I believe we have to thank the gardeners of yore for the excellent term ‘foundation planting’. This involves special care, which is necessary since...
Whether the lawn is to be made from seed or turf, thorough ground preparations are necessary. Having ensured that the drainage is satisfactory the next...
How your lawn will look depend entirely on your treatment of your lawn. If you want the grass to grow thick and green, and not have any weeds, you will...
Every gardener needs at least a few cultivating tools so that he can create a good, healthy and beautiful garden. Spade is the first tool that comes to...
Shrubs are plants that come in various shapes and sizes. Each shrub has its own individual characteristics, for example, there are shrubs which have soft,...
The measures that we can take against weeds fall into 4 categories: mechanical (cultivation), like hand-pulling or hand-weeding; cultural or cropping,...
Top dressing a lawn is the term used to describe the process of dressing or adding a fine layer of good quality soil which is a mixture of loam, peat and...
A beautifully tended lawn is a delight to the eyes. Be it a handkerchief size lawn or rolling greens, a lawn is a very soothing place. However, a lawn...
Many trees and shrubs grow on a wide range of soils. Soil requirements for different plants vary and the soil has to be prepared before the planting takes...
The best time for a spring sowing of seeds in the South, is late March and April, though seeds could also be sown in August or September for a good crop....