The Household Garden Blog

Soil & Fertilizer
Compost, Fertilizer, Soil – What’s the difference?

They are three well-known products in the gardener’s world, and each could not be more different from the next. And yet when compost, fertilizer, and soil are used together, in the right proportions, they are a potent mix, guaranteed to have the garden flourishing.

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Garden Pots Plants
5 easy herbs to grow in pots

Container gardening is one of the easiest and most effective ways to have a garden, no matter how little space you have. And while most container gardening is reserved for shrubs and flowering plants, you can quite easily reserve a space for your favourite herbs.

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Animals
Quick Guide: How to create a pet friendly garden

Some pets are just going to chew up anything they come across, so making sure that there are no plants that could do harm is important.

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Plants
Companion Gardening: What & Why

Companion gardening is based on the idea that planting certain plants close to one another can be beneficial to one or both of the plants as well as to the soil.

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Plants
A Few Tips: Creating the Perfect Balcony Garden

Your balcony garden is whatever you make it. It can become a tropical, tastefully overgrown paradise, or a minimalist’s day dream.

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Plants
Gardening with your Children

The best type of garden you can grow for children will be a vegetable garden, because it will be a more interactive experience and this will keep your children interested and involved.

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Plants
Easiest Fruit Trees To Grow in Pots and Containers

Having your own orchard growing lush in an array of beautiful pots and containers is one of the easiest ways to consistently have a myriad of fresh fruits ready to harvest. 

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Animals
How to Attract More Birds into Your Garden

Hearing the gentle sounds of birds frolicking in your garden is one of the biggest benefits of having enough space to grow plants and basically cultivate your own natural oasis.

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Garden Pots
Considerations When Planting up your Patio

Urban gardening is a practice that allows anyone to create their own, dreamy garden in even the most limited space, such as a patio or balcony.

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Soil & Fertilizer
What is the best type of soil for plants?

Getting to know your dirt is the perfect introduction, or reintroduction, to gardening that you didn’t know you needed.

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Plants
Quick Guide: Vegetable Gardening for Beginners

With even the most limited garden space, it is not impossible to grow a lush vegetable garden that will provide a small crop for you all year round. 

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Plants
When and How to Plant Seedlings

Growing your own plants from seeds is a rewarding and profoundly empowering experience, especially if the plants you are growing are vegetables. But many a gardener has stumbled when it comes time to plant out the seedlings in a new garden bed or pot.

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