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Wally Richards - weeds & wellbeing

Wally Richards – weeds & wellbeing

With the milder winter we are experiencing, I was very surprised how the weeds in the garden had advanced over the last few weeks.

Alternative Weed Control

Alternative Weed Control

Chemical weedkillers aren’t the only option available. There are a number of other products which are handy weedkillers,but which don’t do as much damage as the chemical products. Oils added to water and sprayed over the foliage of plants in certain conditions will dehydrate or bleach the foliage, destroying everything growing above the ground. Greenscape […]

Weeds and weed control

Weeds and weed control

A weed can be defined as a plant growing where you do not want it to grow. It maybe a preferred plant that has seeded or spread to become invasive, or it maybe a non desired plant that has made its home in your gardens. I spoke to one gardener this week that had been told […]

Wally Richards – Christmas Gardening

Wally Richards – Christmas Gardening

Firstly we would like to wish all our readers a very merry Christmas and a happy gardening New Year. We are now halfway through another gardening year with the longest day here.  This is the time of year when our gardens are growing at maximum with only the moisture content of the soil to interfere […]

Understaning Weeds

Understaning Weeds

An informative video about understanding the role of weeds in our soil. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR__vMnQTYM For more information about Integrity soils please visit their website.

Weeds - the 'other plants'

Weeds – the ‘other plants’

Weeds are both a boon and a curse to gardeners. You may ask what advantage is there in having weeds? Two aspects immediately spring to mind, weeds are a free source of organic matter for composting and mulching but must be cut and harvested before they set seeds. The second advantage is a much more […]

Natural Weed Control

Natural Weed Control

There are many ways to control those unwanted plants that grow in our gardens and lawns from hand weeding to chemical weed killers. The definition of a weed is any plant growing where you do not want it to grow and is not necessarily the plants we commonly call weeds. It maybe that you have […]