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Best Books To Help Create Your Easy Maintenance Garden

Posted by admin on June 6th, 2010
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Before you begin buying plants and flowers for your easy maintenance garden, you might want to do a little bit more research in order to make sure that you get things absolutely spot on. If you want to do this, there are many books available to buy that can help, here are two good garden books to get you started.

1. Gardening All-in-One for Dummies – You’ve probably all heard of the “Dummies” range of books. This books lays out everything you need to know about creating your low maintenance garden in a really easy to read format. This book is available for Amazon for around $15 – $20 and we would highly recommend that you buy it as you will really learn a lot from it.

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Self Feeding Flowers

Posted by admin on April 11th, 2010
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Plants that self-seed freely around the garden can be a nuisance if they germinate in the wrong place, because then you have to spend time pulling them up. However, if they are in the right place they can be a labor-saving boon to the gardener.

You will have to sow self-seeders initially, of course. Decide on a position where the plants can multiply freely without becoming a nuisance. Suitable places are among shrubs and herbaceous plants, especially in a mixed bed, or in beds restrained by clear boundaries, such as a bed in a lawn. Sow only into well-prepared ground that is completely free of weeds. You may have to weed twice initially to ensure clear soil.

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