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Garden Maintenance
Garden Maintenance involves: Weeding, Pruning, Watering, Mulching, Feeding, Mowing and Trimming, Pest Control, General clean up. Prevention of weeds by - mulching - poisons - physical removal - correct planting techniques.
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Lawn mowing and edging
Unfortunately, mowing grass is such a common practice that it becomes routine. Since mowing is usually the most costly item in a landscape maintenance budget, small changes can result in significant savings with little sacrifice in turf quality. Some of these are cutting height, frequency and clipping removal.
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Garden Maintenance Procedures
Pruning encourages new growth and removes unsightly dead wood or damaged limbs. A weed is any unwanted plant growth in the garden. Most trees and shrubs require only moderately fertile soil. Mulching is one of the most important garden maintenance procedures to be carried out in your garden maintenance program.
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Garden Maintenance and its value
Garden maintenance is vitally important to the continued health and aesthetics of your garden. It adds capital growth to your property, is an investment in your future and keeps your garden in healthy condition for all to see and enjoy.
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Development of a Garden Management Plan
Why have a garden management plan: Efficient management of an area. Maximum utilisation of employees and machinery. Control of time and money. Management Activities are required - routinely. - periodically. - when unexpected problems occur.
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About Retaining Walls
A retaining wall is a structure built to hold back a slope or increase the stability of a slope. It's purpose it to prevent lateral movement (movement downhill) of an embankment or slope.
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All About Prunning
Pruning is essential to provide healthy disease free plants and correct pruning techniques are required to achieve this healthy growth. Tools used - Secateurs, hedge shears, long handled secateurs, extension pruners, chain saws, hedge trimmers, bow saws, pruning saws.
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Benefits of Mulch
Mulch is the natural way for feeding the garden in nature so duplication of its processes is a sure way to obtain proper plant growth. The natural organic breakdown increases the population of soil life. There are many different types of mulch which can be used and all have varying degrees of breakdown and nutrient addition to the soil.
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Design Functions of Retaining Walls
Retaining Walls: • define boundary - security, privacy • stabilize slopes - land degradation, erosion • support structures - buildings, table and chairs • containment - soil, water etc • separation - different areas, level changes • increase usable land • aesthetics.
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Garden Construction
Once the design of your garden renovation is complete the construction can begin. The first thing to do is clear your existing garden of the items you aren’t using in your garden including trees, shrubs, old pavers, ornaments and structures.
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Garden Edges
A garden edge is a distinct line which divides garden beds and lawn areas. They are generally easy to construct and save a lot of time and money when it comes to maintaining your garden.
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Materials and Characteristics of Retaining Walls
Types of retaining walls: 1 Brick 2 Concrete Block 3 Rock - Veneer (Pitch) 4 Dry stone 5 Boulder 6 Crib - concrete 7 Crib - wooden 8 Timber Log - CCA, Bush log 9 Timber Sleeper - CCA, Old Railway 10 Link Wall Systems - Terrace Block, Diamond crib, Inca, Windsor 11 Formed concrete 12 Gabions 13 Concrete sleeper 14 Mixed materials.
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Retaining Wall Construction
Regulations: Each Council, Shire or Municipality has different regulations. The first step is to check with regulations from your local government Council. For example you may find requirements like: Over 600mm high requires building approval.
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Retaining Walls
Retaining walls are structures built to increase the stability of a slope.
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Types of Garden Edges in Landscaping
A garden edge is generally a distinct line which can be constructed of many different products which separates garden beds from other landscape features such as lawns, buildings, pathways, retaining walls and water features.
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Sub Tropical Garden Maintenance - August
Mow and edge once a fortnight at the correct height. Don’t mow lawn too low as this can encourage weeds, pests and diseases.
Remove Bindii or other broadleaf weeds which appear before they set seed, by hand or if too vigorous apply a selective broad leaf weed herbicide at recommended rates. Always check the compatibility of the herbicide with your lawn type.
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Landscaping: Pruning Tools
Secateurs are used to handle small jobs such as tip pruning and small limb removal of shrubs in landscaping. Long handled secateurs are used for cutting thicker branches, more leverage with the longer handles. Also to reach to higher branches with adjustable extension handles.
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Garden Maintenance after Renovation
If designed properly your garden design should also take into consideration the ongoing garden and lawn maintenance requirements once the renovation is complete. Maintenance is very important to keep the newly created garden inspiration looking great for many years to come.
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