Gardening in winter seems to trouble a lot of people, but it needn’t be so. Here we share some direction to help your cause, and prepare for a beautiful summer garden.
Looking after a garden is an ongoing affair and like any relationship, it really does take regular and ongoing maintenance, especially at this time of the year. With all the rain, weeds grow faster than the plants so generally speaking every plant in your garden needs to be cared for specifically.
The idea was to create a succulent garden that would be water wise and low maintenance, whilst at the same time incorporating the aesthetics of a “Karoo Padstal” in look and feel – the type of vibe that they hoped to bring to the North Coast.
The service of composting can be thrown around in the garden services industry as an optional or unnecessary procedure but we see composting as a vital and essential service in every garden. This blog explains the procedure, benefits, and best timing for composting your garden beds.
A green roof requires regular irrigation until the plants have become established. Thereafter the plants need to be irrigated as and when necessary. This maintenance is determined by the type of vegetation, the depth and drainage characteristics of the soil and the prevailing atmospheric conditions. Opportunities exist for irrigation using water collected in the gutters of the roof and adjacent roofs and grey water from kitchens and bathrooms.
The ideal characteristics of the plants to be selected are that they are drought resistant and wind resistant, they small low growing, easily reproduce themselves from seed in the event that the plants die of during times of extreme heat or drought. In addition it is of advantage if they have a creeping habit so that they are easily able to fill gaps left by die back during times of moisture stress.
