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The pride and joy of any home - our gardens are the tranquil spaces we love and enjoy. Whether you’re meditating outside with a cup of tea in your hands, or playing ball with your child, gardens are the areas in our homes which require thorough attention if you want them to look good throughout the year. Regular maintenance is therefore a must, as is mowing, pruning, hedging and trimming. But these tasks aren’t always simple or easy. Sometimes, an expert's advice is what’s needed to get your lovely garden looking its best. That’s why we’ve created our series of blogs on garden maintenance - to help you make the most of your garden in a cost-effective way.
So, you’ve decided to get into gardening. You’ve got your seeds or plants, you’ve cleared the space, slipped on your gardening boots and are ready to pull your sleeves up and get to work. There is just one problem - you haven’t got the foggiest what garden tools you need and what each instru
The homemade garlic spray is a preferred option by many gardeners. It helps them fight off aphids, snails and sink bugs infestations. Of course, there are a couple of other options for homemade pesticides, which you can check out and test, but now we are going to concentrate on garlic spray.
Homemade pepper spray is a DIY remedy against garden pests that has a decent amount of controversy surrounding it. Some remedy recipes suggest using pepper spray for plants as a way to rid them of insects like whiteflies and aphids. Most of those recipes have dish soap or some oil added to the mixtu
Killing aphids with soapy water is a largely used trick in the book of every hobby gardener. The mixture is also effective against mites, black flies and other pests. By creating a thin layer of soap, it simply dries them out. It is also effective in getting rid of the eggs of different insects. The
Vinegar is perhaps the one thing in your kitchen that has the most applications. It can be used for cooking, salad dressing, hair masks, cleaning solutions, as a degreaser and even as a pest control solution. WHAT?! Yes, natural aphid spray vinegar is used by many hobby gardeners because of its effe
Neem oil is a natural vegetable oil that is acquired from the seeds of nim trees. Neem oil has many applications in gardening and in medicine. It contains two important elements, which serve gardeners pretty well. One of them is Azadirachtin, which is used in a lot of store-bought pesticides. Azadir
