Flowering trees are a beautiful addition to any garden. Not only do they provide you with beautiful blossoms, but they can also create privacy for your home and color to your backyard. Some, like the crabapple, even bear edible fruit that can be made into jams and sauces. 🙂 Here are our 10 favorite trees …
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In its chipped and shredded form, cedar mulch is widely used as a top dressing in gardens and parks. Whilst this wood mulch is known for its fragrance and ability to repel pests, there are some downsides to using cedar mulch. In this article, we discuss the pros and cons of cedar mulch and explain …
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Using a moss pole is a great way to support your climbing plants and help them grow tall. Moss poles aren’t just about height — plants supported by these poles grow more rapidly and develop more vibrant foliage. What’s more, they are durable and easy to use. 🙂 In this post, we will answer your …
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LECA stands for Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate. Yes, we know its a mouthful. In plain English, they are porous clay balls that are made by super-heating clay to around 2,190 degrees F (1,200 degrees C) in a rotary kiln. You might wonder why these innocuous brown balls are used as a growing medium. Interestingly, LECA granules …
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Soil mites are small arthropods that are less than 1/20 inch in size (1 mm) that may be found in your plant’s soil surface or burrowed a few inches below. There are over 20,000 types of soil mites that are of different colors but are usually red, white, or brown. Soil mites are harmless to …
How to Get Rid of Soil Mites (and should you? #1 EYE-Opening things you didn’t know!) Read More »
