There is nothing worse than your children running across the lawn barefoot on a summer’s day and seeing them hop in pain as they try to remove a Bindii (Soliva pterosperma) from their little toe. Dogs and cats are aren’t immune from the Bindii either, they just learn quicker and try to avoid the area. The trick to stopping Bindii from spreading is to spray them during August or early September, before the prickles develop, and continue to repeat spray every 21-28 days until t

Mulch applied to your garden is more beneficial than you may have first thought. The first and most important benefit of mulch in your garden is water conservation. Mulch stops the soil surface from drying out, aiding in plant growth. It also keeps the soil moist, reduces the soil surface from cracking and can reduce watering by about 60 per cent. Secondly, mulch applied to your garden prevents weed by suppressing weed growth and weed seed germination. This reduced the comple