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Mygarden is a site aimed at helping you with all your gardening, landscape design and home improvement questions. We have some great garden tips and ideas for your house (retaining walls, ground covers, terraces, design, outdoor lighting and low voltage lighting, espalier) for you and your family. Be sure to check them out if you are renovating. Great ideas for kitchens and bathrooms too,
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  In this website, we hope to give you gardening tips based on a combination of old fashioned knowledge, down to earth practices and some modern understanding too. The goal is to help people reconnect with mother nature by working in their own garden. Heaven knows we need it now more than ever!
On that note, nothing could be more pressing than the environment and global warming. For this reason, we have put together a collection of resources to help you navigate your way through the carbon neutral minefield. These include sustainable living resources such as green living (hemp products), recycling and sustainable living, sustainable architecture, renewable energy (solar energy, solar power, solar panels, biomass and biofuels, hydro and wind power etc..)
If you are looking for botanical taxonomical information, please go to our database. You can search for over 211,000 botanical names! We aim to bring you the most complete listing of botanical names in the world!
We have many features on many types of both house and garden plants and flowers too. Some great orchid articles such as how to grow orchids and caring for orchids. Orchid flowers are truly amazing.
One of our most popular subjects is the humble tomato. It has never been so easy to create your own crop - especially if you know all about your soil type. Mulch, and the different types of mulch is invaluable knowledge so you too can grow the best organic food, right at your back door (using permaculture design techniques of course!).
In Australia horticulture types covers almost all types of topography, seasons and conditions. From Alpine and sub alpine to coastal, rainforest and even deserts. However, if you plan on buying seeds from overseas, you should first determine if it is actually legal to bring them in into the country. You can obtain this information from ICON the Import Conditions Database which is maintained by Biosecurity Australia (BA) and used by the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service (AQIS) when processing imports. Check out this link. You should also check with your own state authorities to see if these species can legally be grown.
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Climbing Roses -
Climbing roses , Summer Bulbs are often slow starters and will not produce a profusion of flowers , How To Sow Australian Native Seeds for at least two years after planting. They are, however, very long lived. They can be grown on arches, pergolas, fences and walls. , Feeding Roses There is a basic difference between ramb...
Lawn Care in Shaded Areas -
As with lawns , When to Sow Grass Seeds anywhere, the quality of the soil , Seed Raising and Drainage is of great importance in shaded areas, even more so than in sunny places. , Asbestos Safety It must not pack down and become pasty and "puddled" under the influence of heavy drip from leaves and branches. If it does, air , Hedges - Growing a Hedge can...
Choosing Your Plants From The Nursery -
When choosing plants , Lawn Repair from the nursery, always look for healthy , Growing Flowers leaf growth, , Planting Ground Covers perhaps new shoots and good colour , Orchid Flowers in the leaves. Plants , The Green Peach Aphid that look pale and show no sign of new growth , Spring Flowering Plants could be root , Growing Mangoes and Lychees from Stones bound or unhealthy and will take longer to establish in the gr...
Bonsai Root Pruning -
In order to adequately absorb major and minor elements from the soil , Growing Pumpkins solution, plants , Noxious Weeds seem to need fresh new root , Red Legged Earth Mites growth. One the first symptoms of a root , Soil for Groundcovers bound plant , Hydroponic Systems - Continuous Flow is a general chlorosis even thoughthe plant , Hedge s is adequately fertilized. Root , Weed Control Methods pruning bonsa...
Formal and Informal Gardens -
When a garden , How to Prune Bonsai Roots is planned on formal lines it has an orderly, symmetrical appearance. Many large gardens , Watering Cactus of mansions and large estates in Europe are of this type. In the formal arrangement there is a main axis, such as a path , Hydrangeas or grass , Bamboo Floors walk, bordered by flow...
Grouping House Plants -
When choosing flowering plants , Bonsai History to put together, try to get a good contrast of shapes without a great mixture of colours. , Moving Your Roses Shade and sun-loving plans , Bonsai Shaping are not good partners nor should one include fast growers which will soon swamp their neighbours....
Kitchen Remodeling -
A well constructed plan , Cactus Pests and Disease is a must before you start. You need to first assess the current good and bad points in your kitchen. , Fresh Tulips Then you need to decide whether you plan , Seed Propagation to do the kitchen , Moving Your Roses remodelling yourself, , Herbs and Pests or hire an interior designer , Growing Apples, Pears and Plums from Pips or cabinet maker...
Growing Peaches, Apricots and Nectarines From Stones -
Crack the stone , Brown Olive Scale a little - just enough to break the sides open slightly. Then plant , Brown Olive Scale it in a 4 inch pot , The Black Peach Aphid of compost, , Brown Olive Scale about 1 inch deep. Put the pot , The Black Peach Aphid in a warm, shady place , Propagating Plants by Cuttings and keep the compost , Propagating Plants by Cuttings damp. After some months, a little shoot should appear. Place , How To Get Australian Native Seeds to Sprout the...
Terraces -
Terraces are the ideal solution for sloped garden , Pruning Roses areas, where planting can sometimes be challenging, if not impossible. Indeed, it is rare to find a piece of land that is absolutely flat. , Propagating by Cuttings You will find that most blocks slope to some extent and,...
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