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Maintaining a pop up lawn sprinkler system

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You’ve spent time and money, and energy on setting up your pop up lawn sprinkler. After 2 weeks of prodding and fussing about with the water uptake, layout, site, and piping, you’re ready to unveil it on your lawn. You…
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Flowers that attract butterflies

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Butterflies are always a welcome attraction for any garden. Especially in spring, the sight of many butterflies flitting from flower to flower just conjures up visions of a reborn Garden of Eden. Most types of plants that attract butterflies get…
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Creating a simple terrace garden

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Creating a terrace garden can provide you with a private, green sanctuary in the middle of the concrete urban jungle. A terrace garden will also provide living beauty, shade, cleaner air, and fresh food if you decide to grow food-producing…
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Why you should get a tripod sprinkler

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Do you have problems irrigating the whole lawn? Or perhaps there are some hard to reach areas and creases in your vegetable, flower gardens or shrubs and fences? There is a solution for you. A tripod sprinkler will work where…
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Building retaining walls

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Retaining walls are very common, from a basic rock or timber retaining wall, to more elaborate concrete ones. They are usually built to hold back soil and retain its pressure, or act as support for a slope by terracing the…
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Brick garden edging made easy

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Brick edging is the art of placing bricks to create a raised edging that can make your flower beds stand out, adds a border to your footpaths, and enhances your garden in more ways than one. Brick edging is far…
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Choosing a lawn sprinkler pump

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Good lawn sprinkler systems should be able to draw up water from a variety of water sources, and this includes ponds, lakes, wells, aquifers, pool fillings, and any subterranean sources of water. A large part of this ability rests on…
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Rearing koi fish

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Koi fish are among the loveliest sights in a pond, especially if the garden is themed around the Japanese tsukiyama garden theme. These fishes represent wealth and abundance in traditional Chinese Feng shui beliefs, and it is believed by rearing…
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Creating a cactus garden

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I’ve always liked cactus plants, and it was in fact, the first plant that I grew when I was young (a small barrel cactus). So the sight of cacti brings back fond memories to me, despite their thorny side. Cactus…
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Make your garden wildlife friendly

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Making your garden a small haven for wildlife can be rewarding, but you will have to walk a thin line between the friends and foes, as there are many kinds of pests that would also inhabit your garden, and in…
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