spring flowering bulbs

gardening

March is the best time to buy your spring flowering bulbs. Garden Centres have filled their stands with enticing packets of daffodils, tulips, narcissus, bluebells, ranunculus, anemones, Dutch iris, crocus, belladonna lilies, freesia, hyacinths, gladioli, lachenalias, nerines and snowdrops.

It’s easy to be carried away with such a huge choice but before you buy, make a plan and decide where you are going to grow them. Follow a these tips and your bulbs will produce a bright spring display.

Bulbs like full sun and good soil. The drainage must be good or they’ll rot. ...

organic pest repellents

gardening

Life as it should be in the garden is a micro ecosystem that creates its own environment without the use of modern chemicals. It is a challenge but it can work with the use of a few old home recipes, and the repayment is fantastic. You can have a garden full of healthy plants and vegetables, wild life and birds – chemical free.

Organic gardening is safe and proven, with care; the frogs will look after the slugs and the snails and clean up at night. The ladybirds will control the aphids, the blue tongue lizards and the water dragons will eat the snails and spiders, the currawongs and magpies will eat the lawn grubs, and the secret is to stop using chemical sprays. It may take a full season but ...