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The common weed, Dandylion is a useful plant.

Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/22/2017 - 08:58

Steep the roots and the leaves in water for a few days , strain and spray this fertilizer in your garden. Dry the flowers and then use them as a compost activator in your compost heap.

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Top 5 uses for coffee grounds in the garden.

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/12/2017 - 11:10

1. Coffee grounds can be used as a mulch to prevent the growth of weeds and prevent the soil from drying out.

2. Steep 2 cups of grounds in 2 L of water over night and then use as a fertilizer.

3. Grounnds make the soil acidic so is useful for Clivias.

4. Add then to your compost heap as the are a good source of nitrogen and tannic acid.

5. Sprinkle around plants to prevent slugs and snails from gettig at your plants. Top

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Weeds in paving

Submitted by admin on Fri, 12/02/2016 - 16:26

An alternative to poison, is to kill the weeds in your paving with salt or petrol. If you are using salt make sure that you sprinkle it when there is no chance of rain.

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Dealing with weeds

Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/20/2016 - 11:26

When starting a new flower bed one can put down a large sheet of plastic and cut out the plastic in the places where you want to plant trees and shrubs. One can then cover the plastic with mulch, gravel, pebbles or wood chips. They say that if you plant close together then the weeds are crowded out. A thick layer of mulch will deter weed growth and will also provide structure and fertilizer to your soil. If you have weeds growing in the garden then digging them out individually is far better then digging over the soil in the bed as this brings new weed seed to the surface.

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