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New For Old Lawn Recycling

Most lawns, if cared for properly will look great and have a long and healthy life. But sometimes older lawns will start to show some wear and tear from foot traffic, pets, weeds, floods, drought or heat. Utilising new state-of-the-art machinery, your old lawn can be recycled into the perfect base for your new lawn.

Compost Pile - The Way To A Healthy Garden

There is no doubt about it a healthy garden needs good rich compost to enrich the soil with nutrients to replenish those taken out by year round growing. There are many way's to make a compost pile but here is one sure way to make it a success.

Growing Vegetables In The Outer Hebrides

This is the second year I have been working on getting vegetables growing on my croft here on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It's a steep learning curve and not so straight forward as raising vegetables in England or places with more favourable climates.

Feeding Your Lawn and Landscape with Fertilizer

Water and fertilizer are the two basic elements that your lawn needs. By giving them these, there is nothing else for you to worry about with your lawn. The lawn will do everything else on its own. Sometimes you don't even have to provide the water or fertilizer, depending on the soil and climate in your area.

Touring Other Gardens

Touring other peoples gardens is a great way to find new ideas and to inspire yourself to create a better garden for yourself.

Solving Fruit Tree Problems

There's a number of problems that affect fruit trees and these tips will help you cope with them

Your Own Fruit Trees - On a Budget!

How I created my own orchard on a budget and look after my fruit trees.

Iris, Princess of the Garden

Irises come in almost a rainbow of colours and size and are easy to grow. Find our more about growing the iris and varieties of iris.

Garlic, Growing The Fragrant Pearl

Garlic is easy to grow and home grown garlic tastes far better than store bought. Find out more here about the varieties of garlic and how to grow it.

Gardening Efficiently: Watering, how to Save Water

Conserving and efficient use of water is good for the ecology and can save you money as well

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