Garden Maintenance in July – 2

Once you have the vegetable garden under control it’s time to look at the more decorative aspects of your garden – the flowers and trees.  One of the things I love doing is pruning – sometimes I can be a little over enthusiastic, but generally most things will benefit from a good ‘haircut’ as my [...]

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Garden Maintenance in July – 1

The kitchen garden is one of my favourite places at this time of year – there is so much going on that it hardly seems like garden maintenance, more like a journey of discovery.  You never know quite what is going to be ready to harvest and what culinary delights you can come up with! [...]

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Earth Ponds by Tim Matson – A Review

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

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

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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