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- How To Gardening Basics Seasons What To Read This Week Jobs To DoDecember 31, 2024Summer is here, and our gardens are flourishing after the growth spurts of spring. Here's what to do, to keep your garden looking good right through autumn - and turn it into the garden of your dreams this year.
- How To Gardening Basics Jobs To DoAugust 16, 2023
Why do we need to prune summer-flowering plants like hydrangea? We want our garden plants to work hard, be healthy, and look their very best - and pruning helps achieve that. Here's how to do it
- How To Gardening Basics Seasons Jobs To DoApril 14, 2023Autumn is here, and our gardens are starting to relax after the energy of summer. Some are still blooming and looking fresh, while others are almost asleep for winter...
- How To Gardening Basics Jobs To DoFebruary 04, 2022Deadheading is a term you’ll often find in gardening books and online articles. And happily it’s not as gruesome as it sounds! In fact, it’s very helpful for your plants. Here's what to do
- How To Gardening Basics Seasons Jobs To DoSeptember 11, 2021Spring is here and our gardens are waking up after their winter snooze. Some are almost presentable the moment they awake, whereas others need a bit more work to get them looking schmick. If you spend only ten minutes a day in your garden, you can make a real difference with little effort.
- How To Gardening Basics Seasons Jobs To DoJune 14, 2021If you live in the hinterlands, ranges, or down in the southern states, you'll know it can get pretty chilly in winter. Here's how to make sure your plants get through the cold in their best condition.
- How To Gardening Basics Jobs To DoJune 01, 2019
For many of our hedging plants, especially dense-growing plants that are used for screening or hedging, we recommend tip pruning while young to encourage dense growth and keep your plants looking their best. Tip pruning is a method of helping a plant grow healthier. It helps plants grow bushier and fuller and improves the shape. Here's how to do it
- How To Gardening Basics Jobs To DoJune 01, 2019
Why do we need to fertilise our plants? Well, you don't have to. It's your garden after all. But your plants will grow so much better if you do. Fertilisers will help your plants develop more flowers, fruit, leaves and roots; they'll get bigger and stronger, and be more resistant to pests and disease. So you can see why giving Mother Nature a helping hand can be a very good thing. Find out about fertilisers and how to use them here
- How To Gardening Basics Jobs To DoJanuary 06, 2019
Why do we need to prune our plants? Why can't we just leave them to grow wild, as they do in nature? Well, plants are often pruned in nature, by strong winds, reducing their energy; animals nibbling at young shoots; insects taking away dead wood. This all helps change their appearance. We want our garden plants to work hard and look their very best all year - and pruning helps achieve that. Here's how to do it
