Many people associate pruning with changing the structure of your tree, to fit a different shape or style. However, this is not always the case. Altering the structure of the tree is known as “Tree Training”. This is a much better way to develop an alternative form for your tree. Pruning should be used to prevent diseases, prevent lopsidedness, and encourage healthier fruit growth.

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Train Tree Branches To Grow Where You Want Them

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No matter whether you have a new or old home, or whether you are a keen gardener, or not, it is almost certain that you have a paved area somewhere. Maybe you want to lay a paved area, or maybe you want to renovate an older area, but one of the most difficult problems is the control of weeds and moss in these areas.

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How To Keep Your Patio Area Free From Weeds And Moss

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A great way to decorate your garden is with the use of vines. They are very low maintenance and look good in most places. If you’ve got a fence, or separator that is really conspicuous in your green garden, then growing a vine over it can be a quick and aesthetically pleasing solution.

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Use Vines To Decorate Your Garden And Hide Eyesores In The Yard

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With the costs of living rising all the time, it may be possible to save money and increase your family’s health at the same time by growing vegetables in your backyard.

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Vegetable Gardening Tips

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If you have a tiny yard and would like a simple, but well maintained garden, you only need two things - determination and know how.  Here are some tips on how to keep your backyard garden looking spruced up and glamorous.

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Backyard Gardening Tips

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The idea of no-dig gardening was developed by an Australian named Esther Deans. It was originally developed both as a labor saving idea and a method to rejuvenate badly depleted soil in a vegetable garden.

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Try No Dig Gardening

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There is plenty to be done in the garden, in preparation for the spring. In the previous article, we were working through a list of things to do. So many people forget, that in order to have beautiful lush gardens in summer, there is work to do at the end of winter and early in the spring. We need to ready our gardens for new growth.

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Beautiful Gardens In Summer Require Preparations In Spring

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Here in South Africa, we are fast approaching winter. This means people in the northern hemisphere are enjoying Spring and heading in to Summer. Lucky you! I thought I would do an article on gardening preparations for spring, to help those of you, who maybe need a bit of planning at this stage. I have made a list of things that need doing.

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How To Prepare Your Garden For The Spring And Summer

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Gardening advice is not that hard to come by.  In fact, you can get gardening advice from another gardener, in a gardening catalogue, gardening books, gardening magazines and even on the Internet.  Although you will have variations with every plant, there is some gardening advice that is universal and that goes for any plant.

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Gardening Advice

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If you want to extend your garden, as far as the verge, and it’s usually overgrown, here are some low maintenance tips. To screen the house from the road, you can plant a hedge of plumbago and honeysuckle. A mixture of wild Irises, bulbines, agapanthus, aloes, wild garlic and money plant can be planted anywhere in front, to give you spring and summer flowers.

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How To Disguise Your Ugly Verges With Indigenous Flowers

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