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Green up your life skills and get closer to nature.
Your backyard is a natural extension of your home interior, where you spend quite a bit of time relaxing or having some family time with your kids, right? So, if you love gardening and spend your weekends on maintaining your green space or improving its look, then you’ve come to the right place.
We’ve got tonnes of helpful gardening tips that will take you on an educational journey from learning how to deal with waterlogged soil to what to do if curl grubs are ruining your lush turf.
Explore at your pace the posts below or give the search box above a try. And share your thoughts, of course, in the comment section under each post anytime!
Whether you are a new lawn owner in Australia because you’ve just moved to a house with a garden, or you already know a trick or two on how to take care of your outdoor lush green carpet, there’s always something new to learn about proper turf maintenance, wouldn’t you agree? Right then, w
Whether you’re a new or experienced gardener - you have to admit: gardening in sandy soil can be challenging. Compared to clay soil, the sandy type is easier to work with, but every “Pros” list has a negative side. It’s coarse and dry, and guess what - so will be most of your plants if you d
The goal of every avid gardener is to grow healthy plants, and while skills do matter for success, there are other factors that also play an essential role. For example, the knowledge of the type and quality of the soil. Truth be told, many gardeners underestimate the importance of these factors and
Growing your own veggies seems like a great idea, at least until you plant the fragile and hard-grown seedlings into the backyard garden. Still vulnerable, the small plants can be easily affected both by weather conditions and invisible culprits day or night. The latter can be quite sneaky, too, fee
Are you a serial killer of succulents and begonias? Have you tried multiple times to have a beautiful indoor plant space but somehow they all die from mysterious causes? Well, we understand your struggle. Watering your indoor plants might seem like the easiest task ever but in reality, there are a l
With everything that is happening in the world right now, it’s very important to stay sane, healthy and not go out on the streets naked and shouting from frustration. Luckily, there is a thing that could help you out in all three ways and that is having your own indoor vegetable garden. Be
There is no doubt that weeds are the biggest problem that could make an otherwise perfect lawn look poorly maintained. They develop quickly and before you know it, they are already stealing the soil’s nutrients and getting in the way of the grass’ proper growth. But how can you get rid
Having artificial grass definitely comes with a lot of perks, with low maintenance, making the top of the list. Enjoying a lush green grass all year round is a dream come true but taking good care of your synthetic turf is still necessary and more often than you think. As durable as fake grass is
Gardeners are increasingly becoming aware of the importance of our honey bee population. Bees have been under attack for several years from a variety of sources and anything we can do to help them is worth doing. It makes perfect sense to incorporate more of their favourites and grow bee-attracting
A green lush front and backyard is a desire every Australian homeowner has. But the cost and maintenance of, let’s say Kikuyu grass isn’t on the budget side of things. Instead, installing an artificial turf may be the better choice for you. (more…)
