Find the Type of Soil for Your Garden

Find the type of soil for your garden Gardening is a very rewarding hobby but you have to be able to take good care of your plants by providing them with proper soil conditions. After all, a healthy growing process includes more than just weeding, sowing and tending. Since greens have different needs, it’s important to choose just the right…

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Common Garden Pests and How to Deal with Them

Common Garden Pests and How to Deal with Them Having insects in your garden, is not always a bad thing. Many of them are actually beneficial as they are eating pests and pollinating the flowers. However, it’s important to be able to identify the insects you want in the garden from those which will damage it. We listed 10 common…

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4 ways to transform your garden into a wildlife haven

4 ways to transform your garden into a wildlife haven Who wouldn’t love to see their garden supporting local wildlife? We spoke to Nicky Roeber, Online Horticultural Expert from Wyevale Garden Centres, who told us how we can transform our garden into a wildlife haven. The UK has seen a decline in wildlife populations in recent years due to pesticides, climate…

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How to scarify your lawn

Autumn and spring are the best times of year to remove moss, thatch and dead organic matter from the surface of your lawn.  This is called scarification or scarifying and is an essential part of cultured turf or lawn management.  The aim of scarifying is to remove these organic matters from your lawn surface giving the grasses in your lawn more…

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When is the best time of year to scarify my lawn

What time of the year is it best to scarify your lawn is a very important question and the answer is basically when the lawn is actively growing and able to recover from the process.  The two main  seasons in the year when this is spring and autumn. Scarifying is a process that removes large quantities of dead organic matter,…

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Lawn Fertilizer – What does N-P-K mean?

     Have you just been to your local garden center to buy fertilizer for your lawn and was confused buy all the choice, symbols and numbers. There is a large range of lawn fertilizers on the market from granular to liquid feeds depending on you requirements and needs but there is one thing they will all have in common and…

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