorial shows how to create hay bale art in FarmVille (10/22/09). Are you a jaded FarmVille player? Do the joys of harvesting just not do it for you like they used to? Why don't you start using FarmVille as an artistic medium? This video will teach you how to use Excel to plot out images which you can then create out of hay bales! The options are limited only by your creativity, now open up Microsoft Office and start creating!
This video tutorial shows how to use the biplane to increase your mastery in FarmVille (06/07/10). The biplane is one of the most fun tools available to the FarmVille player, causing all of your crops to become ready for harvesting instantly. This video will teach you how to use it in conjunction with your Farmer's Market to increase your mastery substantially.
This video tutorial shows how to stuff your nursery barn in FarmVille (06/07/10). If you don't want to cheat at FarmVille, or already have and are just trying to manage your massive herd of livestock, this video is here to help! It will teach you how to stuff your nursery barn in the most efficient way for removing the animals later. Now get back on Facebook and farm more productively than ever!
First of all you have to start by terracing all the lands. Now select the varieties of trees that you want and start planting them in your garden. These trees shall help you in checking soil erosion. You may also use rocks fro land scalping and also checking soil erosion. Now you can plant ‘daisies’ all around the garden. These grow very fast and then they help to bind all the soil together. However you have to check their growth because they compete with other plants for the nutrients. They ...
John White of Southwest Yard and Garden along with Kitty Schafer teach you about bio-intensive gardening. Bio-intensive gardening is the combination of two techniques. Part of the technique involves composting top soil with other coarse organic material into a lasagna style mound. Add 2 inches of straw to the soil and spray with water. Add 2 inches of green material that you have collected from other area of your garden, such as bug eaten greens or specific greens for composting. Then add som...
First of all you have to check the root which has started circling. Then notice that there is a dark portion at the bottom of the trunk. You can prevent this problem by avoiding to plant too deeply and not to leave in the pot for too long. You have to plant it at the right depth. Now check the roots of the bigger tree that has died. You shall notice that the roots have started circling around a part and then they stop the circulation to the top of the tree and then the tree dies because it wa...
In this video from nmsuaces we learn about choosing the right evergreen tree for your landscape. Upright Junipers are very good for the landscape. A topiary pruned juniper is something that the homeowner can maintain in the spiral form it is. An Austrian black pine is good for lower types of settings and low end soils. A Tanyosho pine can get to be about 10-12 feet and that would fit many landscapes. A Japanese black pine is a fast growing tree, and grows twisting an irregularly. Deodor Cedar...
If you're not sure how to share links to your building expansions or golden eggs in FarmVille, to others, you have to watch this. To get the link to publish it, all you have to do is watch and learn. Share your mystery eggs or barn raising links in FarmVille with everyone! This also works with adoptable animals and much more in FarmVille.
You can speed up productivity in FarmVille with a simple glitch that everybody knows about by now. Somehow, someway, boxing yourself in on FarmVille allows you to speed up the process, because you don't have to walk around to complete each task at hand. Watch and see how to speed productivity in FarmVille with a "boxed in" glitch (12/13/09).
Has Zynga changed the way you get mystery eggs from chicken coops? There's only one way to find out—by trying out and seeing for yourself, but this video does it all for you, plus shows some tips on chicken coops and eggs. See how to get mystery eggs from chicken coops in FarmVille (12/22/09).
Harvesting your crops taking too long? Use this quick trick to make your life easier! This video tutorial shows how to save time harvesting in FarmVille (12/08/09). Instead of waiting for your little farmer to walk all the way across your farm to harvest that last crop, why not have him do it instantly? By creating a mini-prison for your farmer, you will be able to harvest anything, anywhere, right away. Watch the video for details.
