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Top tips for keeping your pond pristine | Gardening advice

July 25, 2022 admin

To my mind, there is no other garden feature that can provide as much joy as a pond, reflecting light, expanding the palette of plants that can be grown, providing enormous benefits to wildlife.

Yet at this time of year, many pond owners can find the dream of a gin-clear reflective surface often turns into a swamp of pea soup. Here are a few simple tips for tackling the issue.

Let’s start with the good news. Combatting the algae responsible for the cloudy green of ponds is theoretically really straightforward. Much like plants, algae are essentially living solar panels, and

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Style: Top tips for dreamy winter bedroom decor and sleepwear

July 23, 2022 admin

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Adairs quilted coverlet, from $139, adairs.co.nz

Embrace winter with dreamy bedroom decor and sleepwear that looks so good you’ll want to spend all day in it. Compiled by Leanne Moore.

Aesop rind concentrate body balm, $49 aesop.com

Athena table lamp, $1130, achomestore.co.nz

Little People Big Dreams Coco Chanel by Isabel Sanchez Vegara (Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $20) — Little People Big Dreams Coco Chanel by Isabel Sanchez Vegara (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, $20)

Tivoli Bluetooth, $449, paperplanestore.com

A&C Homestore duvet cover, $290, pillowcase, $80 for pair, Euro pillowcase, $40 each, achomestore.co.nz

Thread Design velvet lumbar cushion, $199, threaddesign.co.nz

Stella & Gemma long-sleeve T-shirt, $69.95, stellaandgemma.co.nz — Stella &

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This gutsy woman is behind one of Sonoma’s top gardens

September 15, 2021 admin

A well-managed garden appears to be in a natural state of perfection. The waving flowers beckon, rich green foliage prevails and weeds are absent. The outside world and its cares fall aside when visitors enter these quiet spaces, and the garden becomes life’s expression.

These gardens are, as former Cornerstone Sonoma Garden and General Manager Dawn Smith described them, “Places that people repeatedly come back to for solace, peace and happy memories. They are spaces that give people joy no matter if they are wealthy or not. The gardens are there for everyone.”

Her garden and team kept her going

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19 top tips and tricks for inviting bedroom lighting

September 3, 2021 admin

Bedrooms are busy places. Sure, we use them to sleep in – but they’re also places where we relax and where we read, where we spend time with our partners, where we get glammed up for going out, suited up for social whirls and in or out of our everyday clothes. That means before you dive in and start ordering from our best bedside lamps, it’s worth taking a moment to consider exactly what you need and how it might work in the space.

The best bedroom lighting is a mix of mood lighting and lighting for getting things done:

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The Top Benefits of a Walled Garden

August 6, 2021 admin

I am lucky enough to live on a property that has a small, walled orchard around 65 feet by 33 feet in size. In truth, this was one of the main features which encouraged us to buy the property. The stone walls of this walled garden protected a collection of fruit trees (apple, plum, and cherry). Since we moved into the property, I have worked on turning this area into a more abundant forest garden.

Not everyone has an existing walled garden to work with. However, there may sometimes be an argument to create one on your property.

Walled gardens

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Top 5 bedroom design ideas for Animal Crossing: New Horizons

July 27, 2021 admin

Animal Crossing games provide a relaxing community experience away from the rigors of daily life. These life/community sim games are basically a calming resort that offers a cherishable getaway to the players.

While the characters present in the game provide half of the entertainment in the game, the real fun is in organizing a second life, complete with a decorated house, neighbors, and much more.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons is charming enough to let the players settle in nicely and make this their new home. However, no home is complete without the personal touch of the one who resides in

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