What to Do
Episode: #5 21/04/07
Presenter: Sue McDougall
Are you an armchair autumn gardener? You are continually thinking to yourself must do that or finish that job off but before you know it time has flown, it is into winter and the garden gets no attention at all.
The garden has missed out again. Well there are a few things you can do this weekend to ensure a strong healthy garden that will look fantastic during winter.
After summer and a very hot dry start to autumn, the lawn usually looks worse for wear. There are a couple of things to do before winter. One is to strengthen the root system and the other is to get it actively growing, both before the winter sets in and it stops growing completely.
Apply Moisture Worx for turf in any dead patches as the fine ash like product when scratched around the root system and watered in, will reduce water consumption by up to 40%. It is also very effective to apply under new turf. In addition to this it improves the use of applied nutrients by minimizing the leaching of fertilizers.
Organic matter in the soil when planting is crucial to ensure plants survival as it holds lots of nutrients and water around the plants roots. No matter what you are planting add organic matter in the form of a soil improver or compost, dynamic lifter and lastly some control release fertiliser. Use a little Moisture Works plus, mix it all around and you can be assured of fantastic results.
It is not until a hot day that you truly appreciate the cooling effect of a shady tree. Think of many of the famous gardens that may have inspired you, there are usually a great selection of stately trees and trees are the backbone of a garden.
The garden Sue visits is called The Embroidered Garden and is open on Sunday the 29th April from 10am – 4:30pm as part of the Australian Open garden scheme and has some very special examples of ornamental trees.
The Ornamental Silver Pear (Pyrus salicifolia) with its simply stunning foliage and the Japanese Pagoda Tree (Sophora japonica) that has soft weeping leaves that you just want to touch all the time.
Get out to the garden centre, pick up a copy of the Garden Gurus newspaper and visit a few open gardens. The enthusiasm is catching and Sue guarantees that your efforts will be worth it. Also, don't forget to send in your water-saving ideas because if we publish your waterwise hint in the paper, you could win a hamper filled with waterwise gardening goods worth $200!
Embroidered Garden
2909 Lennard Street, Herne Hill
10am – 4:30pm
29th April
Moisture Worx
www.1800savewater.com
Presenter: Sue McDougall
Are you an armchair autumn gardener? You are continually thinking to yourself must do that or finish that job off but before you know it time has flown, it is into winter and the garden gets no attention at all.
The garden has missed out again. Well there are a few things you can do this weekend to ensure a strong healthy garden that will look fantastic during winter.
After summer and a very hot dry start to autumn, the lawn usually looks worse for wear. There are a couple of things to do before winter. One is to strengthen the root system and the other is to get it actively growing, both before the winter sets in and it stops growing completely.
Apply Moisture Worx for turf in any dead patches as the fine ash like product when scratched around the root system and watered in, will reduce water consumption by up to 40%. It is also very effective to apply under new turf. In addition to this it improves the use of applied nutrients by minimizing the leaching of fertilizers.
Organic matter in the soil when planting is crucial to ensure plants survival as it holds lots of nutrients and water around the plants roots. No matter what you are planting add organic matter in the form of a soil improver or compost, dynamic lifter and lastly some control release fertiliser. Use a little Moisture Works plus, mix it all around and you can be assured of fantastic results.
It is not until a hot day that you truly appreciate the cooling effect of a shady tree. Think of many of the famous gardens that may have inspired you, there are usually a great selection of stately trees and trees are the backbone of a garden.
The garden Sue visits is called The Embroidered Garden and is open on Sunday the 29th April from 10am – 4:30pm as part of the Australian Open garden scheme and has some very special examples of ornamental trees.
The Ornamental Silver Pear (Pyrus salicifolia) with its simply stunning foliage and the Japanese Pagoda Tree (Sophora japonica) that has soft weeping leaves that you just want to touch all the time.
Get out to the garden centre, pick up a copy of the Garden Gurus newspaper and visit a few open gardens. The enthusiasm is catching and Sue guarantees that your efforts will be worth it. Also, don't forget to send in your water-saving ideas because if we publish your waterwise hint in the paper, you could win a hamper filled with waterwise gardening goods worth $200!
Embroidered Garden
2909 Lennard Street, Herne Hill
10am – 4:30pm
29th April
Moisture Worx
www.1800savewater.com
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