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The recent rain has been great for the garden and Canberra is looking green at last! The soil is moist so make the most of the beautiful autumn weather, the actively growing weeds and take the opportunity for some gentle exercise - get down and dirty!!!!
We can do it all for you using our team of qualified horticulturists.
If you are interested in obtaining these services or just some advice
about your garden, email
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- Lightly prune plants that have finished flowering
- Plant evergreens now
- Sprinkle some animal manure and blood and bone
before planting annuals and bulbs
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- If your compost is exposed, turn it
after rain and add a handful of lime or dolomite to prevent the compost
going ‘sour’
- Mow oak
leaves before adding them to the compost to help them break down faster
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Garden Pests and Diseases |
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- Remove weeds to minimise seeding and the
over-wintering of pests and diseases
- Keep an eye out for pear and cherry slug
on ornamentals and fruit trees. The telltale sign will be grazed
leaves that only have the veins left. Control them by drying them out
with vacuum cleaner dust
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- Feed citrus plants lightly with a citrus or
all-purpose fertiliser
- Fertilise lawn with a low nitrogen lawn food just
before rain
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- Apply bulb food once leaves have sprouted and just after
flowering
- Most bulbs require full sun to light shade. Heavier shade will
produce taller stems and the reverse happens in full sun
- As a guide, plant bulbs twice as deep as the bulb is tall and
the same distance apart. The pointy end of the bulb should be up except
for anemone and ranunculi which you plant pointy end down!
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Maintenance 