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Peat Bogs, habitats and Global Warming

By Tussiemussie, 27 Mar, 2008, 1 comment

A plea to buy peat free products this year, save wildlife habitats, and prevent further global warming. check out this link -
http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=23323
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My garden bog.

By Marguerite, 2 Jul, 2008, 0 comments

Hello everyone,
I will tell you about my garden. I live in tropical North Queensland and we are now having the dry season, winter. Very few trees...

A Gardeners Life is Full Of

By Weemamabell, 17 Feb, 2008, 3 comments

I saw this poem in a mag and I loved it
A Gardeners life ...
Digging , Levelling , Weeding , SeedingPlanting , Waiting , Feeding , Pleading...

Cold but sunny

By Marguerite, 3 Jul, 2008, 7 comments

I live on the driest continent on earth ( so they say ) and we have to be sparingly with water. A lot of places go on water restrictions in summer....

Happy new year!

By Majeekahead, 1 Jan, 2008, 12 comments

Hope that you have all had a great christmas and new year! and i am going to kick off the new year by opening an old debate! -pesty wildlife...

Raised Vegetable Plot

By Carolyn, 5 Nov, 2007, 1 comment

Having been inspired by the on line square foot garden on this site I am trying to do something similiar. So far got the wood and stakes from...

Raised Veggie Plot continued saga.....

By Carolyn, 30 Nov, 2007, 3 comments

Finally did a bit in the garden this week, hooray. I cleared the rest of the garden cuttings/weeding pile into recycling bags, in fact it has...

Lovely day - with thermals!

By Spritzhenry, 15 Nov, 2007, 3 comments

Well, it was a beautiful sunny morning, but a hard frost overnight. Glad I'd saved (nearly) all my tender plants! I went out with my camera...

A problem area.

By Pleadinggreen, 25 Jun, 2008, 2 comments

This is a problem area I need to do something with. I removed a very large, weak and sickly forsythia and it's left an ugly gap. T thought of...

Strawberry fields forever...

By Raquel, 29 Feb, 2008, 5 comments

Hello all, I just joined and it's great to see such a beautiful site with everyone's pictures...I live in Texas so it's already Spring, and I...

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Questions

mulching

By Figgy, 23 May, 2008, 1 answer

I have little plants growing in garden beds. I want to mulch these beds. But do I have to lay a plastic sheeting barrier down under the mulch...

To mulch or not to mulch that is the question!

By Sgtwarpig, 29 Apr, 2008, 3 answers

My soil could be best described as a lot of clay. I have added a compost to the soil before planting my roses now the question is whether to...

another mulch query

By Joe_pye, 19 May, 2008, 2 answers

Should cedar shavings/chip sold as pet litter be used for mulching
newly planted roses? Seems like the mulch soaks up the water/
rain and...

mulching

By Grassman, 12 Jun, 2008, 1 answer

hi,can i use new grass cuttings on my fruit trees ? many thanks

mulch

By Goffer, 2 Jul, 2008, 2 answers

i use privet,ivy & laurel hedge clippings direct as mulch material.i'm told that i should let them rot down before use yes or no

autumn leaves good mulch or not?

By Majeekahead, 18 Nov, 2007, 5 answers

i have just been thinking recently, i have leaves everywhere in my garden. obviously i have swept the lawn and bagged up the leaves to make compost...

wood chips vs. bark mulch

By Robin, 31 May, 2008, 1 answer

I have yards of wood chips (mixed fir, hemlock and red cedar) that I've composted for 3 years. I'd like to use it as decorative mulch around...

bind weed

By Bunty, 16 Jun, 2008, 5 answers

I have taken over a large established plot but it is over run with bind weed that chokes everything . I cant dig it out despite trying . Is the...

plant food

By Taneydale, 7 May, 2008, 3 answers

Are there plants or trees that like tea leaves in the mulch?

Muclhing on top of flower seeds

By Princess51, 22 May, 2008, 1 answer

I just put in a new flower bed, and my daughter and I planted wild flower seeds, marigold seeds, and few others, The seeds have begun to sprout,...

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