Posts tagged as: smart gardening

Gardening in the Desert

By Michael Smit in Gardens on 22 February 2013

Sturt's Desert PeaIt’s 40 degrees in Alice Springs with bright blue skies. It is raining in parts of  northern Australia  but Alice doesn’t get rain every year and with high temperatures and low humidity anything damp is oven baked pretty fast. Clothes dry on the line in the time it takes to have a meal. How do you garden in the desert? I was wondering how plants survive at all but there are

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22
FEB
2013

Spring Your Garden to Life

By Ash Walsh in Gardens, Living on 2 September 2011

March-253_featSpring has sprung and it’s time to get down and dirty in the garden. There is no better time than the start of Spring to give your garden a much needed make over. Just as you want to get your beach bod and a fresh hair cut for the summer months – your garden needs some love as well. Here are some great tips and a detailed video of how to not only revamp your garden but ensure it is water efficient for the future as well.   The makeover starts now!

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2
SEP
2011

Top Ten Tuesday: Water conservation videos

By Cail Rayment in Our planet, Videos on 21 June 2011

Choose warm season grasses video screen shotEveryone loves lists, right? Well… introducing a new weekly feature on the ripple effect, Top Ten Tuesday. For this week’s inspiration, we were watching our own water-saving videos around Smart Gardening (have you seen ‘em?) and we thought, “What are the best water conservation videos out?” So this week’s topic is: Top ten water conservation videos

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21
JUN
2011