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How to Choose the Best Autumn Fertiliser for Anything in Your Garden
Autumn is one of the three times of year you fertilize. When plants are ready to wake up in spring, you surprise them with a brunch of nitrogen-rich plant food to help them grow; in summer, you give them boosts of phosphorus and potassium to give them a brain food they need to make vegetables,…
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How to Attract Ground-Dwelling Bees to Your Garden (and Why You Should)
Spring means flowers, and where there are flowers, there will be bees. These pollinators are a crucial part of the ecosystem, facilitating reproduction for many plants and playing a crucial role in the food chain. But what a lot of people don’t realise is that most bees don’t live in hives. Seventy per cent of…
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The Best Ways to Use Grass Clippings in Your Garden
Maintaining a traditional green grass lawn is a year-round process, with mowing typically being the most time-consuming task. Not only does this involve cutting the grass, but it also means figuring out what to do with the clippings you’re left with when you finish. Rather than dumping them into trash bags and throwing them away,…
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Leave Your Autumn Garden Alone
There’s a lot of information out there — including on this site — listing garden tasks to complete in a particular month, or ahead of a certain season. And while there are always jobs you can do now to make your life easier in the future, some gardening experts say that when it comes to…