Did you know that coffee grounds are regularly used by gardeners? I don’t drink coffee so the issue of what to do with leftover grounds has never concerned me. However, I recently came across an article that outlined some really interesting ways to use coffee in the garden, including: Coffee grounds can be used as [...]

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I bought a 2013 gardening diary and planner produced by Gardening Australia, not because I need one but because I couldn’t resist the beautiful colour pictures on every page! However, the moment I opened it a seed of a blog post idea appeared to me on the first line of the first page. It simply [...]

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When I water the plants on my balcony there are two ways I go out about it. The first is by getting out my watering can and giving them a good soak, right down at their roots. If I am going to fertilise them I add it to the water. The second is by getting [...]

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I was watching “Better Homes and Gardens” the other night when the presenter made a very good point. When you are getting rid of infected branches on a tree it is vitally important to clean your tools between jobs so you don’t infect one plant with disease from another. Very sensible advice that doesn’t take [...]

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“I can’t abide shrubs that are wrongly chosen for a position and have to be butchered at least once a year. It is very institutional. You see a lot of that happening in public gardens.” William Martin, gardener This butchering of plants happens because somewhere along the way, maybe because it was popular at the [...]

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