Houseplants are an inexpensive way of decorating the home and are becoming more and more popular again as a new generation of homeowners learn the value of going green. As a versatile decorating tool, plants offer endless scope with great effect but it is the air purifying qualities and the fact that they bring oxygen into the home that adds a new dimension to them. They soften the indoor environment and help to add colour and life to the interior, bringing the garden indoors. Gone are the days of having the same plant for year and years.
Indoor greening
Planting up colour for winter
Nothing beats the winter blues and lifts the spirits like a spot of bright colour. By planting your winter colour now they get to grow fat and full in the warm weather that is left providing a fuller display and in flower on mass sooner than if you wait till the first frosts to plant. Bedding plants need a lot less attention in winter provided they get planted into soil that is well prepared.
Adding the organic
Go organic is a phrase we are all accustomed to and we see it coming to us from all sides. In the garden the word organic can also have a different meaning as it often refers to the soil and what makes up the soil. With any organic gardening principle whether it relates to feeding or spraying it all starts with good soil and good soil can only exist if there is plenty of organic matter in the soil. The best way to tell if you have good soil is by the number of earthworms you have in the garden, if you turn a bed or dig a hole the more there are and the fatter the earthworms are, the better the soil.
