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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…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

How to Feed and Water for Container Garden

FEEDING Once plants are established and well rooted into the compost a feeding programme can commence. For instance, with subjects planted in spring you can start feeding in summer. With…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

How to Feed and Hang Baskets in Window Garden

Seasonal plants will need more feeding than a permanent planting display, since things like annuals, tender perennials and bulbs grow fast and quickly exhaust the soil. Peat-based composts used for…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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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…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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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…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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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.…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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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…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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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…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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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…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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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…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

How to Design a Steeply Sloping Garden

The natural slope of this plot was steepest near the house which is where most of the terracing has been done. The retaining walls have been tiered so as to…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

How to Design a Small Modern Garden

This is only a small garden surrounded by 1.8 m (6 ft) high fences. The house is modern and quite small, with patio doors and one downstairs window looking out…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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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…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

How to Design a Small Garden

The aims of designing a garden for a small space vary according to different needs. But the basic requirement must be to have something pleasant to look out on all…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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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…

Arthur Kunkle February 23, 2010

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How to Design a Sloping Garden

Sloping gardens are considerably more difficult to design than level ones. There are several practical problems that have to be appreciated before a successful design can be produced. This is…

Arthur Kunkle February 22, 2010

How to Design a Secret Garden

I am often asked to produce a garden which has secret places or some areas which cannot be seen all in one glance, so here is a design which would…

Arthur Kunkle February 22, 2010

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