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For hundreds of years scholars have adopted encyclopedias as a way to organize knowledge, to have it always ready for easy future consultations and to pass it on from generation to generation. Originally, the contents of encyclopedias were very general, going from theological notions to culinary recipes. Even though today this type of encyclopedia still exists, more specialist encyclopedias, focused on one main subject, have been launched on the market, to the great delight of customers.

In fact, these volumes have allowed more detailed and complete information about our favorite topics to be easily accessible to a multitude of readers. Lovers of flower gardening have also benefited by these encyclopedias. Today, it is not hard to find an encyclopedia of gardening flowers/plants.

So if you’re a beginning gardener on the lookout for information on how to jump into your new hobby or if you’re a seasoned veteran trying to figure out why you can’t get than one particular species to grow, never fear. Volumes and volumes have been written for you and chances are that you’ll be able to find all the information you need in an encyclopedia of gardening flowers/ plants.

Of course, it is always possible to resort to the old classical way of reading up on a subject by going to any major library or bookstore. There we won’t find only one encyclopedia of gardening flowers/plants, but many different encyclopedic volumes that cover a wide variety of information about flower biology, flower species, hardiness zones, common and scientific plant names, flowering times, light conditions, cultivation notes, and care requirements, among other things. They give you advice on how to choose a site for a flower garden, how to design a garden, and what plants to choose and why. They include gardening tips and techniques and many are filled with photographs of garden designs and magnificently blooming flowers. An encyclopedia of gardening flowers/plants can give you troubleshooting ideas on how to deal with some aspect of you new flower garden, like insect infestation or disease.

For those who are computer friendly they can always buy an encyclopedia on CD (some come packaged with software to help you design your garden), or search for their encyclopedia of gardening flowers/plants on the internet. Using any of the most common search engines, we will find an incredible amount of info about a variety of encyclopedias. One of the most famous online encyclopedias of gardening flowers/plants is http://www.backyardgardener.com/plantsearch.html claiming to be the largest of its kind in the world, with its 38,000 terms. There is also Floridata, and garden.lovetoknow.com, which is actually an interactive encyclopedia that users themselves can update.

Organic gardening is gaining popularity today because of its phenomenon of doing away with chemicals. Using nature’s own balance to raise healthy plants nurtures the environment too. Along with a handy organic garden supply of tools and equipments, the organic garden can produce miraculous results. However, suitable material for growing the organic way may not be easily available. Sometimes the organic gardening enthusiast has to look into organic gardening supply shops.

The main content of an organic gardening supply are insects. Many insects and bacteria feed primarily on pests. They are a very attractive alternative to chemical pesticides sprayed over plays to eliminate pests. However, these pesticides kill the natural fauna in the soil too. Some of them are very beneficial for the growth of the plant. In addition, the extremely harmful side effects of the chemical sprays can be avoided by using the insects and the bacteria. Some of the insects provide a broad protection to the harmful pests whereas others affect some specific pathogen only. The ladybug, also known as the lady beetle or the ladybird, devour a variety of pests like the aphids, leaf worms, mealy bugs and mites. They reproduce several times in the hot weather.

The praying mantis, a relative of the grasshopper, is an indiscriminate glutton that eats up any passing insect. They are known to attack aphids, beetles, caterpillars and even frogs and lizards. Some of the other useful pests are lacewing larvae that attack aphids, mites, thripes, leafhoppers and white flies. There is a bacterium called the Milky Disease Spores that attacks the larvae of Japanese Beetles. These bacteria turn their blood milky white halting their progress to adulthood at the larval stage only. These insects and bacteria are available at the organic gardening supply stores. A good organic gardening supply of these insects can keep the garden pest free and healthy.

Varieties of tools are required when working in the garden. The tools required can be classified according to their usage. The main usages are: – cultivating, lawn care and tree care. The organic gardening supply for cultivation is the spade, fork, hoe and trowel. A lawnmower is the primary requirement for lawn care. Tree care requires secatures, bow saw and pruning saw. Apart from these tradition tools, there is a multitude of kits available to facilitate the gardening chores. These are the result of technology and greatly help the enthusiastic albeit busy gardener. Some of these kits are composting containers for making compost easily, soil analysis kits, mister bottles and portable sprayers; pheromone based insect traps and a lot more.