Temperature and Humidity -
One reason foliage plants get along so well with people is that they like just about the same temperature levels - 15 to 29 C degrees. Extremes above ...
Planting Ground Covers -
Ground covers can be transferred from the nursery to the garden at any time of the year, but it is obviously easier to get them established with a min...
Bulbs & Corms -
Under a general heading - BULBS - we usually include a number of plants which do not strictly fit into this category. A true bulb is made up of thic...
Bamboo Floors -
Bamboo floors can give you the beauty of natural wood in your home without having a disastrous effect on our environment. Bamboo floors have now becom...
How to Lay Lawn Sods -
Prepare the soil on which turf is to be laid exactly as for seeding but with its surface as much lower than the finish grade as the sods are thick. Ma...
Mulching -
The value of mulching shrubs and young trees can never be over-emphasized. In Australia's hot summers, a great deal of moisture is robbed from plants ...
Rocks and Stones in a Japanese Garden -
Although rocks are conspicuous in Japanese gardens, their use is quite different from that in Western rock gardens, where the aim is to duplicate natu...
Fruit Fly -
The Queensland fruit fly (Dacus [StrumetaJ tryoni) is the common pest species in the coastal areas and in certain other districts of this State and ma...
Lawn Sprigs -
There are two ways that you can plant lawn sprigs by hand: You can broadcast, or stolonize the sprigs over prepared soil at a rate of roughly 5 to 10 ...