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Identifying a native plant?
Anyone recognize this? From a native bush in a dry area along the So = Calif coast. Bushes are from 1-4 feet high. Mashing the strands = between thumb & finger has a slight smell of anise. Not the...
 
Please help / advise me on the best and cheapest course of action for my garden
Hi folks. I have a front garden area measuring approx 20*10 feet that originally was covered with decorative pebbles. After I removed the "ugly looking" pebbles, I was planning on possibly grassing...
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Salt Damage
My lawn has been severely damaged to a width of about 1 metre around its perimeter by road salt. Will the grass recover or what action do I need to take Thanks
 
Cheap Topsoil/Fill??
Anyone know of any companies that sell GOOD and cheap bagged topsoil/fill?? Almost everyone near me has the "Scotts Premium Topsoil" for around $2 bucks a bag, but the stuff is crap!! I bought some...
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the whole gardening thing
Hi. I don't have much lawn because I've spent most of my time trying to plant either flower beds or veggie gardens so I won't have to mow grass when it's blazing hot, but I love gardening both flowers...
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Will grass push through top soil
Hi Guys, For the last couple years, I've spent a lot of time on my lawn getting it to what I think it pretty decent. We had some building work done over winter and as much as I tried to protect it,...
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Bad lawn
First time on the forum and no idea about gardening.....my front lawn is in a really bad state. The lawn is low down in the garden and i wish to raise the level of it up. If I put 200mm of top soil on...
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Sowing grass seed - stones problem
Hi all. I want to sow some grass seed on an area of my garden which has been very bare, covered in*ivy, twigs, stones ect for a long time, its quite shady for about 2/3rds of it too as its under some...
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Mulch mowing
Hi, I'm new here and this is my first post. I was wondering about the popularity of mulch lawn mowers. Do you have one and what are your views on their effectiveness? In my experience professional...
 
atco lawn mower
hi can any one help me on fixing my clutch on my atco b14 lawn mower
 
lawns land
There is some unusable land behind my house......i green it now its lawns land.....and peoples are interested to see it.
 
snapper mower
hi, yesterday i bought this snapper as a non runner ,it has a huge hole in the deck ,i plan to restore this ,but the problem i have is knowing the exact snapper model and engine model for parts, i had...
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Oak tree and fruit trees
hey you can use black soil for that...that can reduces your moss problem
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What's this bird?
Just wondering what this bird is. I'm in So Calif. Unlimited space to host images, easy to use image uploader, albums, photo hosting, sharing, dynamic image resizing on web and mobile.
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Dual- vs Single-String Trippers
My experience is that the double string trimmers just use up twice the = string and don't do any better job with average yard trimming. I used a single-string B&D Grass Hog for 15 years until the...
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