DIY & Decor

Category: Gardening

  • Container Planting

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    Container planting Having chosen your containers, place them around your garden or terrace, patio or balcony and group them together. When you’re happy with the arrangement, draw a rough sketch of your design and spend a day or so observing the movement of the sun. I know this might sound silly and obvious, but sunlight…

  • Container Gardening

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    Container Gardening Container Gardening is liberating and constricting at the same time – it’s liberating because you’re not restricted by the soil condition of your garden; constricting because it needs more care and attention.Containers are ideal to use on balconies, in small gardens, on patios and around the edges of flowerbeds.  But don’t just go…

  • Herb Gardening

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    Herb Gardening It’s summer…it’s hot… it’s time for salads and fresh herbs. Fresh herbs can be expensive in the supermarkets so why don’t you grow your own? Herb gardening can be achieved in most gardens – you can grow herbs on the smallest windowsill, on a balcony, in containers or, if space allows, create a…

  • Setting stepping stones

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    In the previous article you read about how to cast your own stepping stones. Remember, you should leave them aside for a couple of days to set completely before you can lay them along your pathway. As I said before, stepping stones are less obtrusive, easier and cheaper to lay than solid pathways. They are…

  • Casting stepping stones

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    Stepping stones can be less obtrusive and more interesting than solid pathways. Not to mention that they are much cheaper to lay – particularly if you want to create a long path to somewhere. So instead of laying a solid pathway, just set a few stepping stones along the track.   Why don’t you make these…

  • Vegetables to grow

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    As we discussed in the previous post, growing vegetables can be a very satisfying experience. Now you know the basics, the question that remains is:  -  what to grow??? Don’t bother with vegetables that you can get easily and cheaply from a supermarket or the farmers’market, such as standard potatoes or onions, or vegetables that…

  • Grow your own vegetables

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    More and more of us want to eat healthy, organic vegetables. Unfortunately the industrialised “organic” production of vegetables is not as pure as it should be, so the only way to make sure your vegetable are truly fresh and organic is to grow them yourself! Also, it is very satisfying to watch your meals grow…