Gardening

Gardening

Industry: Garden

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Gardening

Basically, pH is a measure of the amount of lime (calcium) contained in your soil. A soil with a pH lower than 7.0 is an acid soil, a soil pH higher than 7.0 is alkaline soil. Soil pH can be tested ...

Worm (eisenia foetida)

Garden; Gardening

A very unappreciated mover & shaker of the earth. Mother Nature's natural composter.

Double potting

Garden; Gardening

Placing a potted plant in a larger pot with damp peat moss surrounding it. The peat is kept moist and provides a humid evaporative effect for the potted plant nestled between it. Used a lot to dress ...

Parterre

Garden; Gardening

A Parterre (from the French par=on + terre=ground). A level space, usually rectangular and on a terrace near a house, laid out in decorative pattern using plants and gravels.

Woodland garden

Garden; Gardening

This garden is usually established beneath deciduous trees. It may vary from partial to deep shade and usually with plant material where roots need to remain undisturbed.