Gardening Tips
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Indoor Plants & Gardening Tips
Indoor plants are a great way to bring a little bit of nature to your home or office. They have many benefits, whether it be purely aesthetic, to act as a natural screen or barrier or to help clean the indoor air. When keeping indoor plants it is important to follow a few guidelines to ensure your plants remain in good health.
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Attract Birds With Your Garden
Australia is well known for offering some of the world’s most beautiful birds. Wouldn’t it provide a beautiful atmosphere having them visit your garden? It really is as easy as providing food, shelter & water, which can all be done with the right plant selections for your garden.
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Planning a New Garden
Your local botanical garden is a great place to start when planning a new garden of your own. Not only will it provide you with inspiration but will also give you a good idea of what plants will do well in your area & will give you some excellent ideas when it comes to plant combinations.
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Moving your Trees
Palms are one of the best types of plants to reposition. Their root system is fairly compact & tough making them relatively easy to get out of the ground. The plant itself generally recovers rather quickly once it has been replanted.
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Top 5 Pot Plants for Full Sun & Shade
Container gardening can be hard work, especially if you don’t choose the right type of plants. Container gardening requires plants that respond well to having their roots contained, this is in fact half the battle to ensuring healthy growth and lots of flowers.
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Low Maintenance Landscaping
One of the biggest & most time consuming aspects of garden maintenance is watering & lawn care, minimising watering requirements & keeping the amount of grass to mow to a minimum is a great place to start on your low maintenance garden.
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Mulching your Garden
Trying to save time in your garden? Look no further! Mulching your garden has many time saving benefits, for one it is a great way to reduce the amount of water needed & it also reduces weed growth! Save time & still improve the way your garden looks.
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Garden Pest & Disease Prevention & Control
In order to have a great garden you need to ensure your plants are kept healthy by preventing and/or treating diseases & pests. No garden is completely resistant to invading pests & disease however there is a lot that can be done to reduce the chances of your garden becoming a victim.
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Water Saving Tips for the Garden
In our current climate home owners are looking for ways to save money on water bills & also to live more sustainably. Most of your water usage is actually used outside in the garden, so it seems this is a great inexpensive place to start doing your bit for the environment.
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Using Cuttings to Make New Plants
Cuttings are a simple & inexpensive way to multiply your indoor house plants and/or outdoor garden plants.
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Spring Gardening Tips
A well prepared gardener is always ready for the onset of spring, and is often able to boast gardens that are in first class condition.
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