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Moss in Your Lawn – You Are Not Alone

By on December 24, 2011 in Pests, Problems and Health

Get sympathy and tips if you have moss in your lawn. If your lawn is moss free read these tips to keep it that way.

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Garden Frost the Pros and Cons

By on December 24, 2011 in Pests, Problems and Health

Most things in the garden have good and bad points and you can work with the good aspects of frost with these tips

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Homemade Organic Garden Sprays

By on November 20, 2011 in Environmental Gardening, Pests, Problems and Health

If you do not want to use chemical sprays on your vegetables and plants try DIY organic sprays. Here are several organic sprays you can use and tips on the type of sprayer to use.

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10 Quick Gardener’s Tips

By on November 16, 2011 in Gardening

If you like fast results in your garden try these ten Quick Gardeners Tips covering design, cultivation and money saving. Money Saving Tips When making new lawns just make the surround or outer edge with turf about 18-24 inches wide so you can then cut a straight edge. Sow seed in the middle to save [...]

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Grow Flowering Cherry Trees

By on November 11, 2011 in Garden Design, Trees and Shrubs

Designing your garden to include flowering Cherry Trees gives you chance to consider different shapes, habits and varieties. A section of Tips on Selecting Flowering Cherry trees is included to help gardeners get a colourful spring blossoming.

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Seedheads Worth Growing

By on November 7, 2011 in Gardening

Seedheads and berries make fine displays and feed wildlife so are worth growing for those reasons alone. There are mant plants worth growing for seeds and the display they produce.

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Marijuana Growers are Potty

By on November 7, 2011 in weeds

One weed that some gardeners wish they were able to grow – well then can but not always legally. A form of grass that if you water it with neat whiskey it comes up half cut! Holy smoke a reefer plant

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Support Your Climbers this Autumn

By on October 27, 2011 in Gardening

November is a good time to retie your climbers to their supports. Climbing Roses benefit from the support of a sturdy frame that prevents ‘wind rock’. Wind rock loosens the roots grip on the soil by the action of high winds.

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Best Garden Photographs and Tips November

By on October 20, 2011 in Gardening, photos

November is a good time for photographing the structure of your garden and a bit of frost can be very photogenic.

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Tips for Dealing with Slugs and Snails

By on October 19, 2011 in Pests, Problems and Health, Tips Hints and Ideas

Slugs and snails have tremendous appetites for devouring your plants. The younger, tastier and more precious your plants the more likely they are to go for them. Young lettuce seedlings seem to be very tasty and a whole row can be devoured overnight by these innocuous critters.

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