It’s that time of the year again; Mothers Day! I still haven’t bought my mother a gift yet and I don’t have any idea what to get her..dilenma. Are there any good gift ideas for mothers day out there? I can really do with some good advice now. I am just terrible with gifts comes [...]
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One of the key requirements for successful pruning is to have clean and sharp pruning tools. An excellent implement for sharpening tools is the Swiss Istor. These are available from Bunnings stores in the tools section. To prevent transfer of disease from plant to plant secateurs and other pruning tools can be dipped into water [...]
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I thought I was done getting acne when I reached my thirties but I was wrong. I used to get very bad acne when I was a teenager and my doctor said I’ll get over them as I grow older. Unfortunately I’m still getting acne in my thirties. My doctor prescribed me some adult acne [...]
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Spring flowering bulbs are beautiful in the garden but what do you do with them once they’ve finished flowering? It’s important to keep caring for your bulbs after flowering to ensure good flowering the following year. Remove dead flowers from bulbs but do not remove the leaves until they die down. The period after the [...]
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I got a call from my doctor friend who’s setting up his private practise clinic yesterday. The clinic is almost finished but he needs my help in sourcing some very important equipment that he can’t seems to find. One of those equipments is healthcare carts. I had to google it to find out what it [...]
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Tools need to last for years, so in the long run quality tools are a good investment. Secateurs are the basic pruning tool. Buy the best possible, because poor quality secateurs won’t stay sharp and are likely to damage plants. Also, make sure they’re the right size for your hand. Look for secateurs that have [...]
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My friend just came out of his knee surgery and resting well at home. The hospital gave him a knee brace to help with his walking but I think there are better acl braces that he can buy that will do better jobs than the one he has on. It is important that his knee [...]
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Have you noticed that your azaleas are looking a bit the worse for wear at the moment? If they have mottled grey/bronze leaves with sticky blobs of excrement on the leaf undersides, they’ve probably been damaged by either Azalea lace bug or Two-spotted mite (red spider). There’s no point in going out and spraying now, [...]
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