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Learn how to carry out basic lawn mower maintenance on a petrol lawn mower, with Monty's video demonstration, including how to remove grass debris, check oil levels, and check blade edges.all-year-roundMore lawn mower adviceAdvice on maintaining

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it with a socket wrench and brushing it off if necessary. If it's very dirty you can replace it for under £5.Once a month pull out the dipstick, wipe it clean, re-insert it and pull it out again, checking the oil level reaches the line indicated. If it needs

Unlocking the power of plants A herb garden is not only a place of beauty, it's also a medicine chest, holding remedies to many ailments. Discover the healing properties of the herbs in your garden.Find out how to... grow garlicUntil the 17th

Blustery crisp days and cold nights, north winds, sleet, hail, snow and cold rain. It's amazing with this mixture of weather that plants manage to plod their way into spring.I was very excited this week to notice that one of my favourite herbs

they need to be brought indoors when the weather turns cold. The rest of the plants can remain outside in the pot.AdamPosition the pot in full sun, somewhere the plants will be brushed against so their leaves will release their aromatic oils.More information

I have just returned from a very jolly trip to South East Asia. (Not that you would have noticed I was away: gardenersworld.com is such a slick and well-oiled operation that my blogs kept appearing, in my absence, as if by magic.) Mostly I

or they'll fly off.At the first sign of attack, spray plants with imidacloprid, thiacloprid or sunflower oil. Treatment is more effective on larvae than adults.lilies, fritillaries and Solomon's sealspring, summer, autumnMore common garden pests

the onion.Strain the liquid into a sterilised bottle and keep it in the fridge. Discard the onion. Use the remedy within two days.More advice on using herbsHow to make a lavender bath bagHow to make lavender bath oilSoothe gardening aches and pain with a

-fashioned technique, but it's a brilliant way to rapidly reduce the temperature in a greenhouse or coldframe. It also increases humidity levels, which helps to reduce the risk of red spider mite.But what I want to know is, if I had used some of the plant oil-based bug