What Is A Solar Greenhouse?

A solar greenhouse can basically be explained as a greenhouse that not only collects solar energy, but also stores it. The major difference between a regular hobby greenhouse or commercial greenhouse and a solar greenhouse is the solar greenhouse is equipped in some way to store the heat energy given off by the sun.

Want to build your own greenhouse? Use these free greenhouse plans to build your own solar greenhouse.

How is solar energy captured, you ask? Solar energy can be captured in the solar greenhouse through the use of any material that will capture & hold heat and then slowly release that heat to keep the surrounding environment sufficiently warm as outdoor temperatures fall.



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Cats In Your Garden?

You walk outside and find your neighbor's cat using your garden bed as a litter box. What to do? Turn on the garden hose and start spraying or run after the cat with a broom? Well, if you want to keep cats out of your garden you might. But if you do keep cats as pets, you may want to learn how to keep cats in the garden and make your garden more enjoyable for them. Just be thankful there are hints and tips for keeping cats both in and out of the garden.


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Nightblooming Cereus Photo

Nightblooming Cereus

Nightblooming Cereus








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Moonflower in Bloom Photo

Moonflower in Bloom Photo

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Spring Snow White Magnolia Photo

Spring Snow Magnolia Photo


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Moonflower Vine Photo - white blooming vine

Moonflower Vine in bloom

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White Asiatic Lily Photo

White Asiatic Lily

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Moonflower vine in bloom photo

Moonflower Vine in bloom

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Benefits of Landscape Lighting

There are many considerable benefits of landscape lighting. Landscape lighting reveals the hidden architectural aspects of your home in the darkness of night. They cast dramatic silhouettes of your trees and plants against the walls of your home creating a spectacular show for the curious passerby. Landscape lighting also acts as a security measure in your overall home security plan. Dark spaces can be lighted to reveal any potential hidden dangers thus making you feel more secure entering your premises late at night. With correctly positioned landscape lighting, ripple effects on a pond or base of a waterfall can glamorize a rather unexciting spot in the still of the evening. Potential home-buyers will relish the fact that your home is as charming in the evening hours as it is in the day time. Consider these benefits of landscape lighting when making your next purchase of lighting for your landscape.




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The Sweet Smell of Korean Spice

This sweet smelling deciduous viburnum shrub that is ideal for small spaces with only three or four feet of planting area. In spring, Korean Spice Viburnum is covered with pink fragrant flower clusters the size of grape fruits. The standard form of Korean Spice viburnum shrubs is a good intermediate landscape shrub as it only grows five to six feet high with an equal spread. Being a low maintenance viburnum, they are also ideal for growing in large pots in the patio garden. There are many ways you can fit this shrub into the smallest gardens. The dull green foliage turns bright scarlet in the fall. Zones 5-8.

Other relate shrubs include: Mohawk viburnum, Cranberry viburnum, Tea viburnum and Judd viburnum.








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