Gardening and Greenhouse

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I have been to Adelaide & noticed the beautiful gardens but have no recollection of the types of flowers I saw. However, their climate is much the same as ours here in NSW, so I suggest you go for lots of natives such as grevillias, banksias, etc. Also roses hydrangeas, agapanthus, any kind of annual or perennial you see in the plant nurseries.Also, take note of what’s growing well in your neighbourhood.

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Good day. If there is a lawn, first pull out the weeds. Then mow the lawn. We would not want to scatter weed seeds when we mow the lawn. Then work on the bushes. Trim if necessary. Of course fertilize. Since Nanna will be coming in soon, I suggest if you can spray the lawn with foliar fertilizer so the effect is immediate and you don’t have the risk of burning the grass. You may fertilize the shrubs and hedges with commercial fertilizer mixed into the soil as you till or if this is too much, you may just spray the plants with foliar fertilizer. Fertilize in the morning. Water in the morning and afternoon nod mid- day

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Blackberries grow on the canes that came up last year. The canes only put out fruit for one season.

Cut off at the ground any canes that produced berries this year. For the new canes, you need to tie them to a trellis. They will have berries next spring.

Good Luck!!

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This question is far 2 big and varied to know where to start. If you can tell us what you want to do first of all then maybe some of us can help you.

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? Every yime you plant a plant in the ground bury a fish with it.

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First, you may want to try this for your back…(it works for me!).

Lay on your back, on a carpet or floor.

Now, bring both knees up to your chest. Hold it there for 10 seconds. (yes, you can hold them with both of your arms), then, after that, shift them to one side, and hold there for 10 seconds then shift to the other side, and hold again for 10 seconds. This will help “loosen” your back so that you dont have much pain.

(I know, it works for me and I used to take a 500 mg of vicodine a day!).

Then, you can try this..(though, it will bother you for a while, it “loosens the back muscles and straightens the spinal cord so that you can be more flexible…I hear my spine “popping” when I do this, so I know that the spine is lining up).

Sit on a chair, and keep your feet planted firmly on the ground.
Now, lift your arms to below shoulder height, (what ever your comfortable with). Now, move your upper body all the way to the left (not too far, from the start, or you may “twist” your back, and have a charlie horse in it, or pull a muscle…give it time), then, swing it all the way to the other side.

Do this about 25 times the first few times, and keep working up until you can do this for 5 minutes each day.

You will probably be sore for awhile, but, this will bring flexibility in your life and you may get away from pain pills.

If your overweight, lose it! It will help a lot in lessening the pain on the back.

Cold packs also help in stemming the pain.

I would get the “garden weasel” or other implements they sell on TV to help in your gardening needs. I dont know if they work, but, I would rather do that, then bend over.