Blog – Gardens World

12 Aug

A nine-piece tool set is four tools you use and five you keep

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August 12, 2026

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Which pieces of a garden tool set earn their place on a balcony, which ones sit in the bag, and why we still sell the whole set.

12 Aug

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Raised beds on a terrace: weight, water and what is underneath

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August 12, 2026

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A filled bed is heavier than most people expect and the waterproofing under it is not designed to stay wet. What to check before the soil goes in.

12 Aug

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Measure the rail first: what a railing planter needs from your parapet

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August 12, 2026

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Railing boxes fit a rail, not a balcony. Sixty millimetres, one measurement, and the three parapets that will not take one at all.

Drainage on a rented balcony: where the water actually goes

12 Aug

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Drainage on a rented balcony: where the water actually goes

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August 12, 2026

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Runoff on a shared balcony is a neighbour problem before it is a plant problem. Saucers, self-watering pots, and the two mistakes that cause most of the mess.

12 Aug

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Read the pot size before you buy, not after the plant arrives

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August 12, 2026

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A pot is measured across the top, the plant is sold by the nursery bag it sits in, and the two numbers are never the same. Here is how to line them up.

Watering a balcony through a Bhopal summer

12 Aug

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Watering a balcony through a Bhopal summer

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August 12, 2026

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Containers dry from every side, not just the top. What changes between April and July, and what self-watering pots really do.