As the name eludes to, square foot gardening is a practice whereby you grow your own organic vegetables using a square foot system. An example of the kind layout is above. Each section is approximately one square foot. “That looks complicated…” Actually, square foot gardening is one of the[…]
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People who do not like gardening can not seem to understand while someone would spend their weekend outside on their hands and knees doing manual labour like digging up weeds or mowing the lawn. They just want to kick back and relax in their comfortable homes. However, every gardener knows[…]
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Gardening isn’t all building sheds and planting new flowers for you to enjoy in the summer months. Sometimes you need to take care of the tasks that ensure your garden and property is safe and at its very best. This could mean that on occasion you need to cut down[…]
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Many people imagine their garden to be their own piece of land that they can change to their heart’s content. Of course, this isn’t always the case. You may think that last sentence doesn’t apply to you if you own the property outright – but that isn’t true, either! Spring[…]
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As the days start to get longer and the weather warms up, there’s no denying that spring is finally here. Sure it’s going to be a little bit of time before the last few signs of winter are finally gone, but that doesn’t mean that you should have to wait[…]
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With summer on the way and temperatures staying mild, it isn’t a bad time to do a bit of gardening. Planting that new bedding you’ve been planning on or mowing the lawn. The English weather isn’t known to be the best but it hasn’t been so bad recently. When the[…]
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Remember that time when you weren’t quite homeowners yet? You were excitedly thumbing through the pages of portfolios given to you by different real estate agents, spending hours on Right move and Pinterest, desperate to start enjoying your own home. But then came the day that you bought, and you[…]
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Your garden is only as good as what’s in it: could yours do with an upgrade? We tend to get pretty settled once we get into our gardening stride, opting to perfect what we currently have rather than looking at how we can actively improve our garden. But with spring[…]
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A pond is a brilliant way of bringing life to your garden. However, ponds also do take a bit of looking after. If you already have a pond or are thinking of building one, here are some useful maintenance tips to keep it alive. Growing plants There are all[…]
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Gardening with our bare hands is tricky, and probably ill-advised. With so many tools created for various aspects of the job, it just keeps getting easier and easier. Some tools are quite a niche, and most budding gardeners will probably never have cause to use them, but others are staples[…]
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