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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Small Backyard Space

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5 Ways to Make the Most of Your Small Backyard Space

Are you living in the inner-city suburbs? Have you recently moved into an apartment block, and all you have to work with is a balcony? Not everyone is lucky enough to move into a place with a spacious backyard, with the room to do everything you want. At Evergreen Growers, we believe that everyone should have a garden that they're proud of, no matter the size. So, we've put together a list of 5 ways to make the most out of your small garden space.   Raised Garden Bed Building a raised garden bed in your small garden or balcony...

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4 Ways You Can Help Your Garden Survive a Dry Summer

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4 Ways You Can Help Your Garden Survive a Dry Summer

If this spring is anything to go by, this coming summer is set to be a scorcher. While you might think your garden will cope well with the extreme climates that the Aussie environment can throw it on, it's important to remember that we had a considerably dry winter. Add on a dry summer, and your garden could be in dire straits. So, we've put together five easy ways you can look after your garden this summer, so you can see it through to next winter. Use Mulch Mulching your garden beds will help reduce the amount of moisture that...

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Keep Your Garden Growing For Winter

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Keep Your Garden Growing For Winter

I write this as I sit in my living room, extremely cold, and with multiple layers on. It's darn chilly outside, and it's only just turning to winter. Each year I forget how cold it can get, and as the month of June creeps chillingly closer, I have to remind myself to get out into the cold and do a few things to ensure my garden stays fertile throughout the colder months. I often have people asking, ˜how is your garden still so lush after winter?' and I tell them the same answers every time, some of which I would...

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Turn Your Garden Into A Tropical Paradise

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Turn Your Garden Into A Tropical Paradise

Just because winter is quickly creeping up on us and shattering our bones with its freezing chill doesn't mean we can't prepare our gardens for the warmth coming around the corner. In anticipation for the warmth that greets us at the end of the long winter, why not turn your garden into a tropical oasis? The joy you will receive from stepping out into the garden on that first warm day of the year, enjoying the sun and its flowing rays on your paradisiacal garden will reinvigorate your love for the home and your love for the birth of spring....

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Let Your Kids Grow With Their Plants: The Educational Benefits Of Gardening With Kids

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Let Your Kids Grow With Their Plants: The Educational Benefits Of Gardening With Kids

The best way to teach a child is by engaging all the senses. Gardening is a great way to do that as kids can feel the dirt, see the colours, shapes and sizes of the plants, hear the snap, rustle or crunch of leaves and stems and inhale the scent of the garden herbs flowers and vegetables. Responsibility One of the best things kids can learn in the garden is responsibility. Charging them with the task of looking after their seeds and plants and nurturing them until they blossom is a great learning curve and can also be tied in...

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