With slightly cooler temperatures ahead, it’s time to get back out in the garden to do some planning and tidying up. October usually remains fairly dry, so keep your hose and sprinkler close at hand since fall plantings need one inch of water a week for optimum growth and performance. Here are a few helpful pointers to get your garden blooming again 1. Remove all tired or spent summer annual flowers from flower beds and borders. Now is the…
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How to Attract Birds to Your Yard
Bermuda has 5 native bird species that might visit your yard - the beautiful bluebird, shy mourning dove, bumbling ground dove, mischievous chick of the village, and regal catbird. It also has two striking naturalised species you might see -…
October 12, 2020
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Fresh Picked: Growing Fruit Trees in Bermuda
Bermuda has long been known for its delicious juicy citrus; however, the same success can be achieved with many other varieties of soft fruits, such as peaches, nectarines, apples and sweet pears, just to name a few. Growing your own…
September 28, 2020
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In the Garden: Fall
As is well known to Bermudians, summertime in Bermuda brings relentless heat that is particularly hard on gardens of all sorts. Lawns may easily brown under the scorching sun, and fruit trees and vegetable gardens yield little produce. As a…
September 23, 2020
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How to Bring Your Garden Back After a Hurricane
There is no time for tears in the garden after a storm as there is plenty of work to be done. First thing, if you have electricity and water, is to wash the salt off your plants. If you don’t…
September 16, 2020
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Field Notes: The Passion Flower
This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the March 1954 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. There are several species of the Passion Flower which thrive in Bermuda, such as…
August 18, 2020
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