There is a great sense of satisfaction knowing that you will be able to wander down to your own garden and pick the vegetables that you have been growing and then cook them and eat them for your dinner. You will never be able to get vegetables as fresh as that from the shops and [...]
Most plants will remain healthier and stronger if they are pruned occasionally. Trees will bear more fruit if they are pruned and plants such as roses will have more blossoms and not become ‘woody’ if they are pruned correctly. Bushes and hedges can also benefit from pruning as this can reduce or eliminate the possibility [...]
Generally the location of your garden will be determined by many factors that cannot be changed, such as the location of any buildings on the property. Aside from the obvious constraints that you will need to work with, you will also need to take other factors into consideration. These factors will include the lie of [...]
I have always wondered who ever determined what was a weed and what was a flower. There are some delightful looking weeds that grow in the garden even when we don’t want them to be there. I guess the best explanation of what represents a weed, and what represents a flower is, a weed is [...]
If by chance you are using a weed killer and it accidentally gets on to your plants you should hose it off immediately. The sooner you can do this the less chance of damage affecting the condition of your plant. Sometimes while we are spraying elsewhere, a wind can carry the spray to other plants [...]
