Tims Articles
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Time to pot dress - Aug 9, 2012
I bet you have plants growing in pots around your house that have never been repotted.That's like us having to wear the same sized shoes all our lives.Plants should be repotted into bigger pots every couple of years but I know in reality this is just not going to happen.There is a product available that will rejuvenate...
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Pants off Monday - Aug 9, 2012
Dear gardening friends We are starting to get excited here at the nursery because spring is not far away. If you look closely at your plants you will see fresh new growth, so for them, spring has already started. Now is a great time to look at all your pot plants. I bet you have plants that have been in the same pots for years...
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Simons in love - Aug 3, 2012
Dear gardening friends, I was driving through Glen Alpine this week and I was surprised to see how the lawns in this prestigious suburb have gone down hill. It wasn't that long ago when all the lawns in this suburb looked like bowling greens. Today many of these lawns look like pasture improved paddocks. Clover and other broad leaf we...
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Have your roses got scale - Jul 27, 2012
Dear gardening friends, I just had a customer looking for Basil so spring is near. Basil is one of the most frost sensitive herbs so don't even think about planting this until the last frost has past. The big sheds will have it in stock in a week or two but that's because they are not gardeners. It is way too early to plant tomatoes t...
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A plant that can make you rich - Jul 20, 2012
Dear gardening friends, We have been so busy this week because the weather has been so mild. You can tell that people are already thinking about spring. One of our customers noticed a bird in his garden picking up twigs for a nest. It may just be just a tidy bird but animals seem to know when spring is coming. Our gardens outs...