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Great Lawn Care
By Jade Coleman · 12 years ago
Keeping your lawn in great condition can be pretty difficult. Bad airflow and inconsistent natural light from high garden walls and fences make it difficult to get a perfect garden. Here are some great tips ...
Pretty in Pink
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
Continuing our weekly piece on the varying colour schemes of a garden and how best to compliment and consolidate them, this week the colour is pink – a colour that will bring a soft, warm ...
Clipping the Clematis – a guide to proper pruning
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
Clematis are one of the most beautiful, versatile and, subsequently, popular additions to the British garden. Due to their ability to grow vertically on walls and trellis, in containers, or horizontally entwining with other plants ...
Backyard Bog Gardens – How to Build your Own
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
The benefits of a water-based garden are numerous –from attracting wildlife, to providing an environment for different types of plants that you might otherwise not be able to accommodate, however, you may wish to build ...
Britain in Bloom 2012
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
With the New Year, the Royal Horticultural Society ushers in a new batch of contestants for the annual ‘Britain in Bloom’ competition, where hopeful communities from all over England compete to be honoured as champions ...
How to Choose a Greenhouse
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
Unlike our previous piece about choosing the appropriate compost bin, the decision to invest in a greenhouse is an altogether larger investment and the greenhouse you choose will be dictated largely by the parameters of ...
Orange is Not Only a Fruit
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
Fortunately we’ve already seen the first snows of the year and can soon expect the last frost to fall, thus signalling the dawn of spring and all the colourful flowers that will bring, and our ...
Reasons for Choosing Artificial Grass
By Darren Hurley · 12 years ago
Artificial grass is a landscape wonder. It creates picture-perfect landscapes without the troubles attached with maintaining natural grass lawns. Aside from creating a beautiful view it also helps improve people’s lifestyles. Different owners have gained ...
The very best arguments for choosing rattan sun loungers
By Andrew Liberty · 12 years ago
The years of unpleasant plastic sun loungers are over. The new variety of rattan sun loungers are here, offering style, efficiency and highest level of comfort. So what exactly is so excellent regarding wickerwork sun ...
What's in a Name?
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
Etymology, or the origin of words, is a fascinating subject, particularly where plants are concerned. Oft named after the discoverer’s love interest, or for the characters of fables and fairy tales, or perhaps their origins ...
The Colour Purple
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
Continuing our weekly segment on different plant based colour schemes, we now address red and blues first child – purple. As usual our list includes cultivation dos and don’ts, where best to place these examples ...
Trees For Small Gardens
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
Last week we gave you information on proper pruning techniques and its many benefits, however even the most dedicated maintenance cannot make a large tree suitable for a small garden, and this week we address ...
Plans4Boats Review
By Rhett Noble · 12 years ago
Anyone who has ever thought of owning a boat really should certainly look into Plans4Boats. This easy to observe guide will display you almost everything you'll need to know to make your boating dreams reality. ...
What Do You require To build A Wood Garden Shed?
By Rhett Noble · 12 years ago
A wood garden shed plays a big role in your garden or at the backyard. It's the most effective place to keep your garden tools and equipments this kind of as mowers, shovels, and so ...
How to choose Rattan Garden Furniture?
By Kris Raven · 12 years ago
Outdoor and indoor rattan furniture is by far one of the best types of furniture you can use in your garden, conservatory or patio area. The best part is rattan furniture is available in a ...
Caring For Your Compost
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
There are fewer habits a gardener can develop that are of greater benefit than composting. Dedication and persistence are rewarded with a cost effective means to fertilize your garden, not to mention a practical use ...
Credit Crunch Hits Our Allotments
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
The Royal Horticultural Society have recently published a public interest story concerning the rising prices and popularity of allotment gardening and you may be shocked to find out how plot space translates into wallet space. ...
Yellow Fellows
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
Continuing our colour coding of the garden, this week, if yellow is your thing, we bring you a host of butter-toned cultivars. Yellow is considered, in psychological circles, to effects one’s self esteem, specifically to ...
Hydroponic Growing
By Jade Coleman · 12 years ago
Hydroponics is a process whereby plants are grown without soil, in mineral nutrient solutions. Plants grown by this process may also be grown in gravel, mineral wool or perlite.
Hydroponics is being adapted all over ...
Lopping the Limbs
By Joshua Ellison · 12 years ago
Everybody loves fruit - it’s nature’s ice cream with more than forty flavours, it’s the backbone of our vitamin intake, not to mention a good looking addition to the garden. Those of us who have, ...