Wally Richards: a new weed control weapon
Gardening expert Wally Richards tells us about a new weapon available to fight weeds.
Gardening expert Wally Richards tells us about a new weapon available to fight weeds.
Spring cleaning jobs in the garden and how to protect your fragile seedlings from pests.
Wally Richards writes that he’s found the greatest gardening product since the invention of the spade.
With the milder winter we are experiencing, I was very surprised how the weeds in the garden had advanced over the last few weeks.
The Fruit & Vegetable Garden Fallow veggie beds – ‘resting’ your edible garden over winter, particularly where there’s less sun on it, can be a good idea. Remove finished plants and dig in some Living Earth Compost (available from our yards by the bag, the trailer-load or home delivery). For raised beds this is very […]
Over the next three months we can expect a number of frosts and wet weather, both of which have their advantages and disadvantages for our gardens. The advantages are the killing off of some insect pests and wiping out a few disease spores. The disadvantages are possible loss or damage to plants that are susceptible […]
Now is the time to prepare ourselves and our gardens for winter. We are prompted by advertisements and common sense to prepare for the coming short daylight hours and the cold that winter brings. We endeavour to make ourselves and our homes “as snug as a bug in a rug” by getting in the firewood, […]
Autumn is the time to look to your lawns and do a bit of work as needed. Thatch is a problem in most lawns and needs to be removed. It is the buildup of debris on the surface of the soil and when thatch is left to build up, it can cause all sorts of […]