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How would you like to have your very own lemon tree at home? This can be solved easily as you can grow your own lemon seeds and plant a tree wherever you want. We advice you to use organic lemon seeds for this project. Take one lemon, peel it and take out the seeds. Leave the seeds to dry. After that peel of the shell of each seed gently and make sure you leave the inside untouched. Buy a flower pot and soil and prepare it carefully, then plant the seeds. Add water to moisten the soil. Cover the soil entirely with pebbles and cover the flower pot with a plastic wrap. Find a warm place for the pot and leave it there. Once the lemon seeds begin to sprout remove the plastic wrap to leave enough space for your plant to grow. Don't forget to moisten to soil regularly. Be patient and take care of your plant as it will take a long time until the first lemon will appear. It usually takes around 8-10 years for the first

California's soil is generally rich in the minerals that plants need for healthy, vigorous growth. Unhealthy looking plants show similar signs to common diseases, no matter what soil they grow in.

Create self-sufficient soil by making it healthy. You don't want to provide temporary solutions to any problems. Manure and organic matter aren't necessarily interchangeable in ecological gardening. Organic matter is the most important: leaves, plant waste, garden detritus, straw, hay. Straw, alas, encourages

Many gardeners are facing water restrictions and with that we must rethink our gardens a bit. Even if you are not on restrictions, many of us are simply choosing to conserve and use less water in our landscapes

Recognize these weeds? If they're growing in your garden, they may be trying to tell you something. Although we often regard weeds as troublesome interlopers, these wild plants, which love to root in areas of bare earth, offer many benefits to the garden. According to Louise Riotte, author

It's no secret that the potato is a game changer. In Irish days of yore, its arrival supplied the impoverished populace with desperately needed nutrition. Its ability to grow in even the poorest soils caused these poor tenants to rely on it to their hurt. When a single potato crop failure led to the Great Potato Famine, a mass exodus from the famine's death and disease brought many of our Irish ancestors to the land of the free and the home of the brave

Remember the movies where the gardens the main actors took walks into look almost from the fairytales? The same goes with lifestyle magazines, where you see all kind of celebrities posing in majestic gardens. Luckily, you can make a garden design just as beautiful by following some simple tips and implementing a few easy DIY projects. Today we have this succulent kissing ball for you to assemble almost from scratch. Avoid spending a nice amount of money on this sort of piece in the store and make one by yourself. It's much easier than it looks! You start with a couple of metal hanging baskets (make sure they're identical though), some cactus soil and florist foam blocks. Continue