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Automated watering system - Hanging Baskets

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Perk up your grass by scattering a spring lawn feed over the surface. This will encourage lush, green growth - use a combined weed, feed and moss-killer if you have an unkempt piece of turf in need of restoration. Soluble fertilisers are easy to apply by watering can to a small lawn, but if you have a large area to cover it's best to rent a wheeled spreader from a machinehire shop.

Place fertiliser granules in the spreader and push quickly across the lawn in parallel lines, overlapping slightly, until the whole lawn is covered. A buildup of granules can cause scorching, so turn the spreader off at the end of each line as you turn the machine around.

Edges of the lawn often spoil the overall This is fine for but trees and shrubs soil-based John in multi-purpose John Innes. These rehydrate if dry long-lasting look if they are uneven, so trim overhanging grass with edging shears or redefine them with a halfmoon cutting tool to leave vertical sides. Repair bare patches

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Gardening | Help your plants survive vacations
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Jun 11, 2011
Plant self-watering containers at the beginning of the growing season. The contrivances can significantly reduce your watering burden when you are home or on vacation. Put together a combination of techniques that work for you. Your plants can survive

Help plants beat the heat
Minneapolis Star Tribune - May 18, 7114
What can you do to help them make the sudden transition from cool spring to hot summer? Water, for one. Although its best to water early in the day, you may need to water a couple times a day, especially container plants and hanging baskets.

Belly up to the bedding plant buffet, but pace yourself
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier - Jun 05, 2011
Bedding plants are filling, too --- garden beds and borders, containers and hanging baskets, sort of an all-you-can-peat buffet. And it's important to pace yourself. Some gardeners go out and buy whatever appeals to them. It's hard, but I try to resist

Let the planting begin!
Petoskey News-Review - May 18, 0563
This week in the garden it's finally safe to plant your tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, squash and herbs. You can stop babysitting all the beautiful annuals you purchased before they got picked over, and get them nestled in their hanging

The DeKalb Extension Garden Patch
Patch.com - Jun 11, 2011
Lastly: Shade cloth can be used for plants that continually get stressed in the sun and seem to need constant watering, but next time around make sure these plants are where they should be! Remember – “The right plant in the right place”.