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Summer gardening tips for a great harvest via Inhabitat [Shared]

Summer gardening tips for a great harvest

Summer gardening tips for a great harvest via Inhabitat [Shared]

When the much-anticipated summer season finally arrives, make the most of your garden time with a checklist of ongoing tasks that will keep your plants healthy year-round.

Clean up
Much of your clean up might have taken place in the spring. However, if winter rolls straight into summer in your part of the country, or you haven’t had the time or motivation to tackle the task, get busy pulling weeds, mowing the lawn and cleaning the patio furniture. Avoid harsh chemicals and instead borrow a pressure washer to blast the deck, fencing, porch and paver stones. Also, tidy up any concrete blocks along your raised beds.

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12 Low-Maintenance Flowering Succulents via The Spruce [Shared]

12 Low-Maintenance Flowering Succulents

12 Low-Maintenance Flowering Succulents via The Spruce [Shared]

Gardeners often choose succulents because once established, they are drought-tolerant and need little maintenance. But there’s another reason why they deserve a closer look: many succulent species and varieties are real eye-catchers.

Here is a list of succulents that stand out thanks to their attractive flowers. Some require a warm climate, others are cold-hardy and adaptable to a wide range of climates. (And unless otherwise noted, all of these succulents are perennials.)

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Home composting: how to use compost bins and tumblers to make your own compost 2021 via Yorkshire Evening Post [Shared]

Home composting: how to use compost bins and tumblers to make your own compost 2021 | Yorkshire Evening Post

Home composting: how to use compost bins and tumblers to make your own compost 2021 | Yorkshire Evening Post

If you have a garden and can afford a small corner of space, then making your own compost is one of the most environmentally sound practices you can do.

It gives you a handy way of disposing of garden and kitchen waste, provides you with nutrient-rich compost that will feed your plants and improve the soil, and also helps keep armies of worms and bugs happy as they get on with the work.

At its simplest, all you need to do is create a pile of suitable material and, with minimal effort, it’ll, eventually turn into compost if you give it a year or two.

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5 of Monty Don’s favourite succulents and top tips on how to grow them via Gardening, etc

5 of Monty Don’s favourite succulents and top tips on how to grow them via Gardening, etc

5 of Monty Don's favourite succulents and top tips on how to grow them via Gardening, etc

Now’s the right time to find out how to grow succulents. The trend for growing them is showing no sign of letting up, with over 10 million #succulents tags on Instagram. Monty Don’s in on it too. He’s been posting pics of his succulent collection all summer and has just tucked his plants up in the greenhouse for winter. But did you know that not all of them have to be taken inside? It depends where you live and how sheltered your garden is. Also many of them are more tolerant of cold than you might expect. Some are frost resistant despite their origins (remember it gets pretty cold in the desert at night), while other succulents are alpine plants.

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