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Looking to live a green, environmentally responsible lifestyle? Renovate your home, design your garden or DIY repairs around the house? Look no further.
Man standing in a garden next to a wheelbarrow filled with leaves.
Aug 22, 2008

Leaf molds are great way to make mulch for your garden. In this how to video, Martin Fish from Garden News explains how to make a leaf mold. Follow the steps to make a leaf mold and by this time next ...

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Aug 22, 2008

It is ideal to tie your climbing plants against a wall in order to train it to grow up. In this how to video, Martin Fish from Garden News demonstrates how to use a new product called Soft-Tie to tie ...

Gardener transplanting seedlings into pots.
Aug 22, 2008

In this gardening tutorial, Martin Fish from Garden News demonstrates how to prick out Foxglove seedlings. "Pricking out" is when seedlings are transplanted into larger pots or trays to give them more ...

A person tying a knot with a piece of string outdoors.
Aug 22, 2008

The worst thing is when you go to bite into an apple and you find a grub or a worm. This tutorial teaches you how to get rid of pests in your apple trees. One of the main pests on apple trees is Codli ...

Man watering plants in a garden with a watering can.
Aug 22, 2008

Learn how to create a bog garden in containers with this gardening tutorial. There are some lovely plants for growing in damp, boggy conditions, but if your soil is well drained and dries out quickly ...

Person gardening and arranging potted plants in a greenhouse.
Aug 22, 2008

One of the best ways to add summer colour to your garden or patio is with hanging baskets. Now is the perfect time to plant up baskets in order to give the plants a few weeks to establish before they ...

A man tending to a garden with a trellis.
Aug 22, 2008

Learn how you can plant and care for sweet peas with this gardening tutorial. Sweet peas are one of the best annual climbing plants for the garden and they can be grown in several different ways to ge ...

Man preparing soil in a garden pot with a bag of fertilizer nearby.
Aug 22, 2008

Rhododendrons must have lime-free soil and that can make them tricky for some of us that garden on neutral or limey soils. Planting in the garden is a waste of time and money. If you want, you can mak ...

Person holding a glass jar in a kitchen setting with various food items and containers on the counter.
Aug 22, 2008

If you can't get out into the garden, or you want to get the kids involved on a wet day, why not sprout some seeds?Sprouting seeds are nutritious and easy to grow. Traditional favourites, such as alfa ...

Man potting a plant in a greenhouse.
Aug 22, 2008

Potted plants of all kinds, whether in the house, greenhouse or outside, need repotting eventually. There are several reasons, the most obvious being that they simply get larger and top-heavy. Most ho ...