How To Make Your Own Bordeaux Mixture

How To Make Your Own Bordeaux Mixture
Commonly used as a control of potato blight Bordeaux mixture can also be used to treat a range of other fungal diseases including rusts, mildews, cankers & leaf moulds. Bordeaux mixture has been around for many years and been used by gardeners safely on a wide range of ornamental plants, fruits and vegetables What may ...

Nerine Bowdenii – Plant Profile

Nerine Bowdenii - Plant Profile
Also Known As the Cornish Lily SEE IMAGES OF NERINE Nerine Shape & Size Final Height: 10 – 50 cm Final Spread: 30 – 50cm Growth Rate: Moderate growth rate Takes about 2 to 5 years to reach maturity Type: Herbaceous Perennial – Comes back every year. No woody stem Habit: Nerine Bulbs develop into ...

Whitethorn Hedging as a Boundary Plant

Whitethorn Hedging as a Boundary Plant
Whitethorn Hedging as a boundary plant Hedging plants can vary greatly in colour, growth rate and flowering but they all have one thing in common – they can all be grown to form a thick and dense wall of vegetation. This makes them ideal for boundary and privacy plants. Each hedge fulfils this roll to ...

Rubber Tree Ring Mats

Rubber Tree Ring Mats
Trees are the real givers in any garden, they sit quietly over the years as they mature into specimen plants as they reach higher into the skies. They offer height in the garden, they are home to many important insect species, they provide colour and shelter and act as a sound barrier and wind break. ...

Crumb Tubber Garden Edging Products

Crumb Tubber Garden Edging Products
The garden shop has just added a range of crumb rubber products to their range. This is a great opportunity for both companies and for irish gardeners who can now avail of the wonderful product range at great low online prices. Crumb rubber is a wonderful solution to many of our modern day problems, firstly ...

Bird Food Feeding Guide

Bird Food Feeding Guide
With a whole array of bird foods on sale the question you might ask is which is the right food for the wild birds in my garden? A worthy question indeed as not all birds will eat the same food. To make life simple and to try and outline the best food for each bird ...

Planting Dogwood Plants & Bare Root Dogwood

Planting Dogwood Plants & Bare Root Dogwood
It is not until the winter month that our appreciation for both red and yellow stemmed dogwood is fully felt. The skyward reaching bright stems can glow under a mid-winter sun trickles down. The tall narrow stems can radiant and leave long stretching shadows across lawns, walls and flower beds   If you want to ...

Raised Beds & Gardens

Raised Beds & Gardens
The key to good garden design is to find a balance between the horizontal elements and the vertical elements. Gardens can be faced with a dilemma when the vertical elements are too imposing, this can be the case in narrow gardens where the surrounding fencing panels make the space look awkward and uncomfortable. The opposite ...

Growing With 9cm Plant Pots

Growing With 9cm Plant Pots
Growing your own seeds is a brilliant way to start gardening and to get to learn more about plants and plants growing conditions. By growing your own seeds you can also save money while increasing your plant stock and ensure that you have a mass of flowers and vegetable over the coming year. 9cm plant ...

Feeding Bird Food Peanuts – Do and Don’ts

Feeding Bird Food Peanuts – Do and Don’ts
Bird food peanuts are both nutritious and delicious! Or so my bird tells me!. Bird food peanuts certainly are a top rated bird food and will attract large numbers of birds to your garden each day. There are however a range of dos and don’ts that come with feeding peanut bird food to your birds ...