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Sheet composting

Garden; Gardening

A method of piling un-decomposed organic materials over the soil and waiting for decomposition. At times working it in the soil.

The word Classic means 'of the first class' and was first applied to the civilisation of anceint Greece and Rome. It then came to include renaissance art and is now used for anything of good quality ...

Logia

Garden; Gardening

A Loggia is an open-sided arcade for sitting and dining, often attached to a house.

Systemic insecticide

Garden; Gardening

A pesticide which can be granular or liquid, used at the base of the plant and travels through the vascular stream.

Calcitic limestone

Garden; Gardening

A common material used for "liming" soil that has an acid level that is too high. this type is most commonly used and contains calcium carbonate.

Sphagnum moss

Garden; Gardening

Many mosses native to bogs are sphagnum. Used for the lining of hanging baskets and for air layering (i.e. Spanish moss.)

Cordon

Garden; Gardening

A very interesting way to grow fruit trees. Apples and pears do well in this mode. The tree is repeatedly pruned and trained to grow as a single rope like stem. For lack of space, this is ideal.