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Earth Ponds by Tim Matson – A Review

April 16, 2008

Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker’s Guide to Building, Maintenance and Restoration There is nothing like a pond! What else can simultaneously increase your aesthetic pleasure, offer recreational opportunities, help the environment, and increase the value of your land? This is the recognized standard on ponds, now expanded to include a comprehensive guide to living [...]

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Garden Maintenance – Overkill With Weed Killer

March 20, 2008

Sometimes when using a weed killer  it can unintentionally get on to plants you don’t want to get rid of.  Occasionally when spraying a wind will carry the spray onto other plants and it won’t be until sometime later that the damage appears.  The first thing you should to do is wash it off with [...]

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Wonderful Worms

March 17, 2008

We see only a small proportion of them, but beneath the soil the humble Earthworm is one of the most important allies we have in the garden. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that a garden without worms is a dead garden. More often than not they burrow through the soil, aerating as [...]

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Slug Control

March 12, 2008

I have a problem in my garden, and not a very nice one at that – Slugs. It has taken me years to get them under some sort of control. The previous owners of our house were not gardeners at all and pests ran rife which left us quite a legacy of hard work to [...]

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Getting Rid of Garden Rubbish

March 12, 2008

In spring there is a lot of tidying up to do in the garden, all the winter leaves and rubbish that collect, and those plants that need spring pruning. As space is at a premium in most modern gardens you nedd something easy and ‘user friendly’ to gather up your rubbish. I use a Spring [...]

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