What fun to be starting a new garden! One of the first things you need to ask yourself is what plants that are already there do you want to save?...
My previous heapies have always been in the shade and have worked fine. OK, s I am in Australia and it is a tad warmer here, but even in winter...
I am just so excited by finally having good composting facilities ;) The bins are all going in 'dead' areas which would be hard to maintain...
I was going over the final plans for the garden yesterday with the landscape architect, and the thing I niggled most about were the placement of...
You're totally excited by a riveting book on the history of compost. LOL No wonder people look at me strangely. ;)Excellent book called...
Oh dear - what a drama! I've had deliveries go badly wrong ("I'm sorry madam, but your parcel has been mislaid in the Bahamas") but never yet,...
I would say the easiest thing for you to do would be to go down to your local greengrocer's, see what they have for sale, and what it is about...
Thanks Fran - no one has heard of peppermint mulch! LOL I think it is an island thing ...
Has anyone used peppermint mulch? My landscaping contractor proposes peppermint mulch for the garden beds (which will take over a year for me to...
I preserve everything - really into it - jams, toppings, fruit butters and spreads, chutneys, pickles, tomatoes (whole, soups, suces, salsas etc),...
Sorry to sound like a novice - hawthorn tree and hawthorn hedge ... any difference? The only reason I ask is that I thought the easiest way to...
Orienteering and Recreational SchoolFURL
I think I have tried every watering system know to mankind and then some - and in the end, nothing is effective as hand watering (if not so...
Good luck with it - my last garden had compacted shale about 2 feet down which was a nightmare. The only time I got a decent garden was when (for...
Exploding pot plants sounds like a nightmare! LOL Thanks for the explanation. Our winters are generally dry so even though parts of the country...
So is it the frost you need to protect plants from, rather than snow and cold?
Excuse this question from an Australian. I've noticed in many of the garden books I've bought from the UK and from topics on this board that you...
Over the past 24 hours I have been opened into the world of weigelas - interesting, and I've never heard of them before, not on the mainland....
Many thanks for your suggestions. Will look into them, esp the Rowan and whitebeam and the crab apple ... and the corkscrew hazel also. Sounds...
Weigelia - fantastic, thanks. I've never seen it before. It is absolutely gorgeous in flower (I keep having cars screech to a halt outside my...
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