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Gardening Tips: Hot and dry
Last summer it seemed like it rained every weekend and the temperatures rarely exceeded 80 degrees. It was a great summer for gathering mushrooms but not so good for growing vegetables. Many local gardeners lost their tomato crop to late blight (a water loving fungus) while the rest of the garden just languished in soggy soil. This season has been almost the opposite as we recover from a week of …

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Learn how to create good growing soil when growing a garden in this free gardening video.. Expert: Tia Pinney Bio: Tia Pinney is a Teacher Naturalist and Adult Program Coordinator at Mass Audubons Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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It’s important that you provide your crab with the ideal living conditions.  There are a few things you need to know about making a proper hermit crab habitat.  This article will give you a few tips.

Size

First and foremost, you need to think about size when setting up a habitat for a hermit crab.  They need a lot of room to move around.  So, whether you choose to house him in a cage or an aquarium, just make sure that it provides enough room.  A 10 gallon aquarium is an inexpensive solution.

Substrate

One of the next things you need to consider when constructing a hermit crab habitat is the substrate.  This is used to line the bottom of the cage or aquarium.  Since they’re used to it in the wild, sand is most commonly used.  Two other options include coconut fiber and specially made fine gravel.  It’s important that the type of substrate you use is safe and allows them to dig easily.  Never use wood chips or rough gravel.  Although coconut fiber is fine, it can give you problems with fungus gnats, so you need to be careful.

Temperature

Temperature is also important in a habitat for a hermit crab.  If your crab is kept in a temperature below 72 degrees Fahrenheit, he will die.  Therefore, you’ll need an undertank heater to provide an appropriate temperature level.  However, you need to make sure you don’t make it hot enough to cause overheating.  Doing so will cause irreversible damage and possibly death.

Decorations

You should also put a few decorations in your hermit crab habitat.  You can lay some shells around so that your crab can move into a new one if he wants.  Also, you can give him a little taste of his natural habitat by providing driftwood, rough rocks, and fake plants.  Crabs will especially enjoy fake plants and vines because they love to climb.

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Everytime a new chemical is produced for commercial use a diluted version appears in the local garden
Centre which claims to do great things for pest elimination.  The truth is that by cultivating your own natural
Organic garden you won’t face the same Problems as those who choose to use artificial products and you
Will have much healthier organic vegetable plants. 

Below you’ll find the top ten actions you can take to maintain a healthy organic garden all year round
And keep pests and diseases off your organic vegetable plants. 

1.  Good cultivating practices

Always keep a powerful organic approach when cultivating your organic vegetable plants.  Don’t forget to feed the soil
Not the plant. 

two.  Keep your garden neat

Never leave rubbish scattered around put weeds on the compost heap straightaway.  This is extra important with thinned
Sprouts, because insect pests are attracted by the smell of bruised stems. 

3.  Keep your compost heap healthy

remember to only put healthy plant waste on your heap.  If any hint of disease, burn it{!}  Always burn prunings from
Fruit tree’s as they are probably going to become infected with mildew.  The ashes from these plants may be used as a manure
For your organic vegetable plants. 

4.  Sterilize your pots and seed trays

remember to keep pots and seed trays awfully clean and if possible sterilize with boiling water.  If you’re growing
Your organic vegetable plants in a greenhouse keep this extra clean and always pick off a pest or any
Fungus you find on a leaf immediately. 

5.  Keep you daily wariness

To keep your organic vegetable plants upto scratch you will need to be double vigilant especially in the summertime
Months.  Get into the practice of walking around the garden at least once a day.  Remove errant weeds and keep an eye
Open for the first signs of attack from pests and diseases. 

six.  Always buy healthy plants

In most nations the govt.   cover some plants with a certificate of health to show they’re free from illness. 
It is really easy to buy plants that have viruses or diseases. 

seven.  Don’t just buy healthy plants, raise healthy plants too{!} 

Safeguard plants you have raised yourself.  It can be difficult to remove the weaklings when you have grown them yourself. 
Remember a young plant infected with an illness is a drawback to all of your organic vegetable plants from the start. 

8.  Reduce Aphids

Hover flies are the most valuable pest predator in the garden.  The female will lay her eggs on the colonies
Of aphids so that larvae have a widely available source of food.  To draw in hover flies plant marigolds
( Tagetes and calendula ), poppies ( papaversp ) or nasturtiums ( Trapaeolum ). 

9.  Inspire other predators

It is tougher to attract more predators because they don’t always feed on flowers.  Wasps, ladybirds and
Lacewings can be encouraged by planting carrots between rows of onions so the smell of the carrots is disguised. 

ten.  Control birds and animals

The single most deleterious pests in the garden are the bigger ones like birds, deer, rabbits, moles and mice. 
The most effective control is to stop them reaching your crops.  Physically cover seeds with netting and protect
Crops by placing stakes in the ground with netting placed ott.  Do not forget to put jam jars over the top
Of the stakes to defend the netting.

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A pen & wash watercolour painting demonstration by Australian botanical, wildlife & landscape artist Helen Fitzgerald. View www.helenfitzgerald.com for a more comprehensive gallery of her botanical, wildlife and landscape paintings … Landscape painting pen wash Australian artist Helen Fitzgerald tutorial demonstration

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Learn tips for how water should properly drain from flower pots, garden planters, pots, flower boxes and containers in this free video clip.

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Make a compost bin for a home from any material that allows air to flow on both sides and on the ends. Put together a compost of any size and shape with advice from a professional landscaper in this free video on composting.

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Make a compost bin for a home from any material that allows air to flow on both sides and on the ends. Put together a compost of any size and shape with advice from a professional landscaper in this free video on composting.

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