How to Lay Floor Tiles -
Check the surface is level and clean. Once you have chosen your tiling pattern, mark out your centre and dry lay' your tiles to ensure the result is ...
Standard Roses -
Standard roses (sometimes called tree roses in other parts of the world) are those budded on to long canes to give them stems of the desired length. T...
How Much Should I Water Indoor Plants? -
If you can collect rain water, this is better for plants than tap water. You can also use water-softening tablets or a handful of peat left in a can o...
Growing Apples, Pears and Plums from Pips -
No great heat is needed for these. In fact, the reverse is true. Start by placing pips or stones between pads of cotton-wool (which must be kept moist...
Lantana (Lantana Camara) -
There are two main forms of Lantana here in Australia: a cultivated form planted in gardens and also weedy variety found in bushland and pastures. The...
How To Sow Australian Native Seeds -
Sprinkle the seeds evenly over the surface, but avoid sowing them too densely as this may produce weak spindly seedlings and also encourage fungal dis...
Creating a New Garden -
Modern homes, with their individual designs, call for a fresh approach to landscaping. No hard and fast rules can be given for making a garden because...
Composting -
Many things can go into the compost heap: the vines of peas and beans, fresh hedge clippings, pea-pods, tea-leaves and coffee-grounds, banana peel, fl...
The Vine Leaf Blister Mite -
The vine-leaf blister mite (Eriophyes vitis) is an exceedingly small mite, having a white elongated body hearing two pairs of legs situated near the f...
