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Home Gardening and Wildlife The Courtyard Garden
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Minimum input for maximum output (Low maintenance) · A rainwater watering system is to be installed to cut down on water use and time. · Perennials only have to be planted once un-like annuals that have a short life span. · Companion plants are beneficial in many ways from reducing pests to providing essential nutrients. |
 
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Space saving (something we don't have too much of!) · Containers with trees, wild flowers to feed the pest eaters, fruit and salads · Vertical gardening - wall planters & hanging baskets · Wormery – A type of compost bin that contains special worms which turn kitchen waste into rich compost
Work with Nature and what you've got · Shade loving plants - for the corners where the sun doesn't shine! · Small garden with lots of wall - which retains the solar gain (the heat from the sun) for tender plants at night. · Sheltered - better growing conditions. · Wild flowers on the towpath - increases biodiversity (number of different species) by planting mainly natives and non natives suited to the environment.
Closing cycles Instead of putting organic materials into landfill, composting returns them to the soil to feed next years plants which will in turn can be composted... so that the potential waste becomes an asset.
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