Kendall Rowsby

Tips for Finding Hidden Caches with Metal Detecting

In the old days, in the absence of modern banks and safety deposit boxes, people would often bury small caches of their valuable items such as coins. The idea was that so long as they knew where to dig they could return later and dig up their treasures ... Read >

Expert Tips to Growing Roses from Cuttings

Whilst it is easy enough to purchase fully grown rose bushes from a range of nurseries, it can prove to be a little expensive in the long run. It is far more rewarding and certainly cheaper to grow your own roses from cuttings that you take from your own... Read >

Managing Rose Diseases and Insect Pests on Climbing Roses

Climbing roses are most often hardier than their rose bush counterparts, but unfortunately they are not totally immune to the more common rose diseases and insect pests. If you want your gorgeous climbers to provide you with glorious blooms then you have ... Read >

Essential Tips to Growing Climbing Roses

Climbing roses can add a dramatic decorative element and architectural feature to your home and garden. They can be trained to grow on a trellis or over an archway in the garden to significantly enhance the landscape and make wonderful entrances to separ... Read >

Tips for Organic Rose Gardening

If you are concerned at all about the health of your family and pets and the overall health of the natural environment that supports us, then you should pursue organic gardening. Organic gardening is not as difficult as you might think and it is ultimate... Read >

Common Rose Diseases: Tips for Prevention and Care

Unfortunately, roses can be highly susceptible to a number of different diseases. Prevention is always better than cure and the easiest way to do this is to plant hardier rose varieties. Some rose varieties require more care than others, and if you fee... Read >

How to Grow Rose Trees

When most people think of roses they think of shrubs, bushes or climbing roses - perhaps even miniature roses. Rarely do people think of roses as trees, but in fact rose trees exist. They are more often referred to as rose standards and aren’t truly tre... Read >

Growing Roses: Which Rose to Choose?

Shakespeare had his character Romeo famously say, "What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet". I don't wish to contradict the Bard, but these flowers with their many varieties and myriad names, do NOT all smell equ... Read >

Where, When and How to Plant a Rose Garden

So you’ve always dreamed of having that wonderful rose garden filled with sweetly scented and gorgeously coloured blooms – but not sure where to start? Here are some basic guidelines to getting started with planting a rose garden. Hot or Cold – what ... Read >

Super Tips to Caring For Your Roses

Roses have a reputation for being finnicky and difficult to care for, but don’t let that intimidate you: if you follow some basic guidelines, you too can have the most gorgeous blooms. We’ll focus on the trinity of care for roses: watering, fertilizing a... Read >

8 Great Tips to Buying Your First Metal Detector

Have you ever had a passion for ancient artifacts and dreamed of being an archaeologist, or perhaps read romantic stories of buried treasure and dreamed of finding your own treasure chest? Metal detecting enthusiasts share this kind of passion and more a... Read >

Getting Started With Modern-Day Treasure Hunting: The Art of Metal Detecting

As a child I would pore over tales of daring adventurers going in search of treasure troves, either the buried treasure of pirates or the ancient gold of the Incas or the famous Kruger Millions that are said to be hidden somewhere in South Africa. Ancie... Read >

Why You Should Join a Metal Detecting Club

With its increasing popularity as a hobby, metal detecting clubs have sprung up throughout the world. There are many very active metal detecting clubs in the United States and Britain, but also in many other countries in the world. The best thing to do ... Read >

Golden Tips to Metal Detecting on Beaches

Beachcombing is one of the most popular uses of the metal detecting machine. Here are some tips to help you optimize your opportunity for finds on the beach. 1. Search the Beach in Daytime This is the peak time for beachgoers and so with all the ... Read >

13 Golden Tips for Metal Detecting Beginners

1. The search coil (the actual transmitter-receiver) position of your metal detecting machine is very important for effective metal detecting. Beginners often scan the ground with their search coils at close to 45-degree angles. This is not optimal use o... Read >