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Best Way to Design a Flower Garden

Looks like your home has a big garden in it and you want to make it a garden full of beautiful flowers and other plants. However, you do not know from where to begin. Well, this guide will tell how you can turn your plain garden into a one that… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Create a Container Garden

What was a rather dull backyard has been transformed into a fragrant, colourful and continually inviting place, where you can sit in privacy and seclusion. Although it is small, the site has the enormous advan­tages of being fairly sunny and sheltered, making it possible to grow many plants that might… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Build an Informal Rectangular Garden

The strong rectangular shape of the garden is reinforced by the choice of paving stones, bricks, steps and patterns, but the shape of the plot is then deliberately obscured by having lots of plants overflowing on to the lawn to hide the straight lines. Harsh angles are cleverly softened with… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Work with the Soil in Small Garden

In the thirty years since I’ve had my hillside garden there has been an enormous change in the way all of us, and not just gardeners, think about the planet we inhabit. As a result, there’s more sophistication to the efforts of even a rank beginner than there was when… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Weed Your Garden Easier

Don’t get caught up in all the horror talk about weeding. It’s not bad at all. I enjoy it (me—with my childhood garden experience!); it may even be habit-forming, in which case there’s a danger you’ll have the urge to weed and there’ll be no weeds left. Imagine that predicament!… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Water a Vegetable Garden

Some vegetables can crop even in a dry summer, while others need water throughout their growing season or at key stages for worthwhile yields. To cut down on the work and waste, concentrate on watering those crops that will benefit most.

What needs watering?

Vegetables can be divided… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Use Troughs in Your Garden

Troughs are versatile and can be used in many ways on patios, terraces and balconies. They can also be secured to bland walls to create color. Here are a few ways to use them for instant, short-cut effects.

  • Position troughs at the edges of flat roofs. Use a

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Best Way to Use Space Efficiently in Your Vegetable Garden

In a small vegetable plot it is particularly important that you use every space to its best advantage. Try not to leave areas vacant and plan ahead so that when one crop is harvested another can be planted out to reoccupy the space. The five main techniques for using space… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Understand the Soil in Your Garden

While almost all soils can be improved to make them suitable for growing vegetables, you need to know what type of soil you have to start with.

Texture

To find out more about your soil, simply dig a couple of holes in the ground and look at the soil that… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Achieve a Successful Garden

Gardening is both an evolutionary and innovative process. It is possible, of course, to buy a house where the garden is established and already bursting with colour. But after a few months it is inevitable that thoughts of tailoring the garden to your own and your family’s needs will come… Continue Reading…