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Weed Removal in Drought: Keeping Your Garden Healthy and Soil Moisture High
Harriet M. Ashford
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Keeping a garden thriving through long stretches of drought calls for steady effort and smart decisions to help your plants...
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Spider Plant vs Snake Plant: The Real Differences in Care, Look and Placement
Harriet M. Ashford
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Anyone looking for an undemanding houseplant usually ends up choosing between two staples: the spider plant and the snake plant,...
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Pruning Lavender by the End of March for More Flowers
Harriet M. Ashford
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Many amateur gardeners are puzzled every summer when their lavender produces only a few meagre flowers on long, bare stems....
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Simple PET Bottle Drip Irrigation for Pots
Harriet M. Ashford
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Turning a PET bottle into a straightforward drip irrigation system is a practical way to keep potted plants damp for...
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The Hardy Lantana Shrub That Keeps Gardens in Flower
Harriet M. Ashford
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Many amateur gardeners spend a small fortune each year on fresh flowers, only for their beds to look bare again...
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Milk Tins as Decorative Pots for Aromatic Herbs
Harriet M. Ashford
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Turning milk tins into decorative pots for aromatic herbs has become a practical option for anyone keen to reuse materials...
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Rats in the Garden: How to Spot Them and Get Rid of Them
Harriet M. Ashford
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Often it’s nothing more than a quick shadow by the compost, a faint rustle under the decking, or a hole...
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How an Egg Carton Bird Feeder Turns Your Garden into a Winter Oasis
Harriet M. Ashford
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Many households throw away empty egg cartons without a second thought – yet in winter they can turn your garden...
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Money Tree Care in March: Light, Water, Feeding and Repotting
Harriet M. Ashford
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After a quiet winter, a money tree can look as if it has hit pause. The leaves may droop a...
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How to Reuse an Old Bucket at Home
Harriet M. Ashford
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Not every bucket that has lost its original shine needs to go straight into the bin. In many homes and...
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Blue Thunbergia: A Fast-Growing Flowering Wall Climber
Harriet M. Ashford
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Blue thunbergia is a fast-growing climber that can create a leafy, flower-filled screen over railings, fences and trellis panels. Unlike...
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Painting Tree Trunks White: Limewashing Explained
Harriet M. Ashford
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Painting tree trunks white is a practice known as limewashing, traditionally done with hydrated lime diluted in water. The pale...
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Strawberries: End-of-March checklist for an XXL summer harvest
Harriet M. Ashford
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Many home gardeners only start thinking about their strawberries once the first blossoms appear. By then, it’s effectively too late....
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Burying Sansevieria Leaf Pieces in a Pot: How It Works
Harriet M. Ashford
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Burying small pieces of sansevieria leaf - the plant also known as Saint George’s sword or mother-in-law’s tongue - has...
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Sheet Mulching with Cardboard: Building Biodiversity and Pollinators in Your Garden
Harriet M. Ashford
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Turning depleted ground into a productive ecosystem calls for smart ecological management. The layering approach makes it possible to reuse...
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How to Fix Root Rot Caused by Overwatering: the Dry-the-Roots Trick
Harriet M. Ashford
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Overwatering is one of the most frequent mistakes in plant care and it is also a leading cause of root...
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April balcony flowers: eleven robust pot plants for sun, shade and less watering
Harriet M. Ashford
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From April onwards, many people get the urge to garden: that dull balcony finally needs some colour - but without...
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Pothos: essential indoor care for healthy growth
Harriet M. Ashford
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Growing houseplants successfully means keeping a close eye on the conditions that support healthy development. The popular pothos stands out...
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How Baobab Trees Store Water and Why the Sagole Big Tree Holds the Record
Harriet M. Ashford
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The baobab’s swollen trunk is far more than an exotic-looking feature. It is packed with living tissues that can hold...
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Oregano in the Vegetable Garden: The Best Companion Plants (and the Ones to Avoid)
Harriet M. Ashford
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Many amateur gardeners think of oregano mainly as a pizza herb. In a bed, however, this Mediterranean perennial does far...
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Turn a Swan Vase into a Garden Bird Feeder
Harriet M. Ashford
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That kitschy swan-shaped vase you would never display indoors can become a genuinely helpful lifeline for birds in winter. Anyone...
