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Gardening experiments could lead to bigger things

gardening-experiment.jpg I just stumbled upon a blog post from Jedda at Olliphants where she has started a gardening experiment with her kids.

To set the scene, this is no gardening blog. It's just a personal journal of a mum in Geelong, Victoria.

The post shows how Jedda, and her kids, are trialling a hydroponics arrangement, including none other than styrofoam cups, after seeing a Gardening Australia episode. She even links to another blogger in Melbourne who shares her own garden experiments.

Why am I telling you all this?

Primarily because I'm a curious sod who gets a little excited and jittery when I see people - who don't profess to be gardeners - start to experiment with the plant kingdom. While all us hard-core gardeners love to slang off at so-called "gardening TV shows" it seems that they have some benefit after all, if nothing else but to entice normal folk into the realms of gardening. That's got to be a good thing, doesn't it?

Where can all this experimentation lead? Who knows. Perhaps they will enjoy some incredible success and go on to becoming a Master Gardener. Maybe they won't. I'm not sure it really matters but I always hold out hope that when people begin to get their hands soiled their appetite for nature will grow.

On a side tangent, but closely related, it seems that Jamie Durie's "Outdoor Rooms" will be axed fairly soon. Not that I'm too disappointed, it was basically the-garden-you-create-when-you-have-tons-of-mullah-type-show that didn't have much in the way of gardening in it - unless you count using a pole-digger to drop hundreds of foliage plants into the ground as gardening. C'est la vie.






Comments

Really, aren't we all just experimenting whenever we plant a new flower or shrub in the garden? Because I love heuchera so much, I keep buying them and putting them in the garden. If they languish in one spot, I try placing them in another. I am simply a naturalist experimenting with location for optimum growth. That's part of the fun of being a gardener.

I learned to garden by watching my grandma and great aunt carefully tend their gardens. They would talk to me the whole time. Now I did the same for my kids and they still aren't gardening...but one of them just got married and has his own yard. I bet he get's interested!

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One important gardening tip is that of the techniques which you use in the garden. This is perhaps the most important gardening tip of all, in that even with the right tools you can still misuse them; therefore possibly causing unnecessary strain on your body. One gardening tip in particular which can often come in handy to know is that of moving plants.

Although some might think that the process is quite simple, knowing the actual basics can be helpful. For one, you should choose a mild cloudy day, and you should water the plant deeply before transporting it. Dig down on each side, severing the roots as you go, slip heavy duty plastic under the root ball, and tip the tree gently to the side, pulling the plastic through under the root ball. After this, pull the plastic up and tie it around the trunk - after this, you can move the plant and replant it wherever you like.

Another good-to-know gardening tip is that of the replanting of trees. As with the moving of a plant, it may seem simple at first, but there are some pointers which are incredibly important, and which might not be taken into consideration, especially by the novice gardener.
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