The following story illustrates how a simple change in your gardener's job description can help owners and body corporates avoid large and costly repairs. For the last 15 years I have been attempting to teach people about the importance of the health of the soil for their garden's health. I just watched an episode of gourmet farmer on SBS tv which graphically illustrated the point.
They eat plants! Usually the ones you don't want them to. In the last couple of weeks I have noticed a sudden increase in the number of small grasshoppers in the nursery. Did you know little grasshoppers moult 5 - 6 times and become big ones? With much bigger appetites! While the trees above may be quite magnificent often the same cannot be said for the garden below.
I recently had time to reflect on this as I sharpened my crowbar and shovel ready for an assault on the densely matted roots of golden cane palms and large trees. These beauties had led to the decline of the garden below. Was it the roots, the shade, the dryness or starvation?
They eat plants! Usually the ones you don't want them to. In the last couple of weeks I have noticed a sudden increase in the number of small grasshoppers in the nursery. Did you know little grasshoppers moult 5 - 6 times and become big ones? With much bigger appetites! While the trees above may be quite magnificent often the same cannot be said for the garden below.
I recently had time to reflect on this as I sharpened my crowbar and shovel ready for an assault on the densely matted roots of golden cane palms and large trees. These beauties had led to the decline of the garden below. Was it the roots, the shade, the dryness or starvation?
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Philip Bailey has been a nurseryman, landscaper and horticulturalist for over 35 years including 9 years as the owner of Noosa Gardener retail nursery (now closed ), landscape foreman during construction of both Hyatt Regency Coolum and Twin Waters resort, and has owned his own commercial paving and landscaping business.
Have drought, storms, pests, or diseases impacted the health and appearance of your garden? Have you just bought a property with an existing garden and need advice on how to manage it? Philip will come to your garden ( usually takes about an hour ) and answer your questions and concerns. He will draw on his years of experience as a horticulturist and advise you on safe and sustainable methods to achieve a great result.
Call us when your garden has got out of hand and you need help to clean up, repair and revive it. We will help you with uneven paving, pruning and hedging overgrown trees and shrubs, remulching and feeding, disease and pest control, really anything to do with your garden. So often we find that garden decline is related to soils becoming depleted and out of balance.
The following story illustrates how a simple change in your gardener's job description can help owners and body corporates avoid large and costly repairs. I was recently asked to renovate the front garden of a unit complex in the Noosa area. I had been recommended by the regular maintenance gardeners who didn't have time in their budget to do more than mow, blow and a quick clean.
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Trevor Miller
Sep 09, 2018
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