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Specific Garden Pests and Diseases
Ants Ants are an exception to the general rule that a pest is a creature that attacks a plant, eating its tissues. They do their damage in a more vicarious way. One of the ants favourite foods is the honeydew … Continue reading
Common Garden Pests and Diseases
One of the most disappointing things for the gardener is to see his plants destroyed or damaged by pests and diseases. This is, of course, to a certain extent inevitable. It happens in even the best-managed of gardens. Everything that … Continue reading
Recommended Water Plants for the Garden Pond
Submerged oxygenating plants To start a pool off the more submerged oxygenating plants there are the better. They can always be weeded out with a rake if they become too prolific. They are generally supplied as cuttings and may be … Continue reading
Stocking the Garden Pond with Fish
Stocking the Pond It is as well to leave a newly planted pool for about three weeks before introducing fish. Once the plants are established they will not be affected by fish feeding off them, but if the fish are … Continue reading
Fountains, Waterfalls, Bog Gardens and Aquatic Plants
Fountains and Waterfalls These are easily made using modern pumps designed for underwater or pondside operation. The earth taken out for making a pool is often piled up to make a rock garden in which the above-mentioned rigid liners may … Continue reading
Materials for Creating and Lining Garden Ponds
Laminated Reinforced Nylon PVC The most expensive of these materials are strong enough to support water in a pool of almost any size, and it could be constructed by welding the edges together. Cheaper materials in this range would be … Continue reading
Water and Bog Gardens
Water adds a new dimension to any garden. Its ever-changing face reflects the open sky and the passing clouds, its surface ripples gently in the wind or is troubled by the playing of a fountain, while beneath the surface, in … Continue reading
Plants for the Garden: Climbers and Wall Shrubs
For the keen gardener the walls of a house are a bonus, an added dimension to be exploited by a wealth of plants that could be grown nowhere else in the garden. There are climbing plants that, if carefully selected, … Continue reading
Buying, Planting and Aftercare of Shrubs and Trees
Buying The first essential when buying any tree or shrub is to know what you want. That does not necessarily mean the genus and species, but you should know the amount of space the plant can occupy when it is … Continue reading
Shrub and Tree Gardens
Shrubs and decorative trees give a garden permanence, but they do a great deal more than that. They add a new dimension: they give it height and a sense of space. They help to bind the garden together, giving it … Continue reading