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How to Deal with a Loss Event
How we deal with a loss event is as important to our depression as the event itself. Unfortunately, we in the West are not good at dealing with loss. Many…
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How to Enjoy the Best Gardens, Parks and Centers for Your Children
Learning About amazing plants from all over the world, especially rare and endangered plant species. About scientific classification and plants' common and Latin names. About the effects of urbanization on…
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How to Water and Feed the Plants in Your Balcony Garden
Watering is the most tedious chore in the balcony garden, although there are clever ways of reducing even this task to a minimum. The large number of plants in containers…
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How to Provide Shade and Shelter to the Well-Designed Balcony Area
There are some options for providing shade and shelter to the well-designed balcony area. They may be a summer-only arrangement (but you will need somewhere to store them when not…
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How to Protect Your Balcony Garden
Because balconies extend beyond the protection of their main buildings and can be at any height, especially in the case of high-rise blocks, one of their worst drawbacks is being…
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How to Measure and Draw Your Garden Plan
THE SURVEY If a large part of the garden is to be redesigned, then it is almost essential to produce a scale drawing or plan of the area. This will…
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How to Maintain the Fixtures and Features in Your Garden
Because of their elevated position and exposure to wind, balconies tend to be prone to a great deal of dust and debris which, without regular cleaning, would soon make plants…
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How to Maintain a Small Garden
Whatever type of garden you choose, it will need some sort of landscaping maintenance to keep it looking good. If you don't have a lawn or hedges this cuts down the…
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How to Maintain a Balcony Garden
By its very nature, a balcony is relatively easy to maintain -hardly more trouble than a sitting room containing rather a lot of houseplants that need care and attention. This…
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How to Install Lighting in Balcony Garden
A properly designed and expertly installed outdoor lighting system is virtually essential to all but the smallest balcony. Having said that, even a tiny, plant-only display might benefit from being…
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How to Get the Maximum and Best Use from Your Balcony
To get the maximum and best use from your balcony, you should consider very carefully the link between it and your home. On a practical level, access must be suited…
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How to Determine the Soil Condition in Your Garden
Many plants will tolerate a wide variety of soil conditions but some are so sensitive that they may become very sick or even die under certain circumstances: Soil acidity can…
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How to Design Your Dream Garden
Simple though it may seem, I always judge how successful a garden design has been by three hallmarks: How pleasing it is to the eye — aesthetics It 'works' in…
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How to Design a Small Hobby Garden
This little garden is certainly more of a hobby garden than it is a family one. The patio area is relatively small and would not accommodate many chairs or sun-loungers.…
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How to Design an L-Shaped Garden
Here is a potentially difficult situation where an L-shaped plot could end up as two separate gardens. The layout is designed to unite the two main areas and to focus…
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How to Design an Angled Terracing Garden
The terracing in this garden has been angled to produce a more interesting layout. If a design is going to depend upon equal amounts of cut and fill, like this…
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How to Design a Wall and Bank Combination Garden
This design is an example of where the use of walls and a bank have been combined. The area at the back of the house would catch a lot of…
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How to Design a Triangular Garden
I had a triangular plot of my own once and it certainly needed careful planning in order to make the most of the rather limited space. This particular layout would…
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How to Design a Small Garden Which Slope towards the House
Perhaps the biggest advantage of a garden sloping towards the house as opposed to sloping the opposite way is that you can see everything in it. Two likely disadvantages are…
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How to Design a Sloping Garden in a Very Small Area
This small garden represents one of the most difficult situations on a slope. With very little space available for terracing, the design relies almost totally on cutting into the slope…