While all gardeners love a long trip to the nursery, we don’t always have the time or money to buy the masses of plants our heart's desire. Luckily, there is one essential gardening skill that eliminates that problem altogether – propagating. Although it may sound...
Pilea peperomioides is an incredibly popular houseplant, beloved for its compact growth and interesting leaves that lend it many common names, including UFO plant and Pancake plant. However, it is most commonly known as the Chinese Money Plant after its native region...
Spring, the season of new growth, quickly becomes the season of more spending - especially for avid gardeners. Luckily, you don’t have to spend thousands for the perfect spring garden, especially if you’re a newbie gardener on a budget. There are many ways to start...
Plant propagation is a gardener's ultimate skill. We all love our precious plants, so who wouldn’t want more of them? Indoor plant propagation in particular has become incredibly popular. Not only is it easy to do and completely free, but it allows you to grow an...
There are always those gardening tasks we cannot get away from. A little bit of work will be greatly rewarded when the family pops around for the festive season. Prune rambling roses, feed, water well and add a layer of mulch. Stake dahlias as they grow and keep...
On the Urban Rain Systems website, rainwater harvesting is defined as a process in which rainwater that falls onto a roof surface is collected and stored to be used at a later time. By harvesting and using rainwater we are not only reducing our monthly water bills,...
Festive Rosemary - By Alice Spenser-Higgs Just as poinsettia has become the Christmas flower, so rosemary is the Christmas herb. But it is more than a herb in the conventional sense; think of using rosemary for Christmas decorations, gifts, table settings, festive...
SETTING UP FOR THE SEASON Table décor can make your festive party an extra special event. We borrowed this idea from Jamie Oliver’s wooden plants on bricks to serve antipasto and took it one step forward by adding flowers peeking from underneath to give it an elegant...
Trending: Recycling or upcycling anything to give new life to old things is still 'in'. Use old wheelbarrows, boots, leaking buckets or discarded kitchenware as containers for herbs or succulents. Remember: If it’s hollow and can hold soil, it can be a container. But...
A retired old chair can be refashioned into a great planter with some easy steps and a love of succulents. What you need: An old wooden chair, with the seat removed Organic fertiliser pellets Palm peat block (reconstituted in water) Potting soil Bonemeal or...
Get composting with this simple do-it-yourself project. Gather Together: 4 treated wattle panels (you can also use chicken wire fencing or sheets of corrugated iron or plastic)4 plastic coated metals fence droppers (wooden ones will do)Cable tiesNewspaperStrawGrass...
