Raised Garden Beds
Raised garden beds or garden boxes are ideal for growing small plots of flowers, fruits and vegetables.
The benefits are meany – both for your plants and your body.
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How to Improve Sandy Soil
Because most of Perth sits on ancient sand dunes, much of our soil is made up of sand, which is not ideal for gardens and lawns.
First things first – you need to be realistic! A lush tropical oasis or an English cottage garden is possible with the right reticulation and maintenance, but likely to cause nothing but headaches if not done properly in our hot climate – which involves some work!
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Top Perth Gardening Tips
Growing a thriving garden in Perth comes with its own unique issues; we live in a hot and dry climate so it’s important to take care of gardens and lawns in the most appropriate way for our local environment.
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Top 10 Gardening Tools You Need at Home
Regardless of whether you have some help to maintain your lawn and gardens, or you handle it all yourself, there’s a few essential tools you should have at your place.
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Step-by-Step Guide to Transplanting Trees
This is a great time of year for planting or transplanting trees (in-particular bare-rooted trees) in your yard.
Tree Transplanting Guide
Here’s the Perth Gardening step-by-step guide to transplanting trees to ensure they have a great start and the best possible chance to thrive.
- Soak the tree roots in a bucket of water with about ½ cup of seaweed concentrate while you are preparing the planting hole.
- Dig a hole approximately 1m across and 50-60cm deep the so roots can spread out as widely as possible. Try to keep the sides of the hole reasonably vertical. Put the removed topsoil in a pile next to the hole and mix through some compost or aged manure.
- Push a wooden stake into the bottom of hole, slightly off-centre. For a large tree use two wooden stakes – one on either side of the hole. Partially backfill the hole with the topsoil mix making a small mound in the centre of the hole.
- Cleanly prune off any damaged ends of the roots and shorten any extra-long roots to fit the hole.
- Place the tree onto the mound of soil in the bottom of the hole. Spread the roots as widely as possible but avoid bending or curving any long roots as this can cause stunted growth. The roots should be just below soil level.
- Backfill with the rest of the topsoil mix until the hole is fullshaking the tree as you go to ensure the soil filters down tree blue sky perth gardeningthrough the gaps between the roots. If you have used two wooden stakes, stretch a tree tie, rope or length of pantyhose between them in a figure 8 for a loose but firm fit.
- Water deeply and add more topsoil mix if required. If attaching a label – attach it to the stake rather than the tree to avoid strangulation.
- Prune the branches, removing any broken or weak branches and shorten the remainder by half. While this may seem severe it will help to achieve a healthier tree.
Growing Roses – Everything You Need to Know
The ever popular, romantic roses can be intimidating to grow but in actual fact, they are quite durable and robust – with a few tips and tricks you too can receive years of pleasure, growing your own roses.
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