Cottage Gardening
Hydroseeding is a process of planting that uses slurry of mulch and seed. Often, it is used as a technique for erosion control on construction sites as a replacement of the conventional process of sowing dry seed. There are some things that can affect the process and it may also encounter some hiccups. It may…
Achene: A dry, indehiscent, oneseeded fruit. Aciculate: Needleshaped. Acid soil: Soil with a pH level below 7. Acuminate: Gradually tapering to an elongated point. Acute: Sharply pointed with an angle less than 90 degrees. Adpressed: Lying close and flat against. Adventitious: Developing in an abnormal position. Agamic: Asexual; reproducing by means other than seeds. Air…
A pleached hedge is one in which branches have been bent down or interwoven to form a living wall. This very ancient technique was known to the Romans and mentioned by Julius Caesar who saw it used as a military obstacle in Flanders. In Much Ado about Nothing, Shakespeare refers to “Walking in a thick…