Gardening Reference

How To Build And Manage A Worm Farm To Suit The Average Family. Recycle Household Organic Waste Into Fertiliser For Your Garden And Help The Environment Too.

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The man made compost bin is redundant by way of Mother Nature’s natural system – WORMS. Find out the story of how we created the Worm Farm to suit the average family.

Make the move. It’s simple, costs nothing to run and above all, it’s not time consuming. Create your own fertiliser for free. Most of the items needed you probably already have lying around the house. You will NOT need an old bath or plastic container.

Our Worm Farm is now over 10 years old and still going strong. Find out all the do’s and don’ts and get the facts in simple English with no long scientific names.

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After a long day handling thorny situations, the hand therapy is just the help you need. As with other Crabtree & Evelyn products, the hand therapy is formulated to transform the ordinary rituals of daily life into extraordinarily pleasurable experiences. Our inspirational model is the early home apothecary, or “still room” as it was called in England.

Still rooms existed in a time when the garden played an integral role in daily life – a time when fresh flowers, herbs and fruits from gardens and orchards were distilled to create fragrant waters for the bath and soothing essences for the skin. From the magic of this room came the little luxuries and Read more…

“Outdoor Living Room”

Today, when building costs make large houses prohibitive, one way to extend your house is to use your outdoor space to full advantage. And many contemporary houses make many a room look larger by visually extending it into the lawn or garden.

Tricks such as glass walls, using the same wall material inside as for a continuing wall on the terrace and using the same material for the ceiling inside as on the extended terrace eaves, help to do this.

Your living room or dining room and even your bedroom or your children’s bedrooms can flow right outdoors on to “floating” decks of wood, bricked terraces or lattice-roofed loggias (Outdoor Living Room). Read more…

“Gardening Tips”

Gardens come in different varieties like the plants you find in them. There are several gardening tips that can be used for all type of gardens.

1.Mulching protects your garden topsoil from being blown away. It also provides nutrients as it decomposes and improves the appearance of your gardens. Mulching has other benefits and is one of the most recommended gardening tips by gardeners and farmers alike.

2.Healthy plants are more disease resistant. Plant are like people, a person with a strong immune system can combat diseases. A healthy plant does the same.

3. Pests can be eradicated by cleaning the plant with a watery solution of soap. Just make sure to rinse after. This gardening tip is best heeded for fruit bearing trees or edible plants. Read more…