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How to Prune Houseplants Without Killing Them
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One wrong snip and that trailing pothos you’ve tended for months can end up looking… butchered. Perhaps you’ve been eyeing...
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airfarm’s inflatable aeroponics farm aims to grow salads from sand
Harriet M. Ashford
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A compact team is trying to raise salad greens directly from sand. A startup based in Jordan has introduced an...
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Lawn Mower Tune-Up: How to Get a Cleaner Cut and Faster Mowing
Harriet M. Ashford
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Uneven stripes, yellowing tips, and little heaps of clippings slumped by the fence. Each weekend you walk the lawn mower...
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Noisy Bird Invasion in Kent: How to Help Birds Without Driving Neighbours Crazy
Harriet M. Ashford
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The first thing you register isn’t the birds. It’s the sound. A rolling, metallic chorus that carries over garden fences...
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Seed-saving and resilience: choosing the healthiest plants
Harriet M. Ashford
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In the shed, the chatter of brittle pods sounded like rain striking a corrugated roof. She squatted between lines of...
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Toxic Houseplants: What Vets Want Cat Owners to Know
Harriet M. Ashford
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Some of the most Instagram-ready houseplants can do real harm to a curious cat. Vets say it isn’t only the...
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Hot tub deck structural reinforcement: why 8 out of 10 decks need it
Harriet M. Ashford
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On a biting-cold Saturday morning, Mark stood out on his worn timber deck with a mug of coffee, looking at...
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How February Fruiting Pruning and the Three-Bud Rule Shape Your Apple Harvest
Harriet M. Ashford
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Cold, grey, and seemingly lifeless, the February garden can feel like somewhere you simply wait rather than do. That impression...
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Build a Green Moat to Stop Spiders Getting Indoors
Harriet M. Ashford
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The solution sits outside your house - not in an aerosol. Most people reach for a spray or a sticky...
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Plant in March: Dahlias, Begonias, Lilies and Peonies to Keep Colour After Tulips
Harriet M. Ashford
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If you associate spring solely with bright tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, May can bring an unpleasant surprise: the spring bulbs...
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Early Spring Flowers in the Lawn: Sweet Violet, Ground-Ivy and Persian Speedwell
Harriet M. Ashford
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Between the first mild rays of sunshine and soil that is still weary from winter, they seem to appear overnight:...
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Lantana ‘Hot Blooded’: red shrub for driveway edges
Harriet M. Ashford
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Many homeowners run into the same problem: how do you make the driveway or the route to the garage look...
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Thyme carpet instead of a lawn: Thymus serpyllum ‘Coccineus’ for fewer mosquitoes on the terrace
Harriet M. Ashford
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A modest-looking scented plant can change all of that. Anyone who wants to enjoy summer in the garden often hits...
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Chicken Coop Compost: How to Turn Chicken Manure into Premium Garden Fertiliser
Harriet M. Ashford
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Anyone with a chicken coop in the garden is sitting on a genuine treasure-usually without realising it. Among the feathers,...
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Long-flowering perennials: reliable bloom all summer with minimal effort
Harriet M. Ashford
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Long-flowering perennials can turn an ordinary border into a true ribbon of colour that runs right through the summer. Instead...
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Ice Saints: What You Can Plant Before Mid-May
Harriet M. Ashford
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In many gardens, the famous Ice Saints are treated almost like the starting pistol for planting. Beds stay empty until...
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Baking Powder for Moss in the Lawn: the 0.75 Euro Trick
Harriet M. Ashford
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Between the blades of grass sits a dense, sponge-like moss, as if someone has tipped green cotton wool into the...
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11 Groundcovers for Wet and Muddy Garden Areas to Cut Drainage Work
Harriet M. Ashford
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A lot of homeowners immediately assume they’ll need costly drainage work involving a digger, gravel and pipes. In many situations,...
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Plant Dahlias, Begonias, Lilies and Peonies in March: Four Bulbs and Tubers to Avoid the Bloom Gap
Harriet M. Ashford
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With four smartly chosen bulbs and tubers, you can stop that from happening. When daffodils and tulips finish, many gardens...
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Lantana: the colour-changing long-flowering shrub for garden, balcony and patio
Harriet M. Ashford
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Plenty of amateur gardeners accept that autumn means washed-out borders and bare balcony boxes. Yet there’s one plant that really...
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Clover Lawn and Insects: What to Expect in Your Garden
Harriet M. Ashford
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Many homeowners and gardeners are tempted by a clover lawn as an alternative to a traditional ornamental lawn. Less mowing,...
