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Planting Ground Covers -
Ground covers can be transferred from the nursery to the garden , Bamboo Floors at any time of the year, but it is obviously easier to get them established with a minimum of effort if they are moved during the rainy season. , Perrenials in Planters However, this is not always practical and trans...
Mulching -
The value of mulching shrubs , Watering House Plants and young trees , When to Plant Roses can never be over-emphasized. In Australia's hot summers, , Growing Citrus Trees from Pips a great deal of moisture , What is soil pH? is robbed from plants , Kitchen Improvement if they are not mulched. Mulching materials include leaf mould, grass , Lawn Sprigging clippings, stable manure. bark chip...
Cold Frames and Seed Boxes -
As well as reducing frost damage, cold-frames prevent excessive dampness in the soil. , Stony Though seedlings require some water, , Annulas in Planters too much under cold , Growing Roses conditions retards growth , Great Potted Plant Ideas and can induce disease. , Garden Design Frost damage can be partly prevented by banking the soil , Seed Raising round...
New Lawn Care -
When caring for a new lawn, , Sowing Seed there are a number of tips , The Home Garden in Winter that one should follow to ensure best possible results. Perhaps an obvious point, but on that needs speeling out is to minimize foot traffic as much as possible on newly planted lawns , Espalier (this includes s...
Medicinal Tea - Chamomile -
Chamomile is perhaps the queen of medicinal tea herbs. , Preparing a New Lawn It is a beautiful annual , Sowing Seeds in Patches (although there is one variety of chamomile that is a perennial , Bonsai Display plant) that grows , ing Roses to roughly 2 feet high. Chamomile prefers partial shade, and likes sandy, dry soil. , Plants for Japanese Gardens Th...
Testing your soil -
Soil-testing kits available and by and large they do a very good job of accurately testing your soil. , Pantone Color Swatches However, if you are only interested in knowing if your soil , Grass Seed Mixtures is acid or otherwise, without worrying about degrees of acidity or alkalinity, here is a simp...
Lawn Plugs - Plugging -
Plugs are pieces of sod, one and a half or two inches or so in diameter, of creeping grasses. , Permaculture Core Values When planted, they quickly grow , Sowing Seed in Cold Frames together and cover the ground. They differ from sprigs in that each consists of many rather than a few shoots and includes the so...
Window Boxes -
Window-boxes can be found in many materials. They can either be bought ready-made or made to fit a particular window. , Making acid soil alkaline The traditional wooden , Preparing Your New Garden box is still a favourite and will last well provided it is painted with a preservative and one or two coats of pai...
Growing Bulbs Outdoors -
Plant outdoor , Prinicples of a Japanese Garden bulbs with a trowel, but on no account leave them 'hanging' in a soil , House Plants and Water Evaporation pocket. Special bulb , Clay Soil - How to Improve Clay Soil trowels are obtainable with narrow blades which cut easily into the ground, and some of these have marked measurements for setting bulbs , Permaculture Layers at the requir...
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