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Any gardener starts considering buying garden tools or maybe marveling at those Alan Titchmarsh garden spades — but let’s not forget, it’s taken the majority of history to reach these heights. Civilizations cultivated gardens thousands of years before the creation of the lawn rake or the garden trowel. The activity we know as an old familiar pastime was already developing over 16,000 years ago.

Gardens at that time were tended to for pleasure, for spirituality, and for practical reasons. The necessary fruit and nut bearing trees as well as other food-bearing vegetation would mingle with pools for fish, being enclosed by stone walls. A small part of the garden was allotted for other things, holy plants seeded and cultivated in the name of their gods. Additionally, other herbs, prized highly by the priests, flourished in locations far from the gardens. Others, too, came to be famous for creating early gardens. These include the Babylonians, the Persians, to say nothing of the Assyrians, who all also incorporated buildings of noteworthy dimensions into landscapes. The Romans also really enjoyed tranquil gardens, unlike the ancient Greeks. They tended plantations exclusively for sustenance. In that era, hoes and spades were the modern, recent innovations that lawn rakes or forks would be in a later age — and that’s before contemplating what they used for materials. They were initially constructed from stone, but were made out of iron, bronze, and copper as time passed.

Everything screeched to a halt during the Dark Ages. Horticulture was no different, but fortunately, the priests kept what had been learned alive.

Civilization once again grew harmonious gardens grown from vegetables, flowers, and herbs to provide a pleasant enclosure. Standards began to evolve, a formalized system dictating how the garden should finally turn out. Many awesome specimens can be found as knot gardens, which were drawn from sophisticated textures. Such rules aren’t still compulsory, meaning there’s ultimately nothing to worry about — have fun, and don’t be embarrassed regarding trying to find out how to remediate some troublesome garden forks deformity or browsing some in-depth garden spades review. Where others abided by these conventions which had been carefully observed for generations, William Kent and others created a unique blend of informal and formal esthetic by placing together modern decorative pieces along the lines of columns with natural lines.

Today, gardens often look quite different but nonetheless we tend plants for similar reasons to our forefathers. Ultimately, they are still among the most beautiful settings on earth.

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Early in May here in west central Wisconsin, I can count on seeing a Ruby Throated Hummingbird hovering in front of my kitchen window, flitting back and forth, as if to say, “there was a hummingbird feeder RIGHT HERE last year. Where is it?”

And then I know it is time to put out hummingbird nectar. I feed a 3-to-1 mixture of water and sugar (3 cups of water and 1 cup of sugar brought to a boil and cooled to room temperature). After the hummingbirds’ long trip from South America, they are thin and hungry.

The general rule-of-thumb is a 4-to-1 mixture, but to start out in early spring I always use a 3-to-1 mixture. Later on in the summer, when there are more flowers available, I switch to a 4-to-1 mixture.

I know it is important to wash the hummingbird feeder when I fill it to clean out any mold. I know it is also important to thoroughly rinse the hummingbird feeder when I am finished cleaning it to remove any soap or other chemicals.

If the feeder has visible mold, I use a bleach solution (1 teaspoon of bleach to several cups of water) to kill off the mold and mildew. Then I rinse the feeder thoroughly, under running water, for several minutes with hot water and for several minutes with cold water.

The best hummingbird feeder I’ve found is a Rubbermaid feeder. It holds two cups of nectar, and it is as sturdy now as it was when I bought it four years ago. Other hummingbird feeders cracked when I tried to wash them, either at the end of the first year or the beginning of the next.

I also set out two of those little “flower balls” for the hummingbirds little round balls that hold about a quarter cup of nectar with a large, brightly-colored plastic flower that fits down inside the neck. The flower balls fit into a holder that mounts on a steel rod pushed down into the ground. The hummingbirds love the “flowers” that give them another source of food.

Usually, right around our yard, we have between four and six pair of Ruby Throated Hummingbirds. Later on in the summer, when their offspring start coming for the nectar, we have many more hummingbirds flying around the yard. Pine trees on the east and north sides of the yard provide a perch for the hummingbirds while they wait their turn to get at the feeder.

