To give your garden a super charged boost of colour this spring and summer, consider going with annuals. There are so many that you can choose from, and with our simple instructions you are sure to have a winning look in your front or back garden. Personally I love annuals in the front garden, they [...]
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Creating garden colour with annuals
Posted: August 9, 2010 by Rach in Soil / Rocks / Stones / Fill / Bark, Turf / Grass / Plants / Seeds / Bulbs / Trees / Pots & PlantersTags: decorating a garden, using annuals
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Wet feet will kill
Posted: July 20, 2010 by Rach in Soil / Rocks / Stones / Fill / Bark, Turf / Grass / Plants / Seeds / Bulbs / Trees / Pots & PlantersTags: creating drainage solutions, Protecting plants from wet feet, what is wet feet
In Melbourne almost 70% of plants will die due to wet feet. Plants get wet feet when water is unable to drain away from the plants roots. The organic matter will start to decompose sucking all oxygen and starving the plant. Plants most at risk include Azaleas, Citrus, English Box, Fruit Trees, Gardenias, Japanese Maples, [...]
Preparing to lay pavers
Posted: July 2, 2010 by DIY Big Boss in Bricks / Blocks / Pavers / Other, Soil / Rocks / Stones / Fill / BarkTags: good paving preparation, laying pavers, paving problems
Laying pavers should be fairly simple, but it is easy to skip the first steps to the process, which is the preparation. Not paying adequate attention to your preparation will cause problems down the track. The problems The three biggest issues are: Poor design, Laying on the incorrect surface or underprepared surface, and Not allowing [...]
