Autumn Gardening Tips
Posted on 22 Apr in Gardening tips
Autumn is a great time to rejuvenate a garden for the new season and next spring.
The following tips will help your autumn garden flourish.
* Autumn is a time to make new plants from cuttings.
Autumn is rose season and they look gorgeous at this time of year. Cymbidium orchids require full sunshine to encourage good flower spikes during winter and spring. Divide evergreen perennials. Lift them from the soil, divide at the root and re- plant into well conditioned soil.
* Trim tree hedges before the onset of winter to keep them compact and bushy from ground level.
* Keep the lawn looking good and make sure any weeds you sprayed last month are dying. Repeat treatment if necessary. Now is the time to keep them from growing.
* Remove fallen leaves off your lawn so they don't smother the grass and plants.
* Gather grass clippings, kitchen scraps, shredded pruning's and fallen leaves and layer them in a bin to create a compost bin - remember to turn periodically with a garden fork, allowing air to circulate and feed organisms and decompose matter quickly - also remember to keep your compost bin filled with a different mix.
* Earthworms are a sign that soil is fertile. When you add organic matter such as leaves or manure - you will attract earthworms, so no need to add more to your garden.
* Don't try to cultivate soil beneath large trees. You will only damage the roots instead, make planting holes between roots and insert small plants with tiny root systems that establish themselves readily.
* Don't rush to prune seed heads. They provide a wealth of food for birds that visit the garden.
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Paving, Decking, Foliage
Posted on 18 Apr in Professional advice
The interplay of contrasting materials and foliage gives these gardens year-round interest and will give a lush modern garden that reflects the busy lifestyle of many home owners
At War With Your Weeds?
Posted on 19 Mar in Maintenance tips
What more can the title of this blog say? Eliminating weeds, particularly in a lawn can truly be a battle that homeowners lose.
The best thing to do is avoid them to begin with. When your landscaper lays grass they will make sure the correct materials are used so that you don’t ever have problems with weeds. If you get weeds in your grass – may not have chosen the right person to do the job.
If you already have a few weeds in your grass you can combat them by taking them out by the root.
If there are many weeds – too many to count, then you should re-lay the grass for a hassle free lawn going forward. Otherwise you’ll be spending your weekends weeding!
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Big Thinking
Posted on 11 Mar in Professional advice
Although a garden may not be particularly large, it can pack a strong visual punch and work with the house to create that sense of indoor-outdoor connection that so many home owners crave.
Smaller gardens should rely on straight lines and simple shapes, contrasted with sharp, rough edges to create that dynamic outdoor space. By adopting an uncluttered approach, the outdoor space, although small, doesn’t feel that way at all.
To keep an earthy element into this space, a heavily built area in timber can be incorporated in the form of a deck and stairs or path leading to a deck. Lights in a deck can give the outdoor area a beautiful appearance at night
Hammered-edge blue stone edging gives a strong, timeless look to all areas.
To draw the eye upwards, silver birch can be used as planting features – the deciduous cool-climate trees have a slender form and put on a wonderful display of warm foliage throughout autumn.
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