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Garden wheelbarrows and carts are indispensable garden tools. There will always be things to haul around.

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Invaluable Garden Tools An absolutely indispensable garden tool is the wheelbarrow or garden cart. There.

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Hi everyone

Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:

Paving and Walkways

QUOTE: Every garden-maker should be an artist along his own lines. That is the only possible way to create a garden, irespective of size or wealth
- Vita Sackville-West

Laying good paving and walkways around your garden can add considerably to the number of months during the year when you will be able to enjoy your garden and whether or not you will be able to work in it.

During the wet season, unless you have suitable areas to walk without the ground turning to mush and mud, you won't be able to access your garden to do the necessary maintenance.

Paving can also add to the style of your garden by adding a border that will set off the plants.
It also allows you to add drainage and redirect water that could end up flowing into the garden and causing damage to the plants by letting them get waterlogged.

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Paving is also a good alternative for people who don't like mowing lawn as it is virtually maintenance free if it has been prepared and laid correctly.

Another advantage of paving is the fact that you can transport all your garden needs around the garden more easily when you have a firm surface to run wheel barrows and trolleys on.

You can also place garden furniture on paving if you allow for a little more area and this will enhance your outdoor living space, allowing for excellent and dry entertaining areas throughout the year.

You can get paving quite cheap particularly if you use second hand materials such as bricks.
While this might not sound very appealing, secondhand bricks already have that chipped and weathered look that can look really good when laid as a path and can often blend in with the garden better than new pavers.

One thing that you will need to consider when laying pavers, and particularly when using seconds, is to ensure that the walking surface doesn't have any areas where someone might trip and fall when they are walking.

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Annie
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There may be only 12 colors on the color wheel, but blending and shading can create countless options in nature and in your garden design. Hue, value and intensity are the keys to taking a garden from pleasing to artful. …

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Complementary colors, colors opposite each other on the color wheel, are a no-brainer combination. Think of red and green at Christmas. Blue and yellow are a favorite of gardeners. Blue flowers tend to wash out or get lost in a garden …

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Hi everyone

Welcome to this edition of your Gardening Weekly, today's edition is entitled:

Adding Interest to Your Garden

QUOTE: I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden.
- John Erskine

There are many ways that you can add interest to a garden.   Anything that becomes a focal point will add interest and that can range from garden sculptures to the types of plants you choose.

Adding block planting of a particular specimen can become a focal point in the garden.  Even adding areas of variegated foliage can create a focal point in the garden.

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Seats are another item that can add interest to the garden and additionally they can offer a nice place to rest and relax while you admire your work.

Mirrors that are strategically placed can enhance the garden in many ways.  They can bring reflected light to dark corners of the garden.  They can also give the impression that the garden is bigger or alternatively they can give the impression that the open space is bigger.

Placed at various angles, mirrors can add a lot of fun and interest to a garden and help to lead a visitor on to other areas.

Using hedges can also add interest to the garden while offering protection to the plants.  Hedges are also an excellent way to gain privacy without feeling closed in.

Water features are a favorite for many people and the sound of running water in the corner of a garden can add an atmosphere of calm and relaxation.  Water features can also be good for the birds in the garden particularly in the summer months when they might find it difficult to find water lying around to suit their needs.

As with sculptures, stones, rocks and pebbles can add interest and offer areas where you can walk even when the surrounding ground might be too wet.  Shells also make a good cover on the ground for paths that can remain dry in the wet season.

There are so many different things that you put in your garden to add interest.  Everything from old cartwheels to wind chimes, aviaries or anything else you can imagine.

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Annie
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As you start out on your gardening journey there is a basic list of tools that are needed: secateurs or garden shears, loppers, gloves, a wheelbarrow, garden spade and maybe a fork. That should get you started. …

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It's spring! And a reader wants to know where to find tools for adaptive gardening for someone with arthritis or grip issues. I've linked to one source above as a start and invite others to leave comments with others.

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