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garden than any room in the house, no two years - no two days - which is never the same. Plants grow and die, rain or not, and wildlife crowded around and pollinate plants or eat deer seasons worth of growth. In addition to the forces of nature play, each year provides an opportunity to refresh what happened in the garden or rethink what you want out of it. With increasing day length and spring crept closer, it is a good time to think about the changes that might want to make - big or small, ecological or just for fun. Winter is far from over in various areas, so that when you are still comfortable in, here are 5 ideas from the most preferred gardening ideas of 2014. It was definitely the food and beverage and gardening for wildlife, but then there is the water turbid and how to get the right flower beds. Read on to see what that gets excited about gardening last year, and then click the link after each description for the full story
1. Grow your own garden cocktail. Some gardeners who want to grow their own food, but what edible garden that produces something to drink? This is not an idea that is really new, but if you look at a different way to make edible garden, why not try a garden cocktail? In The Drunken botany, garden writer Amy Stewart examines how hundreds of plants have found their way into our spirits and liquors for thousands of years. Here is Stewart park in Northern California, complete with outdoor bar.
2. Design a garden for native bees. We know that bees are an important part of our garden and a contributor to the food we eat, but we do not know why. Part of designing the park to accommodate the bees involves learning more about them and dispel the misconceptions that we might have. This story explains how native bees friends we live and how we can make room for them in our garden.
3. Agriculture your parking lane. This case study explores the dreams of the Seattle homeowners to transform once-barren full grass parking lane into an edible oasis. In addition to the six raised beds juniper, landscape designer Erin Lau added birdbath and bed center to attract pollinating bees and bugs to keep the garden growing. Your city may not allow parking lane farm, but the idea of this story could easily translate to any edible garden or outdoor space that requires transformation. Who knows? Perhaps this precedent could help sway some city officials.
4. Park to the king. Population king has seen record lows in recent years, and efforts at all scales to support them. And with agencies such as the Xerxes Society of Invertebrate Conservation and the Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition for Monarchs to be added to the US Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list, now more than ever it may be time to start this butterfly gardening, even if it means planting one corner of your garden with milkweed (Asclepias spp).
5. Helping honeybees in your city. Do not forget about the honey bees, another important component in the food chain pollination. Support for honey bees can come in the form of plants, but you can also consider adding a nest. In addition to pollinate plants in the vicinity, offering honey bee byproducts profitable: beeswax and honey....
