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A kitchen garden has a charm all its own. There really is
nothing to beat the look and taste of fruit and vegetables that
you’ve grown yourself. If you add a few decorative herbs to the
mix, there’s absolutely no reason why your kitchen garden can’t
look as good visually as your flower garden.

It’s a fact that fruit, vegetables and herbs are very rewarding
to grow. There’s an extra special flavor to produce you’ve grown
yourself.

But be warned, a kitchen garden is going to be very
labor-intensive. If you’re not into hard, manual work in your
garden, a kitchen garden may not be for you. The only way you’re
going to get bumper crops of the fruit, vegetables and herbs
that you grow is by lavishing tender loving care and attention
on them.

Starting your growing early can produce a bountiful crop weeks
ahead of its normal time, giving you a home-grown harvest at a
time when those fruits and vegetables are particularly expensive
in the shops.

You can make your kitchen garden as visually attractive as
possible by careful planning. If space is at a premium you can
choose some of the more decorative vegetables and herbs and
plant them in your flower beds.

Ideally you need to choose a sunny site in your garden for most
herbs and vegetables to do well. If you are growing fruit trees,
you should ensure that they do not cast a shadow over the
vegetables and herbs.

Remember that although most herbs are leafy and lacking flowers,
they will provide greenery in your garden, even in the winter.
Just exercise a little thought as to where to place them and
think in terms of what your garden will look like in each of the
seasons and factor this into your planning.

Most herbs will do very well when planted in containers, so they
are an excellent option even if you don’t have much space in
your garden. Tall herbs can be planted at the back of a
traditional flower garden and low-growing herbs make excellent
flower garden borders.

The normal method of growing vegetables is in regimented rows.
If they are kept properly weeded, this can still look good.
Again, if you don’t have much space, you can still grow a large
range of vegetables in containers e.g. peas and potatoes. Some
vegetables are even attractive enough to be planted amongst the
flowers - but remember that you are going to have gaps once the
vegetables are harvested.

You may be surprised to learn that there’s a large range of
fruit that you can grow even if you don’t have several acres
worth of orchard plot. Small apple trees can grow in pots on the
patio, you can grow strawberries in containers and there are
even certain varieties of cordon-trained apples and pears that
can be grown against a garden fence.

Nearly all fruit trees prefer a sunny site. You will certainly
suffer from poor crops if you allow frost to damage the blossom
on apple and pear trees. Pears are particularly vulnerable
because they tend to flower earlier than apple trees.

If you don’t have space in abundance but still want to try your
hand at fruit growing then you should look at planting trained
fruit trees such as espaliers, cordons and fans against a fence
or wall. They can look very decorative and take up very little
room.

With a modicum of planning, thought and imagination there really
is no reason at all why you can’t have the joy of growing and
harvesting food for your own kitchen table in your own kitchen
garden, no matter how small the plot.

A common mistake that beginner water gardeners often make is
that they fail to take the height and width of their waterfall
into consideration, when they purchase a waterfall pump. Because
of this, it is quite common for water gardeners to underestimate
the size of the pump required for their pond.

Calculating the proper pump for waterfalls can be tricky,
because waterfall pumps are rated by both GPH and maximum
waterfall height. To estimate your waterfall’s height, you must
measure the vertical height from the top of your pump to the top
of your waterfall or stream. In addition, you must add another
foot of height or lift for every 10 feet of hosing you will be
using (this will allow for loss of volume from resistance within
the hose). To calculate the required pump GPH, a general rule of
thumb is that each inch of width of the channel will require an
extra 100 GPH. For example, if your stream or waterfall spillway
will be 10 inches wide, you will need a pump that produces an
excess flow of 1000 GPH at your waterfall’s height.

Do not make the mistake of underestimating the pump size that
you require, otherwise, your waterfall will be reduced to a
trickle of water. If you have a large waterfall, you will need a
specialized pump that will provide you sufficient GPH. GardenSM.com is proud to
introduce a new product line of high-end Master DW submersible
waterfall pumps that can run at ratings of up to 2780 GPH. The
pumps in the Master DW series have been designed for medium to
large ponds, for particularly dirty water, and to create
waterfalls.

One of the most significant benefits of the Master DW series is
that they have been designed to be clog-free. In addition to
their built-in double filtration intake that can filter waste
particles up to 8mm in size, all Master DW pumps feature an
anti-clog system which consists of a double-rotation impeller.
This “self-cleaning” feature is particularly useful when there
is an abundance of leaves and sediment in your pond water. If
one of the rotors is ever blocked by an object, the impeller
will reverse direction, until the object is removed and normal
operating status can be restored. And if these two fail-safe
anti-clog mechanisms are not enough, the pump can also be
combined with external filters for increased filtration.

The Master DW currently comes in 1430 GPH (Master DW 5500) and
2780 GPH (Master DW 10500) versions. Both run on SICCE’s
patented NRG energy system, which utilizes magnet-synchronous
motors for exceptional power and reliability. However, the 10500
model is a top-of-the-line pump which offers an unprecedented
10,500 lt/h power/head performance at 10 mt.

The simplicity and reliability of the Master DW’s synchronous
motors, and its fail-safe anti-clog system, combined with the
most sophisticated electronics make the Master DW a truly unique
product.

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