gardening

How to spruce up your garden

front garden

Pretty much everyone would like to have a garden at home. A garden can undoubtedly beautify your home. Just remember that having a garden can be far more difficult than you could ever imagine. Some people do not have a green thumb. Others do not have a sense of style. This can make it difficult

How to create your own Japanese garden

Japanese garden

Japanese gardens are designed to provide a space of relaxation and meditation, and creating your own is an authentic route to an idyllic outdoor space. If you’re planning to create your own Japanese garden, this guide includes a summary of the different types you can take inspiration from, a few ‘how to’ steps on actually

The top 4 easiest vegetables to grow in your garden

growing vegetables

Growing fresh produce inside your backyard is not just a great way to relax and to free yourself from all the stress of the busy life, but it is also a great opportunity to save money by harvesting your own fruits, vegetables, root crops, and herbs at little costs. Growing vegetables in your garden might

The water wizard – a green guide to home irrigation systems

home irrigation systems

Are you looking for a beautiful garden without the hassle? Watering a large garden can take up a lot of time, particularly if you are self sufficient and grow your own food. This is because it requires you to water multiple times a day in peak summer periods, meaning that a home irrigation system could

Seven tips to help you enhance the look of your backyard

As the weather starts to change and summer approaches, this is the appropriate time for you to evaluate the state of your backyard. As you go through the process of trying to figure out how you want to design your backyard, here is a look at some tips to assist you. Use Edibles Many people

Beautify your garden with these tips

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Gardening is a wonderful hobby that offers both fitness and emotional benefits. While this type of work can be strenuous at times, it can also be very rewarding. Regardless, if your garden is filled with vegetables or flowers and shrubs, you will want to make sure it is perfect. Sprucing up a garden is genuinely

Garden soil vs. potting soil: what’s the difference?

garden soil vs potting soil

There’s a difference between garden soil and potting soil. They may both be soils for planting, but they are fundamentally different and serve different purposes. Garden soil is normally great for all plants, but there are situations where it stops being an ideal soil. Whenever it is put inside a container, garden soil suffers from

How to choose the right sand for your home & garden

garden sand

Gardening and landscaping your property is a tough job. It requires a lot of knowledge and effort to create the effect you hope to achieve. At times, it also requires the right connections to provide materials. You may have the perfect idea of what you want to accomplish, but you don’t know where to turn

Get your garden spring/summer ready with these prep tips

garden prep

Moving into March, you would expect the weather to gradually improve – higher temperatures and prolonged spells of sunshine at the very least. As it stands at the midpoint of March though, we have already endured a yellow weather warning from the Met Office and a barrage of uncharacteristically unpleasant weather. With the British weather

How to modernise your garden in time for spring

modern garden

Slowly but surely the winter period is drawing to a close. Daylight hours are getting gradually longer, meaning the time has come to start paying attention to our gardens once again. In the dark and cold of winter, the majority of us elect to all but completely neglect the grasses, bushes and flowers that make