Tomato Catepillar -
The tomato caterpillar (Heliothis amigera) is mainly a fruit and blossom feeder and has a wide range of food-plants, including maize, sweet corn, lins...
Preparing a New Lawn -
No matter the size of your yard, preparing a new lawn is a big job. There are four basic steps that one should follow when planting a new lawn. Which...
Retaining Walls -
There are generally four main common types of concrete retaining walls: Gravity retaining walls - Gravity retaining walls are retaining walls that dep...
PLanting Bulbs -
Bulbs already contain most of the nourishment the plant will need. Many will grow in fibre containing negligible nutriment, in water or even on pebble...
Summer Bulbs -
Some well-known bulbs for summer include a few varieties of Gladioli, tuberous Begonia and Montbretia. If you want to try something less familiar, loo...
Growing Flowers -
Growing flowers from seed is not always a trouble-free occupation. Hardy and half-hardy annuals in particular are not the easiest things to grow - the...
How To Plant Trees -
Holes for shrubs and trees should be dug about 30 centimetres wider and about 15 centimetres deeper than the size of the soil ball of the new plant. W...
Asbestos Safety -
The widely used building material known as `fibro', Hbrolite (NZ) or asbestos cement, contained asbestos fibres until the early 1980s, when concerns w...
The Green Peach Aphid -
The green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is a pest of peaches and nectarines throughout New South Wales. During October and November the aphids infest t...
