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While winter is the ideal time to move plants they can be successfully moved at any time throughout the year provided care is taken.
Smaller plants, under three feet high, are the easiest to move.
The first step is to trim the plant by about one third.
The next step is to dig the plant out ensuring that […]

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When you notice yellowing or browning on the leaves of your plants then it’s quite possible you have leaf scorch. It generally begins on the edges or the tips of the leaves and eventually will cover the whole of the leaf. Sometimes the leaves will fall off.
It is usually caused by hot and dry winds. […]

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If you have ever wondered how to keep children occupied for hours on end then it’s time to introduce them to the joys of gardening. Kids of any age can really enjoy growing plants particularly if they have their own area of the garden where they can see the results of their own efforts growing […]

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Isn’t it amazing that all that waste food that we can’t or don’t want in the kitchen is such a good food source for the plants in our garden?
What makes it better is the fact that we can grow vegetables in our gardens, cook and eat them, and whatever we don’t use goes back into […]

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When you are buying plants there are a few things that you need to look at before deciding to plant them in your garden. Nobody is perfect, so even if you shop at your favorite garden cetre, there is still the possibility that the plant might not be the healthy specimen that you might expect.
The […]

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If you are growing plants in baskets there are a few things that you will need to take care of if the plants are to survive. Obviously you will need to start with the best and healthiest seeds or plants.
It is important that you choose good quality container mix too. There are proprietary hanging basket […]

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Ground cover has many different uses in the garden. It can be used to help reduce the amount of weeds that will appear in the garden by covering over the space between plants where the weeds might grow.
There is a downside to this though, as weeding can become a bit more difficult when you need […]

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In many climates growing plants in the winter months can become quite frustrating, and if you are finding that you are in that situation then it might be time to consider getting a greenhouse.
Greenhouses are available in many different sizes and there are some very compact versions that will suit most budgets. Having one of […]

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Topiary can be a lot of fun if you have an imagination and some patience. Topiary is the art of shaping trees and shrubs into shapes of all types and sizes.
There have been some quite outstanding topiary shapes created by garden artists over the years and many people get pleasure from practicing this art in […]

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There are many different symptoms that can show where there has been a nutrient deficiency in a plant. Because all plants respond differently to a lack of nutrients it is not always easy to determine whether it is a deficiency or something else that is causing the changes to the plant.
Where you see abnormal leaf […]

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