Planning Your First Garden
To plant and maintain a flower border, with a good scheme for colour, is by no means the easy thing that is commonly supposed. –
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April 23, 2020
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Keeping Cats out of the Garden
Are neighbourhood cats using your flower beds as a litter box? These kitty-friendly tips can help you keep your garden beds free of cats. First,
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April 23, 2020
Starting Your Own Seeds
I used to say that gardeners should start seeds in their homes mainly because it’s fun. I don’t say that any more. Now I say
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March 11, 2020
Plant Seeds or Buy Plants?
For the past decade, gardeners have been under the spell of major seed producers who continue to deliver ever more fantastic annuals and ever-blooming perennials.
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November 27, 2019
Pruning Shrubs
New life for old shrubs Nearly all well-established gardens have at least one old shrub which is often ignored until it begins to look poorly.
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July 23, 2019
Deadheading
Off with their heads! How and why you need to deadhead New gardeners sometimes shy away from cutting back their plants or deadheading. They don’t
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July 22, 2019
How to Build a Wind Break
Ye Two Olde Dawgs build a beautiful wind break for the garden Want to hide an area in your garden? Or maybe just protect some
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July 12, 2019
Raised Bed Out of Pallet Boards
Ye Two Olde Dawgs build a raised bed out of pallet boards Thinking of having a vegetable garden this year but don’t know where to
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July 12, 2019
Floating Deck on a Budget
Ye Two Olde Dawgs build a floating deck on a budget Want to build a deck but don’t know how? Let these two old dogs
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July 12, 2019