You like rice – don’t even try to deny it! In stir fry, takeout, Chinese, with beef or chicken or leafy greens…mmm! And the varieties, too – basmati, white, long, brown, lemon… Well, if you’re cooking rice, and if you’re washing rice, then by default – you have rice water left over! If you hang…
Growing Roses
Grow a Beautiful Rose Garden – On Your Balcony!
For a modern city woman or girl, growing a rose garden might seem like a nice daydream. After all, you do live in a concrete jungle. You might think to yourself how great it would be to have a spacious veranda, with billowing flowers, towering trellises and wonderful decor where you would drink coffee in…
Is Aspirin Good for Roses?
If you know any gardeners, you’ll maybe have heard them say at some point or other, that you can use aspirin for roses. Now, this was news to me. As a migraine sufferer, I’ve always got stacks of the stuff in my house – so I was pretty pleased to come across this rumour as…
Do Roses Like Coffee Grounds?
Have you ever cleaned your coffee machine filter after an early morning cup of coffee and thought to yourself – hmm, what do I do with this? Can I somehow re-use the coffee grounds, preferably in my garden, without just tossing them into the trash? Good news is, much like us humans do, roses also…
Can You Feed Roses With Tomato Feed?
If you’re asking whether you can feed roses with tomato feed, you’ve probably run out of your standard rose fertiliser, but you’ve spotted your tomato feed lying around, and you’re wondering if you can use this instead! Or perhaps you’re looking to save money and wondering whether one type of fertiliser can work miracles for…
How to Get Roses to Grow Fast
You might know all too well roses can take quite a long time to flourish and grow. While not as difficult to grow as new gardeners tend to assume, roses do take some patience. So if you wondering how to get roses to grow fast, you’ll want to start by aiming to grow roses from…
How to Protect Roses From Squirrels
If your squirrels are eating, stealing, or damaging your roses, you’re going to want to protect them. After all, roses aren’t always the easiest plant to grow – you don’t want your hard work going to waste, or your beautiful roses vanishing overnight! To protect roses from squirrels, you can use natural preventatives placed strategically…
Can I Eat Wild Roses?
Roses aren’t just a beautiful garden addition. They’re also full of vitamins and minerals, so the good news is that yes, absolutely you can eat wild roses! If you want to be safe eating wild roses, you’re going to need to check for pesticides, poisons such as rat poison and / or insecticide, and you’ll…
How to Grow Roses from Cuttings Without Rooting Hormone!
Growing roses from cuttings is also much more straightforward and suitable for beginner gardeners than growing roses from seed! It’s normal to use a rooting hormone to allow the roots to ‘take hold’ and flourish when following this method of growing roses – you can purchase chemical rooting hormones or make your own natural, all…
Is Honey Water Good For Plants? – The Garden Wonder Cure!
I LOVE honey, but I only recently discovered how amazing it can be in my garden as well as my tummy, with the use of honey water! Is honey water really good for plants? Honey is a sweet and thick liquid made by honeybees – it’s organic and incredibly nutritious. Because it’s packed with nutrients,…