Garden Care Explained

One of the most cost effective ways of getting plants for your garden is from cuttings off other plants.
Many people avoid trying to grow plants from cuttings assuming it is too difficult. If you know what to do it isn’t quite as hard as many people believe.
When you take a [...]

As plants are approximately 90% water, it is believed by many gardeners that all planting should be done according to the phases of the moon.
The moon affects the movement of water on the earth and this is their reason for believing that the moon also has an effect on the growth [...]

Laying good paving and walkways around your garden can add considerably to the number of months during the year when you will be able to enjoy your garden and whether or not you will be able to work in it.
During the wet season, unless you have suitable areas to walk without [...]

There are many different symptoms that can show where there has been a nutrient deficiency in a plant. Because all plants respond differently to a lack of nutrients it is not always easy to determine whether it is a deficiency or something else that is causing the changes to the plant.
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Soil is a main food supply for your plants but sometimes plants need a little more help and that can be in the form of fertilizer or mulch.
Mulch is great for plants, simply because you are turning something that would normally be thrown out as waste into a food supply and [...]

While winter is the ideal time to move plants they can be successfully moved at any time throughout the year provided care is taken.
Smaller plants, under three feet high, are the easiest to move. The first step is to trim the plant by about one third. The next step is to dig [...]

If you have moss on your lawn then this can be a sign of two main problems. Either you have a drainage problem or poor nutrition.
With moss on your lawn you will need to remove as much of the moss as possible before you start to take action to prevent it from [...]