43 h. ago Best water softeners to help prevent limescale in hard water areas

Your hard-working hard water hero

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49 h. ago Slugs will avoid your garden if you water plants at 1 time of day

If you're worried about slugs eating all your hard work in the garden, you might want to listen to this advice from the Royal Horticultural Society about when to water plants

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56 h. ago Forget the calendar: This method reveals the ideal time to tackle garden pests

Gardeners can use a system called growing degree days to time pest control and planting more effectively

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6 d. ago Unearth prehistoric plants at Dobbies Sandyholm store next month

Attendees will start by learning about dinosaurs from different time periods before covering plants that have been around as long as their favourite dinos and can still be found in our gardens today.

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6 d. ago Unearth prehistoric plants at Dobbies' Livingston store next month

Attendees will start by learning about dinosaurs from different time periods before covering plants that have been around as long as their favourite dinos and can still be found in our gardens today.

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8 d. ago How to save water in the garden amid heatwaves and hosepipe ban

Expert offers top tips on how to cultivate a water-efficient garden

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1 week ago ‘The friendship of the good’: how a community garden gave me a sense of something bigger than myself

By volunteering at her school garden, Magdalena McGuire found something radical: the good in other peopleGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailIf you came across our school garden, you might walk past without giving it much thought. On the surface, we don’t have anything that would warrant a visit from Gardening Australia: no kitchen garden or water feature or “reflection space”. But we do have something else you might not see at first glance – something I wasn’t expecting to find when I first came to this suburb.I moved to Fawkner, Melbourne with my partner and kids about five years ago, in search of affordable housing. The suburb was nice enough but I felt unmoored. I didn’t know anyone here and much of community life seemed to revolve around structures such as the extended family, the church and the mosque. I could see how vital these were for people in our suburb; for my part, however, I’m not religious and my extended family live far away. I tried to find other ways to mak...

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1 week ago Gardening expert reveals six common weeds that can be harmful to your garden

If the summer warmth has you itching to potter about in the garden, now is the ideal time to give your plants a once-over.

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1 week ago Gardening expert names 'best time of day' to water tomato plants and how often

Tomatoes are relatively easy to grow and will fruit readily if watered on a regular basis. However, the time of day you water your plant could have a major impact

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2 w. ago Gardeners urged to place bucket of water in garden in July and August

Gardeners are being told to leave a bucket of muddy water in their gardens now

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2 w. ago Gardeners urged to put bucket of water in their garden right now

Gardeners are being urged to leave a bucket of muddy water in their garden during both July and August to attract frogs - here's everything you need to know

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2 w. ago Garden experts share the best hours to water plants to avoid ‘killing them’ – not AM

Gardeners need to water their plants diligently to ensure they flourish and grow, but the time of day they do it is critical to their health and well-being

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2 w. ago Gardeners urged to plant 5 flowers to keep butterflies returning all summer

Gardening experts are urging households to plant these five plants to keep butterflies around during the summer time, and it only takes a couple of minutes from your day.

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3 w. ago Homeowner is ordered to tear down £180k bungalow he built in in his back garden without planning permission because he 'thought it was fine'

Mark Jones, 55, replaced an old garage in his back garden with a two-bedroom 'granny flat', hooking up the electricity, water and internet to his house in March 2019.

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3 w. ago Gardens will be 'thriving in no time' if you plant these 5 fast

Gardens are often at their best in summer, but that doesn't mean it's too late to add a few new additions to your flowerbed

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