Plants, Shade and Conifers.
Shade In Your Garden – Almost every gardener longs for a lush,vibrant garden where their plants are healthy,protected and most of all grow to the best of their abilities.Also in the garden, gardeners try...
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Chafer Grub Control.
Nemasys Chafer Grub Killer. Chafer grub killer is the recommended application to most lawns during August and early October.This is when the young grub larvae are active and the temperature is above 12ºC (54ºF)....
Plants And Damp Peaty Soil.
Most flowering plants that need peaty or acid soil are not too keen on damp conditions and one would therefore have to drain the soil.This can be done by installing a drainage system into...
Slippy Decking.
Often softwood decking can become slippy due to a of a build up a layer of algae and litchens which become slippy in wet conditions.These are in effect small micro plants feeding on the...
Nectarine Tree Loosing Fruit.
Nectarine tree land other type of fruit trees loosing fruit is often due to a lack or potash and/or Magnesium in the soil.A good general feed of a plant food such as growmore fertilizer...
Building A Waterfall.
Building a waterfall we would normally only cement in the key rock and then stack the remaining rocks on these key rocks but it does depend on how steep the water fall is.1 to...
Non Flowering Narcissus/Daffodils.
Why Aren’t My Daffodils Flowering? How to Fix Non-Flowering Daffodils There’s nothing more disappointing than waiting eagerly for your daffodils to bloom in spring, only to be met with plenty of green leaves...
Late Spring For Pruned Shrubs.
Most shrubs that are pruned hard back in the winter months will take longer than normal in the spring to show signs of the buds bursting into life, especially if you have cut them...
Soil PH Explained For Veg Gardens.
Every soil has a pH level,imagine it is scales,the middle of the scale being pH 6.5 which is the average or most common soil normally associated with a loam or clay loam soil.At one...
Cat Problems In The Garden.
Unwanted visits to your garden by cats can be solved by planting Cat Shoo or Coleus Canina is a firm but gentle deterrent. An attractive grey-green foliage plant with a scent which cats and...
