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The Benefits of Raised Garden Beds

Building raised garden beds is a great way for new gardeners to get their fingers green for the first time. Easier to manage than traditional beds, raised beds allow you to carry out all of your gardening from the safety of the lawn, or garden path – without having to worry about compressing the soil of your flowerbed underfoot.

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How Often Should You Be Aerating Your Lawn

Looking after a lawn and making sure it stays fresh and healthy is often easier said than done. From clearing leaves and snow from your lawn in the colder months to fertilising, mowing and removing weeds in spring and summer, you have to put a lot of work into keeping your lawn green.

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How to Identify and Fix Compacted Soil

There are any number of reasons why your plants might not be thriving as well as they should be. Planting too densely, inappropriate environmental conditions and clay or sandy soil content could all be valid culprits, and gardeners should explore every option if they want to enhance their garden. Compacted soil is one of the more subtle afflictions plants may be suffering from, so it’s worth learning why it happens and how it can be prevented.

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How Salt Can Damage Your Lawn

As the winter rolls on and the cold weather sets in, people using salt to deice damage become a regular sight. Salting may be great for preventing ice from forming on roads or driveways, but you should make sure none of that salt then makes its way onto your lawn.

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Rake Your Lawn to Wake It Up

The winter months are essential in order to renew the minerals in soil, but unfortunately a long winter can cause some damage to your lawn. While your kids roll up snowmen and you try to shovel the shortest path to your car, you may be inadvertently killing the grass below the snow

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Fascinating Facts About Bermuda Grass

It can be placed in your garden. They survive well in dry conditions. In the United States, It was introduced from plantings of Bermuda. This particular grass became a famous type grown in lawns, especially in the southern part of the United States. It rapidly recovers from damages, like cutting. Its resilient characteristics make this grass the perfect option for lawns.

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