Tracey Miller-Smith
Caring For Your Winter Garden

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.

Caring For Your Winter Garden
Tracey Miller-Smith
How to keep snakes away from your home
How to keep snakes away from your home
Tracey Miller-Smith
Ongoing Garden Maintenance and Lawn Care

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.

Ongoing Garden Maintenance and Lawn Care
Garden Makeovers, News & Updates
Tracey Miller-Smith
“Karoo-Style" Garden Make-over: The Vintage Barn

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.

“Karoo-Style" Garden Make-over: The Vintage Barn
Blog, Garden Service, Water Wize, Quick Tips
Tracey Miller-Smith
Why Compost is the Best Investment for Your ...

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.

Why Compost is the Best Investment for Your Garden

Container Gardens

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5 Tips for Growing Herbs in Containers

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5 Tips for Growing Herbs in Containers

Growing Herbs in containers offer several benefits. They tend to thrive when well looked-after, and are ideal for a kitchen, patio or small outdoor garden, and the convenience is unsurpassed. It’s great to be able to pull a few delightfully fragrant leaves off a stem and add them to your pot whilst creating a flavourful dish!

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SMALL GARDEN IDEAS TO MAXIMISE SPACE

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SMALL GARDEN IDEAS TO MAXIMISE SPACE

Those of you who have been living on the North Coast for several years, will have noticed a definite shift towards more apartment-style living with smaller gardens , mainly in courtyards or around ground floor apartments.

With this mind, we offer our TOP 5 TIPS on how to maximise your space in a small garden:

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CONTAINER GARDENS - MAKING THE BEST USE OF POTS AS GARDEN FEATURES

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CONTAINER GARDENS - MAKING THE BEST USE OF POTS AS GARDEN FEATURES

Who doesn’t love a beautiful pot spilling over abundantly with tumbles of flowers and greenery? It gives an instantly fresh “spring” appeal to your living space. IN this blog we give tips on container gardens and potting soil, with Living Earth potting soil.