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Close-up of a square of kikuyu grass lawn.

Kikuyu grass, lawns made easy

Lawn Care
hydrangea cuttings

How to prepare hydrangea cuttings

Special reports
Small dots of yellow and a few brown blotches dot the top of a rose leaf covered in rust.

Rust, techniques and treatments to avoid it

Treating diseases and pests
Two caterpillars on a nasturtium leaf with pellets of waste.

Caterpillars, organic treatments to control them

Treating diseases and pests
Melon growing in a vegetable patch

Growing melon, what you need to know

The Vegetable Patch
Ivy-leaf geranium in a pot with a stunning red flower

Ivy geranium, growing and caring for it

Perennials
Surfinia flower

Surfinia, the hanging petunia with abundant blooming

Annuals and biennials
Magnificent example of a cloud-pruned shrub with 8 to 10 clouds and a silver gray trunk.

Cloud pruning for trees and shrubs

Trees and shrubs
Stevia

Stevia, a great alternative to sugar!

Herbs and spices
Allium giganteum

Allium, exceptional bulbs

Bulb flowers
Petunia growing in a pot

Petunia, perpetually fashionable

Annuals and biennials
Increase fruit harvest - a basket of apples.

Best practices to enhance fruit harvest

The fruit Orchard
Powdery mildew symptoms and treatments

Avoiding and treating powdery mildew

Treating diseases and pests
Disease killing cypress trees

Cypress canker

Treating diseases and pests
Dracaena marginata - dragon tree

Dracaena marginata, caring for Madagascar dragon tree

Foliage houseplants
Clematis montana

Clematis montana, the mountain clematis

Climbing plants
Clematis vine

Clematis, queen of vines

Climbing plants
Grape blister mite

Grape Erineum mite, tiny spider causing blisters on grapevine

Treating diseases and pests
Oakleaf lettuce

Oakleaf, a delicious lettuce

The Vegetable Patch
Squill - scilla

Squill, care and planting this cute forest hyacinth

Bulb flowers
Lily flowers in a natural pond created in a garden.

Create a natural pond

Special reports
clematis alpina

Clematis alpina, an abundance of blue

Climbing plants
Grahamii sage, discover it

Grahamii sage, a perfect score

Perennials
Choisya ternata Sundance, a golden-leaved Mexican Orange

Choisya Sundance, the golden Mexican orange tree

Shrubs
Graham's sage flowers, or Salvia grahamii

Graham’s sage, a superb shrub sage

Garden Flowers
delphinium

Delphinium, how to care for tall larkspur flowers

Perennials
Helichrysum growing guide

Italian Everlasting (Helichrysum), the curry plant

Perennials
Red kuri squash

Red kuri squash, how to grow it from seed to harvest

The Vegetable Patch
Young blooms of the Choisya ternata Aztec Pearl

Aztec Pearl Choisya, a small flower-bearing shrub

Shrubs
Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus tree care and benefits

Trees
Begonia albopicta tamaya

Tamaya, Begonia maculata

Flowering houseplants
Clematis armandii

Clematis armandii, early and fragrant

Climbing plants
Poppy flower

Poppy, Papaver, cute spring flowers

Perennials
Planting silverbeet

Silverbeet, a leaf & stem vegetable

The Vegetable Patch
Seed sowing tray

Sowing in trays, crates or boxes

The Vegetable Patch
A few leaves of corn salad in the growing bed.

Corn salad, how to grow corn salad

The Vegetable Patch
Bamboo shoots clumping together in front of a door.

Control invasive bamboo – options and solutions

Trees and shrubs
Permaculture basic principles - nature teacher

Permaculture, nature is the ultimate teacher

The Vegetable Patch
Datura flower, double or triple, with white and purple petals

Datura tips and guidance for the best possible care

Trees and shrubs
Olive trees can cope with drought even when in pots.

Drought resistant pot arrangements

Garden Flowers
Healthy vegetable patch with natural fertilizer

Natural fertilizer for vegetables: source it from the entire Circle of Life!

The Vegetable Patch
Snapdragon in a field

Snapdragon, a superb annual flower

Annuals and biennials
broccoli

Broccoli, all there is to know about growing broccoli

The Vegetable Patch
Fermented horsetail tea

Fermented horsetail tea, for the orchard and the vegetable patch

Treating diseases and pests
Wooden bucket used to prepare fermented weed tea in.

Fermented tea, using weeds to make fabulous organic treatments

Treating diseases and pests
Euryops

Euryops, savanna daisy

Garden Flowers
Otiorynchus larva in the ground, like a short white worm or caterpillar

Treatment against Otiorhynchus larvae

Treating diseases and pests
Cherries of the bigarreau variety are darker in color.

Bigarreau cherry tree, the ultimate cherry

The fruit Orchard
Cherry fly maggot

Cherry fly, techniques & treatments to avoid its maggots

Treating diseases and pests
Pink double althea flower with crimson red center.

Althea, a fantastic hibiscus

Shrubs
Basil

Basil, very tasty leaves: how to grow and harvest Ocimum basilicum

Herbs and spices