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How to Build a Double Wall in your Garden
A double wall for planting is rather like a narrow raised bed. It is often used as a boundary for the front garden, as a feature in front of a…
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How to Buy LED garden lights
LED (light emitting diode) is a semi conductor light source which is used for lighting in many devices. The LED light was introduced in 1962 as a low intensity red light.…
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How to Prevent Garden Accidents
Paths Make sure the garden path is in good condition with no loose or uneven stones on which people could trip. Your steps should be safe too. Always sweep leaves…
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How to Prune Your Garden
THE BASICS Having a good understanding of why pruning and training are necessary is a major step towards success. What are the aims and objects? Pruning is carried out: to…
How to Site Plants in Your Garden
In gardening there are exceptions to most rules — but even so it can be helpful to point out a few basic points: Sun lovers For sunny situations, select flowering…
How to Plant Roses in Your Garden
Although the majority of shrubs are sold containerized these days, roses are still often an exception. Many come in attractive prepacks, with little soil at their roots, and they need…
How to Plant in Garden Containers
Never forget that it is just as important to match plant needs to the site when growing in containers as it is when planting direct into beds and borders. The…
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How to Mulch a Garden
A mulch is a layer of bulky organic matter, such as well rotted garden compost or manure. It is spread on the surface of the soil around plants, mainly during…
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How to Manure Soils in Your Garden
Plant growth, whether flowers, vegetables, fruits, shrubs or trees, depends almost as much on the soil as it does on the climate. While there is nothing much that can be…
How to Make Garden Compost
Although there are various ways to make garden compost, all have the same objectives in common, to create ideal conditions for beneficial bacteria to thrive. A warm, well aerated, free…
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How to Make a Good Garden
One person's idea of what makes a good garden will differ from another's. And what is the best treatment for any specific garden must take into account its function and…
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How to Isolate the Drainage Problem in Your Garden
Success in any garden depends on well designed drainage systems. Water needs to percolate through the soil to benefit plants in the process. Some people opt to have a backflow device…
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How to Dig in Your Garden
Although digging is one of the most basic of all garden operations, in an average, modern, well stocked garden there is only limited scope to dig. In practice, dig when…
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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 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 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 Garden for Children and Pets
If you have children you may feel that you want a garden or a lawn, however small, for them to play on. This is fine as long as you are…
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How to Create an Outdoor Living in your Garden
The trend now is to integrate the garden and the living area so that the transition from one to the other is less noticeable. One good way of achieving this…
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How to Add Water Features in a Small Garden
Most people find water fascinating and even a small inground fiberglass pool makes an attractive feature. In a backyard there may not be enough room for anything extravagant and a small…
How to Use a Butterfly Garden to Entertain your Kids
In this article you'll be learning: How to create an environment that butterflies will want to come and visit. How to distinguish wild or native plants from garden varieties or…