Gardening Tips for July
I just received my monthly newsletter from the GardenShop, and in it they had a section called “July Gardening Guide”. I thought I’d post those tips here, and encourage you to go pay their site a visit. Of course, these tips relate to South Africa, so they may not be relevant to everybody.July Gardening Guide courtesy of GardenShopPlant Lilium bulbs Feed your winter-flowering annuals with Multifeed Flowergro or Margaret Roberts Supercharger Water and fertilise plants, herbs and annuals in outdoor containers regularly Continue watering spring flowering shrubs regularly,...
Read MoreDid your weed killer not work properly?
Have you ever sprayed weed-killer and expected the weeds to die within a couple of days, only to see them carry on thriving?There are 2 things that I have found may cause this:The weed MUST be growing One thing I’ve noticed is that a weed has to be growing actively for weed killer to be effective. This means you have to water your weeds for a bit to ensure they’re growing. If it’s dormant or in a slow-growing phase, it won’t absorb the poison quickly enough for it to take effect. That sounds like a pain, but I guess you’re probably already watering the area...
Read MoreLizards are my herb garden guardians
I’m not sure whether you like lizards or not, but I’m guessing you’d probably prefer not to find one in your house. But, I have quite a few that live in the garden, and about 4 or 5 that live right in my herb garden. Since they “moved in” (well, started their little family, because I’ve seen a few grow from tiny little things to quite large lizards), the number of unwanted bugs in my herb garden has DRAMATICALLY decreased. At one point there were quite a few large ants that seemed to be taking over, especially over my basil tree, but now there are no ants...
Read MoreGet rid of weeds in your grass
I’ve never noticed so many weeds in my lawn before! I hope it’s not just my garden that’s affected, but it’s a REAL pain. Especially if you don’t have a gardener to do all the de-weeding for you. So I went to the shops to try and find a weed killer that I can use in my lawn, that doesn’t kill the grass as well.I found Efekto “No Weed Lawn” at the Hyperama, and it works like a charm! It does make the grass go brown for a while, but it doesn’t kill it, and the grass will grow green again after a few days. Here’s what it says on the...
Read MorePrevent cats pooping in my garden
I live in a complex with a couple of wandering cats, and I really want to stop the cats from using my flower beds as a litterbox.I went to the pet store and they sold me some liquid that I would have to spray around the area that they are pooping (to put it politely), but it is not that effective if they’ve already used the area before. And, unfortunately, the cats were using the flowerbeds near my herbs, and I didn’t want this spray going anywhere near the herbs. I spoke to somebody else and they mentioned that cats don’t like using wet soil as their litter box, so...
Read MoreRose Garden – Plot out and prepare the area
After my wife and I decided on the area where we were going to plant our rose garden, here are the steps I followed to prepare the area for planting: Cut out and remove grass I followed the same steps I used when creating the herb garden. Go check out what I did by reading the following articles:Herb Garden – Step 1 – Mark out your area Herb Garden – Step 2 – Remove the grass Create proper edges Using the spade, I created really defined (and about 15cm deep) edges for the rose garden. I wanted a properly defined area, where the grass and the soil would not meet. I...
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