Showing results by author "Beverly Hill" in Home & Garden

Breeding dogs has been a passion for people through many centuries. Part art, part science, and total devotion, breeding will show you all the best in the human-and-dog bond. It is exciting and challenging. Breeding purebred dogs is also time consuming, expensive, and occasionally heartbreaking. If you go forward, your underlying purpose should be to improve the breed, not just increase its numbers. Breeding a litter should begin with knowledge. Responsible breeders devote time to learning as much as they can.

Indoor plants are great for creating a more welcoming room in your house. Other than being a colorful decoration, indoor plants can also purify the air, improve your health, and help increase your focus. By providing your plant with a good environment, and the correct amount of water and nutrients, you can make sure that your indoor plants stays alive. With some simple tips, you can be well on your way to raising some happy, healthy houseplants.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to de-clutter your home or office. De-cluttering is a method of removing mess from the house or office, so as to organize and prioritize one's commitments and material possessions.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to help make your gardening more of a pleasure and less of a chore. Gardening is a low maintenance hobby which does not require anything more than your love and attention. Gardening can be in many forms: small or big flower gardens or vegetable gardens, gardens with water bodies, landscaped gardens, etc. If you have the space and time, the resources and money, or simply an active imagination, you can make a dull piece of land come alive.

Have you ever wanted a wild flower garden? A wild flower garden is not just a garden that has gone wild; in fact, it is quite the opposite. A garden that has become wild normally looks a bit of a muddle, whereas a wild flower has to have a closely controlled environment. Garden flowers have been hardened, so to speak. They have been cultivated and crossed so that they can put up with not being taken care of by the average gardener who does not know much about gardening.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on which plants or vegetables you can put together to help them to grow healthily. By combining plants carefully, plants can help each other in terms of providing nutrients in the soil, offering protection from wind or sun, and also by attracting beneficial insects or acting as a decoy for harmful pests.

This audiobook contains proven steps and strategies on how to plant trees anywhere. Planting a tree is an easy task, but it takes more preparation and skill than you might think. Many people assume it's so easy that they overlook basic planting techniques, potentially setting their trees up for failure. 

A pure breed of cat is one that specifies the lineage of the cat, and means that it has no other breed mix in its blood or heritage than that which it is named. Many people who adopt or purchase a cat do not think in the terms of "purebred." They fall in love with the cat or kitten's characteristics, personality, and behaviors. There are some, however, who have a particular breed of cat in mind when purchasing or adopting a cat.

As wine tasting is considered to be a very sophisticated practice, there is a particular etiquette you have to follow. This etiquette should remain the same whether you are at a vineyard, wine tasting private party, or in a restaurant.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to recognize and treat your dog separation anxiety. One of the best joys of dog possession is the tight bond we experience and inspire with our puppies. But if your dog becomes too reliant or dependent on you, canine separation anxiety can develop. Dog separation anxiety is a sizeable problem to a predicted 10 percent of all dogs and older puppies. Fairly paradoxically, it is the primary cause for dogs finishing up in animal shelters.

There are no secrets in the breeding of fine dogs. Nature's laws, basic truths, are like the Ten Commandments and bear repeating - the more often the better. The receipt for success in the science of reproduction is both simple and complex, but it can be summed up in a little word: Selection is the secret of breeding fine dogs - selection based on knowledge. A great winner is no accident.

This audiobook contains proven steps and strategies on how to perfect your small kitchen garden. Kitchen gardens provide a sustainable solution that equips families with the means to grow their own nutrient-rich food to reduce malnutrition and improve quality of life.  

Taking the time to landscape the front yard, back yard, and patio, whether for decorative appeal, added value, or simply because of an inspired vision, takes imagination. With the right focus and plans, homeowners can become involved in producing attractive landscape designs, and this guide will inspire with ideas, trends, and tips. 

This guide contains proven steps and strategies on how to cultivate some of the best tomatoes you have ever seen and eaten. It can be great fun growing your own tomatoes, and you can get an even deeper satisfaction by growing your own from seeds. With a little forward planning and by putting into practice some tips for beginners, your tomato-growing venture will become successful. 

Container gardening is the procedure of growing plants solely in planters and containers (pots). You can grow almost anything in a container, and you can put a container anywhere. Because it's easy, just about anyone can grow flowers and vegetables. You may not have the acreage for flower gardening or vegetable gardening, but you can grow fresh vegetables, flowers, or herbs by growing plants in pots. 

Broths and stocks have been part of almost every culture's culinary tradition for centuries. But in the last couple of years, nutritionists and health food junkies have begun promoting broth not for its delicious warming properties, but for its numerous health benefits. According to many, broth made primarily with animal bones, and simmered for hours and hours (know as "bone broth") is a magic super food that can heal digestive issues, revive tired muscles, and make brittle hair and nails a thing of the past. 

Gardening can be a great way to disconnect from the technology that has taken over our lives. Making use of the many available garden technology apps and objects may seem in opposition to the notion of unplugging in the garden. But rather than taking us away from the natural world, these technologies are new gardening assistants making it easier for us to partner with nature. If you're not inclined to gardening, but still want to grow your own produce at home without breaking a sweat, these futuristic home gardening inventions might be just what you need.

Killing houseplants seems to be a popular American pastime. The world is made up of two types of people: those who can cultivate and care for houseplants, and those who would have trouble keeping a plastic plant alive. Most of us kill our plants from time to time due to misjudgment or a busy schedule, and as a gardener, this can be difficult to come to terms with. This audiobook contains proven steps and strategies on the most common mistakes gardeners make that lead to plants dying - and how to fix them.

The concept of soil-less gardening or hydroponics has been around for thousands of years. Consider the hanging gardens of Babylon, probably the earliest example of hydroponic gardening. In the 1970s, General Hydroponics (GH), the largest supplier of specialized chemical nutrients was born.

Whenever you are involved in vegetable gardening, there is a possibility that you probably experienced one of the most pleasurable pastimes such as walking through your garden and picking a handful of your very own produce. However, an even better experience would be to also have the opportunity to cook your own homegrown vegetables and serve them for your family members to enjoy - maybe you could make it a weekly routine if possible!