Gardening

Gardening

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Exedra

Garden; Gardening

The Greek word 'exedra' originally meant a building standing apart from a dwelling. Later, it was used for a hall with seating, attached to a peristyle, gymnasium, palaestra or private house. In ...

The internal process by which a plant turns sunlight into growing energy. The formation of carbohydrates in plants from water and carbon dioxide, by the action of sunlight on the Chlorophyll within ...

Perlite

Garden; Gardening

Granular volcanic rock, used to improve the aeration in potting soil. No nutrient value.

Evaporation

Garden; Gardening

Process by which water returns to the air. Higher temperatures speed the process of evaporation.

Permaculture

Garden; Gardening

A very advanced system of trying to grow and provide food by using perennial plants instead of the annuals the agriculture world uses now for most of our food.

Etoile

Garden; Gardening

From the French etoile=star, used to describe a point where straight walks cross (see Rondpoint and Patte d'oie)

Peristyle

Garden; Gardening

A Peristyle is a group of columns round a courtyard, or temple, and often used to support a roof (the Greek word derives from peri=round + stilus=column)