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JANUARY

THE RIGHT MULCH:

Mulch is so useful - to control weeds, regulate soil temperature, increase moisture, protect soil from weathering, increase worms and other soil life, and to pretty up your garden.

Choose the right one, though. In food gardens it's wise to use a mulch with a low carbon:nitrogen ratio. Examples are sugar cane, lucerne and bladey grass. These break down quickly and feed the soil and plants.

Lawn clippings are useful only if applied <1cm thick. Otherwise they can mat and repel water. Alternately you can mix them through a drier mulch to increase nitrogen. Better still leave them on your lawn.

Woody mulches (bark chips etc) can actually retard plant growth. This may be what you want - eg in pathways and some ornamentals. But it's a good idea to add a sorce of nitrogen to them so plants don't suffer.

x Keithy

ORGANIC GARDENING SERVICES

Kin Kin, Pomona, Noosa, Cooroy, Doonan, Eumundi, Gympie, Nambour, Coolum, Buderim, Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Brisbane, Beyond

Specialising in food gardens (fruit and veg) as well as sub-tropical plantings. Services include:

garden maintenance
installing new gardens and revamping existing ones
weeding
pruning + hedges
pest prevention and control
fertilising and mulching and building up soil
composting
brushcutting + mowing
irrigation
motivation, advice and research
gardening gift vouchers (see below*)
and more

* Gardening gift vouchers - give someone you love the gift of me spending time improving their garden. Call Keith 5485 4507.

About Us

The Plot Thickens is based in Kin Kin in the Sunshine Coast hinterland (QLD, Australia).

Contact Keith Gilbert - The Plot Thickens on (07) 5485 4507 or 0402743471 or email theplot@yahoo.com

Satisfied clients

"I'm just so happy to get someone who knows what he's doing" - Cherry Wynne (Country Life Hotel Kitchen Manager, Kin Kin) "Thanks. We enjoyed learning all about plants" -Bliss and Tuene, Kin Kin State School "Thankyou for all your much needed help this year. You do a fabulous job" - Cita, Cooroy. "He does work for me and is excellent" -Marilyn Mc Shannon (Noosa Lifestyle Real Estate) "We called Keith when our 10 acres were out of control. He came highly recommended by a neighbour. We were pleasantly surprised by how hard he worked + the quality of tools he brought. Keith is a wealth of knowledge. It was fantastic to find a gardener with ideas on managing food gardens without poisons!We highly recommend Keith for any gardening job - planning, planting, feeding soil, clearing, and anything in between. Thanks Keith you REALLY made a difference here. We'll definitely use you again." -Dee & Ian Humphreys, (Garden Of Eatin', Kin Kin) "You are a great horticulturalist/gardener" -Phillip Jones (Kin Kin + Brisbane) "We love Keithy. Our veggie patch is beautiful" - Annie + Leigh Munday (Kin Kin) "He's so knowledgeable and it's so nice to have a gardener happy to pull up weeds" Deb O'Neill (Doonan) "The Plot Thickens has been invaluable to us. Keith's been so helpful with ideas, advice and making it happen. He's reliable, honest and extremely hard working. I recommend him to anyone looking for help with their gardening needs." Robyn Bromley (Kin Kin Haven B&B) "We enlisted Keith's expertise in soil and plant selection to landscape the grounds at our prestigious montville accommodation. Keith consulted us on various options and the results were fantastic." - Lake Terrace (Montville) "Not only has Keith been invaluable in helping design our gardens and putting in place a very good crop rotation system he also did research into growing passion fruit and has helped setup an initial trial to see if it will be financially viable." - Steve & Liane Tollis (Kin Kin)

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