Not that the hummingbirds are especially patient about waiting their turn at the feeder. They chase each other around and chatter and scold. I am scolded, too, when I have the audacity to remove the feeder from its hook in front of the kitchen window so that I can wash it out and fill it with fresh nectar. On more than one occasion, I have ducked to avoid a collision with a hummingbird.

I have learned not to wear a red shirt when taking down the hummingbird feeder during the day. A red shirt causes the hummingbirds to flit back and forth in front of my face, as if searching for the perfect access to this huge, glorious RED flower they see before them.

Instead of filling the hummingbird feeders during the day and risking a collision with the tiny birds, I often wait until after dark to take down the feeder, wash it and fill it with fresh nectar. That way, when the hummingbirds are looking for food early in the morning, they will find a clean feeder filled with fresh nectar.

As the season progresses, the hummingbirds dramatically increase their nectar consumption so that by July, I am filling the hummingbird feeder at least once per day. I like having the hummingbird feeder in front of my kitchen window where I can closely observe the hummingbirds as they perch on the feeder and dip their beaks into the nectar. When the light is just right, I can see their impossibly long tongues darting out to suck up more of the liquid or to lick off the tiny droplet hanging from the end of their beaks.

When the light is just right, it is also easy to see why they are called “Ruby Throated” hummingbirds. The red feathers at the base of the male’s throat glow like the ruby slippers in the Wizard of Oz.

All summer long I watch the hummingbirds, and as September approaches, they became more and more frantic to eat as much as they can, in preparation for the long flight back to South America.

And then, early in September, one day it will dawn on me that I haven’t seen as many hummingbirds. As more days pass, the remaining hummingbirds leave too. Eventually I don’t see any hummingbirds at all, and I know it will be many months, with a long hard winter in between, before I can once again feed the hummingbirds that hover in front of my kitchen window.

© LeAnn R. Ralph 2004

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LeAnn R. Ralph is the author of the books *Christmas in Dairyland (True Stories from a Wisconsin Farm)* and *Preserve Your Family History (A Step-by-Step Guide for Writing Oral Histories).* She is working on her next book *Give Me a Home Where the Dairy Cows Roam.* You are invited to order a book from Rural Route 2. You are also invited to sign up for LeAnn’s FREE! monthly newsletter, Rural Route 2 News. Visit http://ruralroute2.com

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Landscaping is a wonderful pastime enjoyed by many. It provides a natural beauty and needs no ornaments or other attractive items to help achieve its magnificence. What it does need, however, is a little TLC from you and great ideas to keep the landscape design ever changing and up to date.

Landscape design is an art that not only gives you the freedom to express yourself, but also makes your home more beautiful and inviting. Landscape design is an ever growing popular pastime for middle class suburban adults, who find enjoyment in complementing their home and neighborhood with new and exciting landscape designs. More are learning how to do their own landscaping, rather than hire a company to do it for them.

There are many methods of landscape design to explore. You can trim your hedges or bushes in a decorative manner. For instance, you may want to cut every other hedge a foot shorter than the next to produce a rolling effect. You could also put a large decorative fountain in the middle of your yard. This is a costly option but, if you can afford it, looks gorgeous.

If you don’t feel that landscape design is for you, then think about it like this…how much expense and trouble have you gone through to make sure the inside of you home is coordinated and looks great for visitors? Does your living room have a theme? Do you have paintings and sculptures placed around your home? More people see the outside of you home than the inside. Most of your neighbors base their view of you by how good your yard looks. So why go through the trouble inside if your not going to do the same outside?

If you are considering landscape design, or have already dabbled in it a bit, you will need a good website to go to, such as www.thelandscapingpro.com, for all of your exterior design needs. There you will find everything you seek all in one spot.

About The Author

David Dunlap is the founder and owner of The Landscaping Pro, an online resource for any sized landscape project. For more information, visit http://thelandscapingpro.com or email at david@thelandscapingpro.com

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